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1 Ji ttffaf 111 Pages ! to 20 POKTLAXD, OREGOX, SUNDAY 3IOKNING, JUNE , 1912. IMIICK FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXXI NO. 23. 86 Pages DAY ADDS 48 VOTES TO TAR STRENGTH Three More Southern States Decided. INDIANA GASES COME NEXT Real Fight in Committee to Be Developed Then.. NEGRO ATTORNEYS HEARD RlTal Roosevelt Delegations, Fach Hostile lo Other, Appear From Florlda--Amtisln Episodes Convulse Members. DECISIONS. Or NATIONAL fOT .MITTKK H ('imMT TO lATK. Trldny Tsft Alabama, at large and In Drat. Second. Fifth, sixth and Ninth Districts Arkansas, at larita and In First and Seeoud Districts Saturday Artmuii. Third. Fourth, nfth and Seventh Districts Plnrlrla. at large and In Flrit. Second and Third Dlatrlrts. . . . Gvtrflk, at large and In 1. Dla- trlcta . .". IS SS Total Nona for Itoosevelt. CHICAOO. June 8. (Special.) Forty-eight Southern delegate were turned Into the Taft column today by tlie Republican National committee's decisions upon contests from Arkan sas, Florida and Georgia. Tlila brings the total In the two days' session up to 72. while none have been added to the Itoosevelt list. Ten of the Georgia districts 20 dele, gates went to Taft In a blanket de cision, both sldee agreeing- to their be ing decided upon the same arguments. Four dele gate s-at-large from the state alo were given to Taft. together with two remaining districts with two dels Sates apiece. All Taft Delegate Mia. Sixteen delca-ates from Alabama and eight from Arkansas were' ' given to Taft, In addition to the Oeorgla dele gates. So far every Taft delegate who has been up for hearing has been placed on the convention temporary roll and In almoat every case this has been done with Roosevelt committeemen's consent. This clears the docket for the tak ing up early next week of the cases upon which the Roosevelt people are laving far more stress thsn those from the South, such cases, for example, as those from Indiana, which probably will bn taken up when the committee convenes Monday morning. There still remain In alphabetical order before these the cases of the stx delegates-at. large from Arlsona and of the Fourth Congressional District of California. They may be taken up Monday or may go over until Inter. Indiana to Force Alignment. Indiana promises the first real fight since the committee began Its sessions, and the vote no doubt will show the dividing: line clearly between the fac tions. There are four Indiana dis tricts the First. Third, Fourth and Thirteenth also fac'ng dispute. Colo nel Harry 8. New, President Taft's lieutenant; ex-Vlce-Presldent Fair Fairbanks. ex-Iiepresentatlve Watson and Joseph I). Oliver have been con tested as delegatea-at-large by ex Senator Bevcridne, Edwin M. Lee, Fred K. Lamlls and Charles H. Camp bell, rtoosevelt standard-bearers. It waa a day of publicity for South ern Itepubllcan. organizations. Start ing with the last three districts of ..Concluded on Has 6. k CHtCACrO S ar n1 XV I -1 veiLJ- - ae . n ti TT-r . -f ,1 l-ar . -v rT'-O a la WALL STREET MAY ' SUPPORT COLONEL MO CT 1 1 PIECE OF 'POWERS HAS ACCOUNT OF CONFERENCES. Kuhn, Loeb Co. Spokesman Quoted Roosevelt's Ideaa on Railroads Swing Support. NEW YORK. June . (Special.)- Some of the powerful interesfs In Wall street, according to a statement pub lished In the Wall Street Journal this afternoon, have decided to support the candidacy of Colonel Roosevelt. The article refers specifically to a certain bank, and It Is an open secret In the street that this means Kuhn. Loeb k Company. The article embodies an in tervlew which is attributed to Otto H. Tiuhn. a member of Kuhn. Loeb Com pany, who is recognised as the spokes man of the firm, if not Its dominant partner. The Journal Is published by Dow. Jones Company, who control one of the Wall street ticker companies, and It Is often used by the powers of Wall street to place their views before the public. The article has caused a sensation In the financial world and is as fol lows. In part: "Theodore Roosevelt's bitter and most powerful enemies In Wall street have capitulated. Within the last 10 days, following a series of conferences at Oyster Bay between midnight and dawn, the whole complexion of the Presidential campaign has changed. Theodore Roosevelt Is the only man who can convince the people of the I'nlted States of the fairness of the demand of the railroads that they be allowed to earn sufficient to prevent a diversion of capital from railroad se curities. He sees the position the rail roads are In." MERCURY SINKS 13 POINTS Weather Man Makes No Promises for Week Rain In Places. ( Although Portland experienced none. rain fell yesterday In many parts of the state