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- a. Pages 1 to 18 84 Paes POKTLAXD. Or.EGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXXI NO. 21. SPEED OF TITANIC ADMITTEDLY HIGH MISS DARES DEATH BUT ASCENDS PEAK OUTCOME MAY REST BOMBSANDBULLETS SOCIALIST THREAT FLEET OASE IS H Ml FOR DASH TO AT CRITICAL STAGE KEY 10 DEADLOCK WITH 'COMMITTEE PHILADELPHIA AND PARTY REACH BLACKBCRV8 SVM.MIT. VIOLENCE PREDICTED IF ETTOR IS CONVICTED. - LATEST TESTIMONY DAMAGING TO OFFICERS. MOBILIZED ARROW'S nifvnD uviini n i .unit 1 nULU Power Largest Among Unpledged Forces. CIMFRCMISE TALK IS HEARD Uninstructed Delegates, United, Could Control. if 1USTICE HUGHES FAVORITE t hn of Inheriting Roosevelt Fol lowing Add Strength lo Jurist's (hanrrs Cummin It Al Mentioned. fT HARRT J. BROWS. OREGONIAN .VER S Hl'REAl'. Wash ington. (; 21. li hex-In to look '.hough tha State of New York, with to unlnatrurted delegate at tli Chicago convention, mar ultimately ht In po sition to name the Republican nomine ror President thin year. Thla may not nappen If the aevrral hundred pending: rontest are decided overwhelmingly y the KepuMli-an National Committee In fvpr of Prealdent Tart or Colon, I ooeelt. Jiut ir the contest are de rided on merit. New York la likely to hold the balance of power. In thla event, the New York Ilepubllcan lead er sill be lully Justified in standing jut for an uninstructed delegation. eaaVeo (lalaaa KitmafHI nti: President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt are both laying claim to . mouth delegate, to nominate them, re spectively, on trie flrt ballot. these claim are elrixnu and It la i fact mat neither of the leadline ran Idate ha a aure and afe majority, unlria ueh majority I secured through the work of the National Committee In pasalng upon ronUt, Just before the convention n.eetj. New York and soma other state with un!ntru ted dele gate wli'l noid the catanre of power id iTirni thla claaa .New York la Uke J i j prove aii-powcj-ful. According to the view of an open- BAlnded Itepuhlhan politician In Wash ington (and there are a few of this tpe now), a determination of ronlesta sirutly on their merits will leave both President Taft and Colonel Kurecvrll without a majority of the delegates and pielty evenly mashed a to strength. If tn la prove to be true, both Taft and l;oocve:t managers will make over lure to the uninstructed delegate, but !i delecate from New York will be t.ie big prlie for which both will trug jt'e l.ardeat. The accession of ! dele gates In one bum h probably would im:iik the convention. If one or the v'hrr of the two leading tontealant u to be nominated. rm lark I "refer. OataMer. There la a general Impression anions; politicians tn Washington that the New York deieaaiinn will not be cnttiustas tl: for either Taft or Roosevelt, but would prefer tiie nomination of a third andldate. prrferaM) a New York man. whl-h. of course, mean Hughe. But t-lrcumatancea aa they develop will have te determine whether there will be any banco of nominating Hugl-.ee or ome vther compromise candidate, or wheth er the choice m:i hae to be between Taft and KooaeVelt. There la considerable 4a'k of a rom pruinlae candlilate. baaed usually upon the (ear that the nomination of either Taft or Kooaetell would certainty keep the Republican party split and bring alout the e'ectton of the lfcrmocrattc candidate next Kail. And It 1 also a fa. t that this talk of compromise la heard noat today among those who are tenllly Taft supporters. Twer months res . TOOV HAS t-tYT OJCUlT iri GSTTAG eHeVer iVTV OHIO Braving Avalanche and Storm. Mnanlaln Climber Make Klrt Trip 1.I4) Feet High. CORDOVA. Alaska. May SJ. Mis Dora Keen, of Philadelphia, and her parte of six men attained the summit of Mount Blackburn. l.UO feet, last Hundir mornlna-. They arrived at Kennecott on the Copper River Rail road today, all well. Thla la the first acnt of the great Copper r.lver peak. Mlas Keen, with Instruments and tents, sailed from Seattle. April 10. for Cordova, and upon her arrival at Ken necott. her chief of ataff. John E. Bar rett, auperlntendent of the Blackburn mine, was ready with hie men and two team of dogs. The adventurous men and their brave leader encounterea many avalanche and storms that com pelled them to remain under sholter for days at a tlfhe. On Mar 7 three of the party returned to Kenn' -tt for fuel, alcohol and pro visions, i jnpp-les having become