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WHICH WAV WILL THE CAT JUMP?
TODAY IN N. JERSEY
President Tail's Adherents As.
sert That Chief Executive
Will Get Eight and Possibly
Twelve District Delegates.
WILSON ONLY DEMOCRAT
COMING BEFORE VOTERS
Leaders of Machine, However,
Arc Up to Oppose Governor
at .Any Cost.
rH4 rm lf4 Wtr.l
N'eaark. N J. May :i With etlllel
fror-hrta rrwlf pral!rlng thai l'olon.1
KMtell ill defcei rraeldant Taft In
th. rrfrrt-. primary vol and I Ka I
ike N.w jrwr drlf.don to Cheat
III b divided, lha r"'te or-ered here to
day l I ecloek Polling will (onllnui
bntll e'rlixk tonight.
rrt.Ul.nl Taft a adherents eaa.rt that
Taft MI get I. tMblr U. district
ililfftin. while lornrr tlotarnor VI ur-
Jhr g"a further than hla friends and
imiili that lha preai.lent mill rapture t
'K dlalrlrt delegatce and fuur delegates at
Urf ..
n Ih. either hand, tha nxaevlt man
'It to rapture lha four 1rl-ia at
lata;, and at l- at II of lha rtlairlrt d le
gatee. It la not relieved lhal 1-a Kol
Idle will be a larse factor In tha rlee-
Hon.
in lha lemfwralie !da no name romfl
before Ilia elerlore av that of ov
rn r nomliow il.on. Thare are,
)iou.vr. two el of tli'lrcaira bring
votril for In ni'l'Oaitlon to thorte pledged
fur li.on Tli.y arc ti c loader of thy
rial. I irmiicratlr machine an'l ar ui
trr.lol to t pledged to "an) body but
Wllnorv."
1'nfei-t weather brought out a heavy
early ole all over the atale.
Mrllsrg Opens IIcjilunrtrrs.
Il'ullrd I'rre. l.---l Wlrr.l
CMrago. May IS. Oimaby Miliars,
tha Nn York lawyer who la to con
duet all Ilooaevelt contert for dele
gate before tha national Republican
committee-, today opened hla liradguar
tora hera In I ho ('ongreaa hotel.
After long conference with Roose
velt b-adera. Mcllnrg asserted that the
bltternat contest before tho convention
would he that for th delegation from
Washington stiite. Ha rhnrgr-s that
former Mtcretary nllliiKer. form or Sen
ator John I... Wllaon and other con
trolled the Washington state convention,
depl
agal
Med
afternoon that all I tonne veil national
delegates were Invited to confer with
the formsr president next Sunday at
Oyster Jiay.
7 "fe''fel V' "w
DOORS THAT SWING
NAD
III MA
Investigators Report on Titanic
TRAP 103 500 Lives "Needlessly Lost"
dLAZl Captain of Californian Blamed
All COULD NAVE '
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UbMI VMIkl III 11
VESSEL ASSISTED
Women and Children Trampled
to Death When Panic Rages
In Burning Moving Picture
Playhouse.
ccuscr and Accused
SPECTATORS IN FRENZIED
STRUGGLE FOR ESCAPE
Death List Undoubtedly Been
Larger Had Not Cooler
Ones Opened Windows.
It '.H.4 ! Ie4 Wire!
Madrid. May :t -Krxkrl dn and
trampled ty a frr.ilJ galh.rlng ink
lag cape. 11 t nna. moatly omeo
and children, met drain in a fir In a
I moving picture tioua at Vlllarral, in tha
prot Irr. of t'aatellun. arrurdlrg to ad
!-. rx.uel hara t-d.y.
A .rrh of the rulna today ratald
111 eorpar jl!e.1 In the nam entrance to
lb theatre, mil It Is frar! that th
dealli II. t of 1) will t In rf.l
Boot of TLaatie wtag- Inarard.
The fa. t that !: dooia to Ihe play
house aarung Inward la rr.ponklhl In a
large mea.ura fur tl a rtenh l: I. At
the flr.l alarm ft :ttator. panic
ktrli Wen. rushed lo tha eilia Their
prtiyrena waa blcxked t-y th. Inward
awlrglrg doors, and. hemmed In, men
and wumrii struggled In a mad fight
for life. The weaker women and chil
dren were knocked down and trample-d
upon and acores nirt death In thla way.
Tha fire started from a epark which
Ignited a celluloid film and apread with
'lightning rapidity. Hefora tha audience
ruuM lrae their seats lh theatre waa
In flame. Tha death list undoubted!
would has been murli greater had not
cooler luads opened windows, scores es
caping In this innnni r
rarallsl to Quaksr Cat&atxopba.
In many ways the Vlllarral holocauat
Is a dir.it parallel to tha catastrophe
at lloyeratown. l'a . January 1J, 1K08.
when mure than :oo persona met death.