and quite neavtly In places. The thermometer showed a drop to 72 degrees, a difference of II degrees. A freshening breese from the northwest blew. The weather man would make no forecast for the week. All he could say was that In all probability the weather would be fine" today, with the wind unchanged. The barometer s low, and conditions in the state gen erally are unsettled. While this does not seem to augur well for the week, the atmospheric disturbance may be short-lived, as Is often the caae. es pecially when thunder Is In the air. Roses were held back from opening too rapidly and falling off by the cool ness yesterday and when Monday comes there should be a profusion of. blooms. GRANTS PASS HAS PARADE Rote Exhibit Snrpasees That of 'Any Previous Year. . Olt ANTS PASS. Or.. June (Spe cial.) The. parade of the rose exhibit today waa superior to that of any pre vious year, and the roses were- more beautiful owing to the cool weather that has predominated for the past two days. The pavilion was a mass of Oregon beauties and row upon row stood out in their glory against the dark .back ground, while hundreds of people viewed the exhibit. Much more Inter est has been manifested In the com petition. The heavy thunder storm of 10 o'clock this morning passed away before the time for the big parade, ao that little damage waa done to the floats. Tonight some way for the lighting of the dance-hall will have to be provided, other than by electricity. RUEF IS N0T PAROLED Prison Hoard Decides Present Is Not Fit Time for Clemency. SAN QTJENTIN. Cal.. June . Abra ham Ruers application for parole, backed by a petition from Fremont Older, managing editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, was denied here today by the State Board of Prison Di rectors. - The Board based Its decision, not on the fact that Ruef failed to win the signed support of Judge Law'.ir.. who sentenced him. but on general grounds that this was not a fit time for the rp!'.tain to oe mads. CARTOONIST REYNOLDS PICTORIALLY PRESENTS HIS ALZBAOV WVJF TOO T Perkins in Chicago to Engage Rooms. STATEMENT DISPELS DOUBT Mysterious Visit to Ohio Is Down on Programme. ADVISERS .WILL BE THERE Expense Thus Far of Colonel's Cam. palgn Not Known, and Finan cier Says He Is Not in Charge of That Department. CHICAGO. June (.(Special.) Colo nel Roosevelt and his managing com mittee will direct an attack on the Taft forces when the convention opens at the Coliseum. This was the substance of the first authentic statement to the effect that the ex-President Intended to come to Chicago and direct his own battle against the "steam roller" and was given by George W. Perkins, finan cier and reported manager of the finances of the Roosevelt campaign, to day. Rumor had been current for several days that the ex-President Intended to come to Chicago and conduct his battle In the convention, but until the state ment waa made by Mr. Perklna doubt of the credibility of the rumor was prevalent Perklaa le Baa-age Raansa. Not alone will the Colonel fight for the delegates he claims as his. but he will be assisted during the convention by members of the managing commit tee, and Mr. Perkins' visit to Chleago Is for the purpose of arranging for rooms for himself and others who will attend the convention. Colonel Roosevelt will arrive In Chi cago the latter part of next week, and arrangements for quarters for hlra and his managing committee are being made at the Blarkstone Hotel. Trla to Ohl Myeretinaa. Mr. Perkins will call upon some of the Roosevelt cohorts and will confer with them on the status of tiie chances of the ex-President In the convention, after which he will leave for Ohio. What the Import of his visit to Ohio is cannot be learned. Following a short sojourn In Ohio he will go to New York and then hurry back to Chicago. What are Colonel Roosevelt's plans for the convention?" he was asked. "I cannot say when he will arrive here, but I understand he will get here the end of next week." Ksnenan t Kvea Ksttr-aatea1. "Can you give an Idea of what the expense of the Roosevelt campaign has been, so far?" he was asked. "I could not give you a figure on the expense, because 1 am not treasurer of the finances." 'Aren't you manager of the finanrlal end of Colonel Roosevelt's campaign?" -.