hausted. " Mlas Keen a. rted to climb Mount Blackburn last a V. but was nMIged to turn back after V had discovered what aha believed K a feasible) route to the aummlt. route wan followed auccessfully by th. "? edition which returned today. MILWAUKEE WILL BUILD Contract to Bo Awarded for H0 MUe Feeder Near laWoan. tiKATTl.E. Wash.. May 2S. (Special.) Contracta for tly? construction of 140 miles of standard-aauae raiTroad Into the heart of the best wheat producing district of Montana will be let during the coming week by the Chicago, Mil waukee at Tuget Sound Jtallway. The new road, which will penetrate terri tory heretofore controlled by the Great Northern, will coat upwarda of H.0O0,- 009 and will be completed In time to handle the 11J wheat crop of the famous Judith Baaln country ami the valleys north of UewUtown. Mont. The new line will leave the Mllwau kee system at Lewlstown and will end kl Creat Falls. Mont., on the Billings cutoff of the Ureal Northern Jtallway. The Creat Northern's line loavea the main line at Shelby and runs southeast through Great Falls to Bllllnga on the main line of the Northern Faclflc Ureal cattle rangea hare been cut up nto wheat farms during the last three years and authorities declare that Mon tana will. wlfTiln a few years, become ttie largest producer of hard wheat In the Northwest. STRANGER' ROBS SHERIFF Counly Officer Touched"' for Watch and Chain. El.LKXSBl"Ri5. Wash.. May 24. A stranger walked Into the ornre or Sheriff tlermsn. of Klttltaa County. today, talked for a minute with the Sheriff and four deputies who were) In the room and departed with thn Sheriffs watch and chain. The theft w aa unnoticed by the oftlcers for some hout a A man. who was Identified as the stranger, was arrested later by the po le.-. . , AIRMEN THREATEN STRIKE German Aviator Demand Minimum Wase of f 71 Monthly. BKRL1N. May :J. The German pro fessional airmen have unanimously de cided to strike tomorrow if the de mands of the German Avlatora I'nlon for a minimum wage of $73 monthly, which was presented today to the aero plane construction companies, are not granted today before noon. Tomorrow Is the prlnrlpal day of the aviation week, and a atrlke of Uie airmen will ca ise lie failure. It Is said the wasea of some of the professional aviators are aa low aa $37. a mnnth. CARTOONIST Taft-Roosevelt Footing Nearly Equal. MANY POSSIBILITIES ARE SEEN Seasoned Politicians Admit ln ability to Forecast. STAMPEDE IS POSSIBLE Much Will Pcjwnil on Ouu-ome In Xew Jrrsc Xew York Herald nvn Shou Situation lo Be Nebulous. CHICAGO. May :3. (Special.) Sum marizing the Republican campaign for the Presidency, the New York Herald In Its weekly review tomorrow will y : "President Taft's chances for captur ing the Republican Presidential nomi nation are greatly lessened by the de velopments of the week. Theodore Roosevelt, with steady gains, la likely to enter the conven tion on an almost equal footing with him. The National committee la prac tically to dorfde which of the two men. ir either, la to be the standard-bearer of his party, and more talk of 'bolts' and a new candidate Is heard. Soa therm stampede Possible. "Such Is the situation In the Repub lican Presidential battle three weeks before the convention, as shown by the Herald's impartial country-wide can vass. "A stampede of Southern delegates from the President to Mr. Roosevelt could result In the nomination of the latter, and there are rumblings that the Southern men In some states already are making preparations to get on the Roosevelt bandwagon. "The situation Is most unprecedented and so filled with possibilities that the most trained politicians throw their hands In the air and declare that no man ran tell what will happen when the I1.1 delegate and alternates as semble In Chicago on June M. The resident declares he will be nominated on the first ballot. - Mr. Roosevelt's frlenda say he is sure of the nomina tion. Taft Needs S3 1 Raoaevelt lie. -The more practical of the Taft lead- era ay If his delegates from the South remain loyal. If all those delegat.is pledged but not Instructed for the President 'stick.' and If the National committee remains In full control of the Taft members and seats the Taft men. Mr. Taft will have the neces sary 540 delegate, with a substantial margin on the first ballot. But these party managers go further and declare that if the committees seats all the Taft contestants and