An at Vlllareal. tha theatre doors
swung Inward and In the fight to escape
scores of women ana children wets
trampled to death. A film of the pic
ture machine at Uoyeistoaa alio caug,Ut
flra from a rlt. -.
i nt-TaVrnt ln ,he APPFAI TAKFN V
edlll Mct'ormlck announced thla f fL lltllLM II
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REPORT
VENDS
SocialiHts Urcak Itccord.
tRpeelal to The Journal. t
Washington. D. C. Way 28 For the
fourth consecutive time Kugnne V. Pebs
of Indiana, Is the Socialist candidate
for president of the United States. In
again nominating Mr. Debs the Socialist
party has broken tha record, as no
other political party has ever nomi
nated the same man for president four
times. In 1900 Mr. Debs polled 88,000
votes; ln 1904 his supporters numbered
402,000, and four years ago he re
ceived 480.000. The party leaders pre
dict that the Socialist vote next No
vember will be close to the 2,000,000
mark.
T-ji!mtaii to Pe Candidate.
(Bpeolnl to The Journal.) '
Bay City, Mich.. May 28. It Is re
ported that E. R. Fobs, a wealthy lum
berman and mine owner of Bay City
111 be a candidate for the seat or Unl-
tld States Senator William Alden
Smith, of Michigan.
- ON 7TH ST. WIDENING
Appellants Hold That Viewers
Assessed Too Much Bene
fits and Too Little Damages
ION
IN
CON
I
E DEMOCRATIC
THE STATi
CONVENTION IN TEXAS
New Jerseyan Has Half of the
Votes With Harmon Second
.and Clark Third,
Notlee of appeal was filed today ln
the city auditor's office from the re
port of the viewers on the proposed
widening and extension of Seventh
street from Burnslde to Hoyt. The ap
pellants are the heirs of the Labbe es
tate, Frederick Sasscer and others.
City Attorney Frank S. 3rant has
also been served with notice of the ap
peal, and lie will urge the circuit court
to review the case at the earlilest possi
ble date and that the important im
provetnent may not be delayed any
longer than can be helped.
Tha ground for the appeal la that the
viewers assessed too much benefits
against the property and too little dam
ages. In the case of the Sasscers the
excess of benefits over damages, as
fixed by the viewers, is 11750.
The .total amount of damages and
benefits assessed for the widening of
the street waa $269,000. The council
on May 8 passed an ordinance adopting
the report or the viewers and Mayor
Rushlight signed the measure May 10.
HALF HOUR CUT FROM
THE RUNNING TIME OF
(I'nlted rrPB I.rawd Wlre.l
Houston, Texas, May 28;--Woodrow
Wilson men are in complete control of
the Democratic state convention which
met here t noon today, it was pre
dicted that the New Jersey "Rovernor
will pet at least 32 district .delegates
nnd eight delegates at large.
u There are 623 votes In the convention,
of which Wilson controls considerably
'mora than half, witti Judson Harmon
nvond and Champ Clark third.
The -.success of the Wilson ticket Is
considered a blow politically to Senator
Joseph V. Bailey, who stumped the
6tate against Wilson's candidacy.
United States Senator Culberson will
. head the Wilson delegates at large.
PORTLAND RUNAWAYS
CAUGHT AT WOODBURN
FAST MAIL ON 0,W.
Proposed Change in No, 9's
Schedule Is Not Beneficial,
However, Says Merrick,
rtunnlng time of the west bound fast
mail No. 9 will be cut half an hour and
the train brought Into Portland at 6:30
a, m. instead or 7 o clock. If the ar
rangement will aid ln the early delivery
of the eastern letter mall to Portland's
business men, according to J. P. O'Brien,
vice president and general manager of
the O.-W. R. & N today.
In the opinion of Postmaster C. B.
Merrick, the proposed change ln sched
ule would be ln no wise Beneficial, and
It would not tend to end tho delay In
the distribution of the eastern mail,
which prominent retailers and. whole
salers In the city declare is proving
costly to them from the standpoint of
time, money nnd business.
"If the mail arrived here at 6 o'clock,
as the business men are demanding."
sold Mr. Merrick, "it would be possible
DENY "BIG BUSINESS"
ERICAN
E
SHIPS IN PORT HAVE
DESIRE AM
A CARRYING CAPACITY
IN ISLE OF CUBA
OF OVER 40.000 TONS
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No Word of Criticism of J. !
Bruco Ismay; Rostron, Mas-'
la. al PmmmUI llf I..
Praised.
Senator William Alden Smith and
CajHain Stanley Lord of the Cal
lforaJan.
Government Officials Assert
They Are 'Doing Everything
to Assist President Gomez,
(Continued on Page Three.)
(United rre. Leaaed Wire.)
Washington, .May 28. Denying that
the big financiers and business men
of tha United 'States want American
ruli in Cuba, government officials here
today declared that they were doing
everything ln their power to uphold
President Gomez. They state the belief
thai the precautionary measures ln
sending United -States warships to the
It is reported that negro rebels
burned a coffee plantation owned by a
German citizen 10 miles west of Santi
ago. The owner complained to the Ger
man consul at Santiago, who complained
to Berlin. It Is feared that other sim
ilar occurrences will necessitate inter
vention by the United States.