-so, i am not. j nave been reported as financial manager, and I have, tried It twice, but I am not at present man ager of finances, and It would be Im possible for me even to estimate the exnenrev Rodeo Is to Be Annual Event. KLAMATH FALIA Or, June '. (Special.) The Rodeo la assured as an annual event In Klamath Falls, It waa announced today, as a result of the pleasant surprise of the member of the local Elks lodge when they bal anced their books on the event and found .that the first Rodeo lost them only $250. They had expected to pay a loss of more than $1000. That the lodge will not lose anything by The first Rodeo Is anticipated because word was received today from a moving-pic ture concern that the order waa to be allowed to be the first to aahlbit the motion-picture films taken during the show. The films will be loaned to the lodge for two nights and the re ceipts from their exhibition will prob ably make up the deficit. A74VC-V IA&G-HT fro. LB. WILL FIGHT CO DUG PERSON BVKDAY AND MONDAY PRO GRAMME TOR ROSE FES TIVAL. aaaday. June S. Morning Special services In all ehurehea. S. r. M. Patriotic and rsllslous festival In Gipsy Smith auditorium. Muatcal programme by Rose Festival chorus et 1500 voices and Rose Fes tival Symphony Orchestra. Ad dresses by Governor West, Mayor Rushlight. Dr. David Starr Jerdaa, president of Stanford University. Monday. June te. S:30 A. M. Arrival Northwest spe-i clal train hearing delegates frnm Minnesota, the Dskotae and Mon tana and prominent railroad offi ciate, S A. If. te 10:30 A. M. Sight seeing tripe for Northwest visitors through residence section ef West Bids. 10 A. M. Opening of annual ses sion Paclfle Coast Arrertislng Man's Association at Multnomah Hotel. 10:S0 A. M. Steamer Bear and convoy of launches and motor boats drop down the river to meet the barge of - Rex Ores; onus. 12 noon Arrival of his floral majesty. Rex Oregonus. king of the Rose Festival, at Stark-street dock. Five-minute salute of guns, bella and whistles st the moment of the king's arrival. The route tor the parade on the river will be up the river through all the brldsee. around a stake boat above Hawthorne bridge, down the river through the brldgea. The parade will disperse In the lower harbor. The ktns'a bares will drop out of the parade after rounding the stake boat above the Hawthorne bridge and proceed to the foot of Stark street, where his majeaty will review the parade. The route of the procession will be from the foot of Stark street to Second; up Second to Jefferson; Jefferson to Fifth, to the City Hall; leave City Hall ea Fifth to Yamhill: Yamhill to Seventh; Seventh street to the Imperial. Ho tel. 12:30 P. M. Presentation of city keys to festival king by Mayor Rush llsht st City Hall. 1 P. M. Wild West parade. 2 P. M. Aquatic aporta la the har bor. I H I F. M. Reception to North west delegates and Ad Men at Com mercial Club. S P. M. tllnmlnatloa on Portland Helshta and Feast of Lantarna. S SO P. M. "Bridge of the Oods." spectacular drama on Multnomah Field. . S P. M. Display of pyrotechnics at the Oaka Amusement Park and on Council Crest la honor of hla floral majesty. M'MINNVILLE CLUB BUSY Sirs. Martin Miller Elected Presi dent of Improvement Hod). McMINNVlLLK. Or, June i.(Spe- clal.) At the annual meeting of the Civic Improvement Club, officers for the year were ejected and members of the executive committee appointed. This club has been an important factor In the development of McMlnnvllle and the personnel of the officers elected Insures successful work of the club In the future. The new officers are: President. Mrs. Martin Miller; vlce-prealilent. Mrs. Kettle Campbell; second vice-president. Mrs. Nellie M. Hod eon. third vice-presi dent, Mrs. Hattle Oouchrr; secretary, Mrs. Nettle J. I'ngerman; aasistant sec retary. Mrs. Jessie Held Htmsaker, and treasurer. Mlsa Ella M. Hrndrlck. Mem bers of the executive commute are, Mrs.- I.ulu Roger. Mrs. Sophia Houck, and Mrs. Nancy Hembree. GARDEN AWARDS DELAYED Scoring In School onlet Ham pered by Repeated Trips. Judges In the school garden contest were unable to flnlsli their work In time to make any awards yesterday. It Is probable the prise-winners will be announced tomorrow. Iielaya in scoring have been occa sioned by the necessity of repeated trips to different parts of the city. As a result of awarding prises in one school before the Armory exhibit, sev eral children thought the contest waa at an end and used their vegetables. Centralla Elks llurj Hrother. CENTRALIA. Wash.. June .