throws out the Roosevelt men. Mr. Roosevelt will un doubtedly , 'holt,' now another conven tion In Chicago and run on an Inde pendent ticket. The President has 62 delegates yet to Father In to assure a majority. Mr. Roosevelt has to get II. Both have the 0 delegates yet to be elected and the CO uninstructed and undaeslf led and the C Instructed for Senator La Follette and Senator Cummins to pick from. Much will de pend on how the New Jersey primaries go next week, when 28 delegatca are to be chosen. "Mr. Roosevelt likely will obtain the 10 from South Dakota and the eight delegatea-at-large from Texas. The President likely will have the six dele gates from Arlxona. .Mlaalaalpplaaa Are Meeretlve. In South Carolina four more dele- nclutl on i'aae REYNOLDS ILLUSTRATES SOME EVENTS OF HAS ALL rVT 0LGATS HE VEEOS friends of Lawrence Strike Apostle . Send Letters In Defense or Murder Charge. LAWRENCE. Mass.. May 56. Social ist leaders here, who are trying to col lect a fund for tha defense of Joseph - Ettor. "tha apostle of tha Lawrence strike," declare, that the conviction of Ettor on the present charge of murder and rioting will precipitate a complete change in the programme and methods of Socialists throughout the Lnlted States. Ettor and bis fellow-leader. Arturo Giovlnnl. stand In Jeopardy of their lives on the murder charges. . A clr cular letter now being aent out by friends of Ettor says that the convle tlon of Ettor would be a great calam Ity to those who advocate pacific labo method. "It will thenceforth be bombs. k.,nt. in truth " uvi the letter. It has been a most difficult matter. hold the workers from striking ne. the last month, as a protest against the Imprisonment of their leaders, but we have dreaded the public animosity if such a strike should occur. HOPE FOR BILL WANES Bourne's Parcels Post Measure Said to Have Little Chance. DRKGOKIAK NEWS BUREAU. Wash Inirton. Mar 25. A wasntngion oi oatch printed In tne New York Tribune today declares that Senator Bourne's parcels post bill probably win not tt- eom a law thla session. According to hi. Hianatch. bourne has been threat ening tor hold up the postofflce appro priation bill for three weeka or more .. .h.n attach the parcels post bin as a rider In the. hope of forcing Its adoption in thla way. It being appar ent that It cannot pass as a separate measure. The dispatch adds: "When Senator Bourne suggested thst his committee would not report the postofflce bill for three weeks, the Intimation was mude politely that If It wore not reported before that time It might be taken out or nia nanaa. h.nr. the nrosoect of the Bourne par cels noat bill for becoming a law at this session of Congress is dim and be comes dimmer each hot day. LOS ANGELES FIRM COMES RlTernlds-Pnrtlaad Cement Company . - i'Uca IncorpoTLtion Articles SALKM. Or.. May -2S. (Special.) viiehard W. Montanue. of Portland, to day filed with the Secretary of State incorporation articles ror tne mveraiue- Portlend Cement t.ompany. i no com pany Is capitalized at ,2.600.000. The Riverside-Portland Cement Com pany Is a Ixjs Angeles concern. Incor porated under the laws of California, and the articles of Incorporation are filed with the Secretary of State here to permit them to do business directly In the state, according to the explana tion of Attorney Montague last night. The. company has opened offices In the Kailway Exchange building. STEEPLEJACK FALLS FAR William Pauley May Hare Painted Ills Lat Sinokcrtack. SEATTLE. Wash., May 25. William P-awley, aged 5.1. a steeplejack widely known on the Pacific Coast, fell 75 feet today while painting the,steel smoke stack of a rendering plant on Harbor Island and was probably fatally in jured. He was picked up unconscious, with some bones broken, and at the city hospital It Is said he Is unlikely to sur vive. Belgian Airman Fall. TjrVW TCT 1V11 111 Mav tS Vlflnr d( younckheere. a Belgian aviator, one of the few who have crossed the Eng lish Channel in a monoplane, fell while making a trial flight here today and was caught under the wreckage of his machine. He escaped with bad cuts about the head and a severe shaklng up. The machine Is a wreck. United States May End Island Rebellion. ARMY OF 15,000 PREPARED Vigorous Campaign in View if Fighting Is Forced. KEY WEST IS RENDEZVOUS Admiral Ostcrliaus Will Command Squadron Four Transports Are Held Ready to Take Sol diers on Expedition. vt ASHI.VGTON. May 25. Insurrection and disorders in Cuba, which threaten the life and property of Americans and are believed by the United States to be spreading beyond control of the Cuban government, 'aused the American Gov ernment to take active steps today In preparation to cope with any question which may arise In the Island republic. two divisions of the Atlantic battle ship fleet were ordered to take on their full quota of marines at New York and Norfolk, making a total of 1300 in addition to the 700 now en route to Guantanamo on the Prairie, and rendezvous at Key West, ready to move to Cuba at the instant their pres ence is needed. Campaign Plana Made. In all. a dozen warships will be in the immediate vicinity rt Cuba with in a few days. The Army Is prepared with an ex peditionary force of 15,000 men. If it la needed, and plans for a campaign to stamp out the rebellion are ready to be put In execution at the call oX the President. The insurrection and the serious la bor troubles, as a result of the renewal of the longshoremen's strike, are be- leved to warrant American prepared ness. Of the two, the disturbances which probably win arise at the Cuban ! ports, through the strikers' operations, are believed to be the more Immediate and dsngerous elements In the situa tion. It Is believed that the mere presence such ports of one or more of the American warships, by its moral ef fect, would prevent violent demonstra tions by the disorderly elements. Americans to Use niseretloa. Should this not be sufficient recourse will be had to the marine force on each f the battleships. The attitude of the Cuban govern ment In welcoming the dispatch of American marines to Guantanamo on the Prairie Is accepted as an lndlca- lon of Its perfect willingness to allow these marines and bluejackets to be anded without express permission from the local Cuban authorities where dan ger Impends. In any case the American j Naval comanders will exercise their 1 iscretlon. Admiral Osterhaus, commanding the Atlantic fleet, will command this mo bilized fleet from his flagship, the Washington. The other vessels will be the Georgia, Rhode Island, New Jersey nd New Hampshire, composing the third division, and the Minnesota. MIs- sslppl, Missouri and Ohio of the fourth division. Early Arrival Expected. The hospital ship Solace and the fleet tugs Patapasco and Patuxent will ac company the expedition, followed by uch supply ships and colliers as may necessary.' The collier Lebanon Is already taking on coal at Philadelphia. The fleet should arrive at Key. West r Wednesday if the vessels suceeeM f Concluded on rage 2.1 AN EXCEEDINGLY BUSY WEEK Chief Fireman of Wrecked Vessel Says That 1 of Boat's 24 Boilers Were Lighted. NEW YORK, May 25. New evidence purporting to show that the Titanic was going at full speed, with all but Ave of he- 24 boilers lighted, on the night she met her fate, was given to day aboard the Wrhlte Star liner Olym pic by Fred Barrett, former chief fire man of tha Titanic, but now of the Olympic, to Senator w llliam Alden Smith, chairman of the investigating committee.- Barrett said that he was In the for ward compartment ot tne ship when she hit the iceberg. The water rushed in about two feet above the floor plates," said the fire man. "I Jumped for the next com partment. No. a, Just as the water tight door closed. There were only two In the forward compartment who escaped. The rip was a long one. At the same time the red lights danger signals came up." Barrett then explained that the sig nal had previously shown white, in dicating full speed. How many boilers were lit? asked Senator Smith. 'All but five out of the 24," said the fireman. "I don't know, though, wnetn er they wore all connected up or not." Senator Smith said later that tins testimony was the most significant he had yet obtained on the question as to whether the Titanic was out to make a record. TITLE TO LAND AGITATES Ilawlcy Crges Settlement Alth Pur chasers at 2.50 an Acre. WASHINGTON. May 23. Urging that innocent purchasers be allowed valid title to railroad grant lands upon pay ment of J2.50 an acre. Representative Hawley appeared before the House public lands committee today, and made a strong argument favoring validation of these titles. The chairman read a letter from At torney-General Wickersham. in which he disagreed with Townsend. an attor ney, as to the sufficiency of a 2.f.O oavment and 8U esested the payment by