(Spe cial.) The lodgerooms of the Centralla Elks were packed yesterday afternoon on the occasion of the funeral of Jack Wllkle. a Centralla business man, who died at Shlpherd Springs Wednesday. The Elks' ritualistic services were ob served both at the lodgerooms and the cemetery. Rev. If. W. Thompson, Cen tralla's preacher Mayor, officiated at the services and an address was made by C. D. Cunningham. VIEWS ON CERTAIN FIERY PEAKS BUR! ALASKA IN ASHES Four Mountains Belch Lava and Smoke LIFE MAY BE EXTINGUISHED Sea Resembles Bullet-Pelted Steaming Caudron. STEAMER FORCED TO FLEE Dora Reaches Seldovia With Foot and Half of Ash on Deck Sew ard Is Shaken and Day Seems Like Night. MTK . Alaska, Jane 8 Aabea fraea the Aleutian Kaaare veleasees began te a ball of fire thrnngh the rtaderm. Sitka U 300 aalles la a direct line trans the vwleaaoea. SEWARD, Alaska. June (.Four vol canoes In the Aleutian Mountain range have burst into activity and are throw ing out great quantities of smoke and hot ashes. The awakened peaks are Illsmna, St. Augustine. Redoubt In the Cook Inlet country and Katmat, which overlooks Shellkoff Strait. Numeroua ahocka were experienced here today and the sun was almost obscured by vapor coming from the west. Land and sea for miles In every direc tion from the mountains In eruption are covered with ashes. lavt and rock are pouring forth and devastating all In their path. Many May Be Dead. That all life on Kadlak Island and the mainland has perished In the fiery rain belched forth Is the belief of those shoard the mall steamship Dora, plying to points along the Alaskan peninsula and Kadlak Ii.'and. The Dora's master aays that 1500 per sons engaged In the salmon canning business may be dead, as It Is the height of the cannery season and large crews are employed. The Dora arrived at Seldovia yeaterdsy. Bant Hit by Rock a. Mount Katmat'a outbreak was de scribed by the crew of the Dora as ter rible In Its violence. !eafenlng suhter rranean explosions, they said, are oc curring at short Intervals and the hal) of hot ashes and monster boulders hss covered the earth four feet deep. The sea In the neighborhood of Mount Katmat. they reported, waa laahed Into foam by the plunging of red-hot mis siles hurled from Katmal'a throat Into the sea. The vessel was struck by a number of emsll boulders and its deck wan banked a foot and a half In aahea. Shellkoff Strait, from where the Dora fled, resembled a monster ateatnlng cauldron. Smoke from the biasing mountain obscured the sky for hun dreds of miles and the day was as night. So dense was the smoke the Dora's captain waa obliged to steer a course SO miles from her usual route In order to pass Kadlak Island. Ma Landing Tried. The wave Indications In Shellkoff Strait were such that the Dora's mas ter did not attempt any landings, fear ing that there had been a general shift ing of the ocean bottom near shore. For this reason, as well as because of tha smoke and asbea, the Dora did not dare to approach Kadlak. Katmal has always been regarded as extinct. The natlvea have no tradi tion of any former activity of the mountain. The wireless station at Kadlak la out of commission, aa Is also the Dora's wireless and. In fact, all the wireless Instruments In Alaska, because of elec tric conditions In the atmosphere. The eruptions of tt- Augustine Illam- 4'nnrhii!ed on I'ase BIG DOINGS IMMINENT A FSlA DOWIE'S FORTUNE HIDDEN IN BANK VVlDOW IX WANT. IGNORANT OF GREAT .SECRET HOARD. Servant Reveals Fact That the "Prophet" Had Habit of Sendlng Check Weekly to Edinburgh. CHICAGO. June f. (Special.) While Mrs. John Alexander Howie, widow of the Isle "Prophet" Elijah II. haa been living In poverty, often in actual want. In her cottage In Zlon City, watching the grave of her hus band, for fear his successor, Wilbur Glenn Vollva, will have the body re moved, a fortune In the name of Alex ander Dowle haa been lying Idle In a bank In Edinburgh, Scotland. Thla Information has Just been made public by a confidential servant In the former Dowte mansion. Just before I'ow le's death, when the money In the bank across the sea would have saved his religious king dom, hla mind became feeble and It la believed he forgot all about the vast sum he had on deposit In the Scotland bank. Every Saturday afternoon for several years before hla death Dowle would sit at his typewriter In his private of fice, write a letter to hla foreign bank er. Inclosing a check for a large sum of money. In all. It Is believed, lie sent several hundred thousand dollars away In this manner without saying a word to his wife. Only one servant knew of these proceedings and this servant now has told the story. RAILROAD BEING RUSHED Last Lap of Albany Extension Now Is Well Vnder Way. Resident officials of the Hill lines were yesterday advised that early In the day traeklaylng on the Albany Eugene extension of the Oregon Elec tric was begun. The distance from Al bany, to which point tha track lias been completed, to Eugene la H miles. The grade work haa been completed and the large construction force is able to lay about two miles of track dally. The company expecta to have the track laid Into Eugene by July 1, although the line will not be ready for operation un til later. Special train aervlce will be main tained by the Hill people over the Oregon Electric and the United Rail ways during Rose Festival week. Be ginning