settlers of "a reasonaDie amount, determined by equities." Hawley strongly urged mat seiners are entitled to ine origiimi in - he grant, and opposed tne payment oi any greater sum. YOUTH FLIES SO MILES Fa r n u in Flxh Soars From Chicago to Milwaukee in Two Hours. MILWAUKEE. May 25. Farnum Fish, the lS-vear-old aviator, made a success ful flight today from Chicago to Mil waukee, covering 90 miles, the distance estimated by the young birdman, in a trifle more than two hours. The landing was made in the center of the golf links at Lake Park, where two men waved a large strip of white canvas as a signal for the aviator to alicht. Fish reached Milwaukee Just in time, as his gasoline was exhausted when he volplaned. Until Fish neared Milwau kee he flew at a height of 1000 feet, but when he got to the city he had to rise fiOOO feet In the air to get above the smoke. SHOWER PLAYS FAVORITES .18 Inch Rain in 10 Minutes Hits Only Paris of City. During a shower which lasted for 10 minutes yesterday afternoon .IS of an inch of rain fell, which. Weather Bureau records show, is unusual for this season. . The shower "played favorites" and did not cover the entire city. While the gutters were filled to overflowing and pedestrians stood In doorways and under awnings to avoid the downpour in some parts of tho city, there was not the slightest trace of rain In North Portland.- The total precipitation for the afternoon was .24 of an inch. Much Depends Upon Ruling of Court. WHOLESALE CHARGES RESISTED Defense Would Limit Testi mony to Single Issue. L0CKW00D PUT ON STAND Talesman Testifies to Conversations With McXamara Defense De tective Leading lo Al ' leged Bribery. LOS ANGELES. May 25. Fighting every inch of the way, the defense in the case of Clarence S. Darrow, the lawyer accused of bribing a Juror in the McNamara case, temporarily at least, stopped at today's brief session of the Darrow trial the narration by George M. Lockwood of the attempted bribery of himself by Bert H. Frank lin. The ruling of Judge Hutton at 1:30 ' o'clock Monday afternoon, to which time adjournment was ta&en shortly before noon today, will deter mine whether evidence of alleged wholesale jury corruption shall consti tute a part of the state's case against Darrow. Critical Point Is Reached. Both sides admitted that a crisis had been reached In the case of the noted lawyer, who, as his chief counsel. Earl Rogers, said early in the preliminary proceedings, "Is on trial for his name, reputation and everything he has on earth." A ruling against the admissibility of evidence showing alleged offenses other than the attempted corruption of Lockwood would be a serious setback to the prosecution and an important victory for the defense. With the ex clusion of the evidence involved in the que&tlauj-tua.aUa.te'.s.-'Case would be con fined to questions germane only to the Lockwood cases, which would hasten the end of the trial by at least a month. Each side appeared confident- today that the ruling would be in its favor. Flood of Evidence Promised. A decision overruling the objection of the defense would let down the bars to the admission of a flood of evidence purporting to connect Darrow with wholesale corruption of jurors and wit nesses In the trial of James B. Mc Namara, as indicated yesterday by Dis trict Attorney Fredericks in his open ing statement to the jury. The defense began Its real fight to clear Darrow when it opposed every step taken by the prosecution, with Court Clerk Monroe on the stand, to prove the pendency of the McNamara, case and the legality of Lockwood's status as a prospective juror, when the alleged bribery was attempted. When Monroe resumed the stand this morn ing, he. was cross-examined at length . by Attorney Rogers concerning the drawing of Lockwood as a -talesman, and the status of the many cases of alleged dynamiting not yet tried. McManlgal Indictment Ready. Through the Darrow defense the in dictments against Ortie E. McManlgal, the informer In the McXamara case, were read into the records of the trial. Apparently It was the intention of Rog ers to convey to the Jury the Impression that immunity had been granted to Mc Manlgal. Lockwood's summons to the witness stand came a half hour before ad journment. Walking erect and with his Grand Army button displayed on his coat lapel. Lockwood entered the courtroom and took the stand. He (Concluded on Pasa 2.) :. : : t.TT-Ttr-TT fii im i o5.o