Monday, a special train will be operated over the Oregon Electric, leaving Portland dally at 11:15 r. M. and arriving In Salem at 1:15 A. M. This train will serve all patrons of the company at Intermediate points be tween Portland and Salem. Also, beginning Monday, the I'nlted Railways during the week will operate a apeclat train, leaving Portland at 11:JS P. M. for Wllkeaboro, present ter- mlnua of the line. This train will rearh Wllkeaboro at I A. M. and will serve all Intermediate points. With this ad ditional service, the Hill people feel that an adequate and satisfactory schedule will be furnished for people In districts served by their electric lines to attend the Rose Festival. FIRE MAYC0ST SIGHT Man Pours Oil on Cookslotc l'lre. Exploelon ItcMill-. LERANON", Or.. June R. ( Fpeclsl. W. K. Johnston, assistant undertaker with Kverett. Kyle Epperly, of this city, was rushed to Portland today to see an eye specialist, and the doctor In charge la of opinion that even a spe cialist will not be able to restore his sight. Mr. Johnston, In trying to stsrt a fire' In the cooks love at his home, placed some wood on the coals of fire and poured coll all on the wood. The fire failed to, start, and he began to blow the coals when sn explosion took place, severely burning his face and eyes to the extent that the attending physician fears he w'.il never see again. Wlnlork-Evrline Road Nears End. CENTRALIA. Wash.. June 8. (Spe cial.) The new road from Wlnlork to Eveline Is rspldly nearing completion, work being pushed from both ends. When the road is finished Wlnlork will have a highway of easy grade to Eve line, Napavlne end Chehalls. AT CHICAGO AND AT OP THE STKfKNGE-s CITY TAKES OH GAY ROBE 10 GREET 16 Rex Oregonus Rapidly Nearing Portland. THRONG CATCHES FUN SPIRIT Residents Vie With Roses to Make Town Attractive. NATURE ALSO DOES DUTY Churches Will Observe Opening ol Week of Carnival Crowds Are Aril vino; Eiirly Added En tries Made In Parades. Rex Oregonus rapidly is ncarlni Portland. Ills loysi subjects, and teinporsry subjects who have come to shave the festivities prepared In hla honor, are ready for the coming of the King. The city over which he Is to reign supreme for six full days hss tsken on its most charming attire that tta tem porary ruler may well be pleased with his brief awny. Nature faithfully lias performed ths duly In bringing to the height of beauty and splendor the millions of blooming rosea to glorify which this festival la given. , Portland rrsltlcnts have vied with Portland roses to de.-k the city In a setting worthy the abode of a king. No previous festival lias brought forth more public and private decorations; no celebration ever has developed more of the festival spirit. Festival Spirit Acquired. 'I his festival spirit Is said to be ac quired only through long experience and practice. With five years' practice Portland haa acquired featlval spirit from the business district to the sub urbs. For the last few days It hss been manifest. This day marks the beginning of fes tival week. Toilsy's programme will bl In keeping with the spirit of th dsy. Churches of all denominations will hold apeclal services In honor of Rex Ore gonus. Many pastora have arranged fo special in lie leu I numbers at their churches, and several of them will de liver spni lal sermons. One of the features of the week will be the Itose .Musi, si Festival at the Gipsy Smith Auditorium this afternoon. Admission will be free. A chorua of ltion boys ami girls and a choir of adults will render special progrsmmra Another concert will be given Tuesday afternoon. llundrrria of plejsure-serkera reached the rlly )cslerdsy. Ill Noise Niarta F.arlj. The strce-t crowds yesterday and last night were Imbued with the carnival spirit. Tin horns, bells, automobile whistles and oilier noise-making ap paratus made their appearance. At Rose Festival headquarters In the Swetlaml building a corps of clerks co operated diligently with Itslph Hoyu president, ami tlcorge I Ilutrhtn, man ager of the association, to complete details. Their chief work wss answer ing luitilri-e regarding the parade, and other features of the week's entertain ment. ' "Evorythlng Is ready for the big time," waa tho report from headquar ters last night. Even as late aa last night additional advice waa rccolved of floats that will be entered In the paradea. From West minster, 1). C, came announcement thst a large party will be here to partlcl pate In festivities snd to enter a flost for prise competition. A telegram was received from Van couver, Ii. C, announcing that Dr. El liott ISoew will represent the Mid Summer Carnival at the meeting of tha Pacific Coast Carnival Association, 1 1 'on c I ii ei I nn I'sa t'i.i HOME.