Big Fleet of Coasters and Off
shore Vessels Fill the Local
Harbor; Names of Carriers,
Havana, May 28. With flat orders
to show the negro revolutionists no
(Continued on Page Two.)
With the arrival from the sea of ves
sels having an aggregate carrying ca
pacity of more than 40,000 tons during
the 4 8 hour period ending Monday night,
the Merchants Kxchange reports an oc
currence of more than usual Interest
to the shippers of this port. The total
tonnage of the vessels, which included
both coasters and offshore carriers, was
20,607 tons net register. Of this the
offshore tonnage amounted to 11,282
tons net. The vessels arriving are as
follows: American steamers Nehalem,
267 tons; Tamalpais, 422 ton; North
land, 560 tons; Rose City, 2154 tons;
Roanoke, 1654 tons; Olympic, 454 tons;
Jim Butler. 343 tons; Daisy Freeman,
436 tons; Sue II. Elmore, 131 tons;
Breakwater. 733 tons; Anvil, 276 tons;
American schooners King Cyrus, 630
tons; H. K. Hall, llu5 tons; British ship
Segura, 1700 tons; Norwegian steamer
Rj'gJa, S624 tons.; British steamer M. S.
Dollar, 2713 tons, and the Japanese
steamer Mandasan Maru, 3245 tons net.
TfTANJC DISASTER ONE
LESSON TO AWAKEN
Tl
iE COUNTRY TO GREED
Senator Rayner Says -We Are
Today to Great Extent De
fying Ordinances of Maker.
UNITED STATES MARINES EMBARKING AT PHILADELPHIA FOR GUANTANAM0, CUBA
Itoosevelt Men In Control.
(United Treat Leeaed Wlre.V
Fort Worth. Texas, May 28. With the
Roosevelt people in complete control,
the Taft delegates to the Republican
state convention, wjiioh ittet here todavi
bolted and, announced that they would
send contesting delegates to Chicago.
Although Roosevelt swept the state
ilit the recent county primaries, it: was
expected tnat an uhinstructed delegation-would
neutralise the former presi
dent's supremacy to a certain extent
and a hot fight was looked fer.
Soon- after, ihei convention opened.'
however, it .developed that the majority
cf the tinlnstructed delegates favored
Roosevelt's' candidacy, - and lh Taft
men Immediately -left the ball.
-(Special to T e Journal.)
Woodburn, Or., May 28. Harold Ed
wards, age 12, and John Ogilvle, age 15,
who left their homes in Portland re
cently, after S. M. Ogilvie, father of
one of the boys,' had discovered a pack
age of silverware in the woodshed,
stolen from the home of T. a. Davidson
at 69 East Fifty-Seventh sti et, were
picked up at Donald, Or.', last evening
by "JT. D. McCullough and O. A. Mosh
berger, brought to this city and turned
over to the local authorities.
The Portland police were notified and
the boya returned to Portland today.
The boys have the appearance of hav
ing 'traveled considerably. They ob
tained a dollar' from a merchant at
Donald by passing a forged order for
that .amount and were not invthe least
chagrined at their arrest.' The Edwards
boy's home Is at 1498 East Flanders
street, and be li son of George G. Ed
wards. -1 -!7i- ' - -. " i '
- 'Bnlly," Says Roosevelt.
. New York, May 28. Bully!" ex.
dclaimed Colonel Roosevelt at his desk
In the Outlook offices-here today when
8sked how he felt on the day of tFe
New Jersey primary election.' The col
onel declared he would get every one, of
the 28 Near Jersey delegates. , : , .
tb.- i .Js!3ssawaa 1
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(United Preaa leased Wire.)
Washington, May 28. "The sooner we
awaken to a realizing sense of our re
sponslbllity, the better it will be for
the elevation of the country we are
going mad with the lust of wealth and
of power and ambition. May the heart
rendering secenes upon the night of an
guish and woe on which the. Titanic
sank give us faith and lead us to the
altars of our fathers."
Thus did Senator Rayner, of Mary
land, eloquently sum up the sermon he
preached to the senate this afternoon
on the Titanlo disaster. The Maryland
senator, one of the most forceful speak
ers in the upper house, swayed his au
dience with his burning oratory.
"What this nation needs are some
severe lessons that will strengthen the
pillars and the altars of Its faith," he
declared. "We are to a great extent
today defying the ordinances of God.
We are separating society into castes,
with fabulous fortunes upon the one
side and destitution and poverty on the
other. It takes a terrible wai-ninur to
lCalte4 llaaa Lm4 Wtrt.1
Washington. Xlay ; Teaming wt
eloquence, combining pralaa for heroism
and arathir.g rabuke for n.!linre and
cowardice of the moat a trailing marine
dlaaater of Malory, waa the final an J
official raquicm toflay la the senate fr
the victims of the Titanic Senator
Smith of Michigan, chairman or the
satiate InveeUgatlng commit t, eammrd
up his view of the evidence develop L
That every sou! aboard tne stent
stcamahlp might have ba.n eared, but '
for tha Indifference aUmost criminal .
neglect of Captain Btanlay Lr4 and
the other officers of the California :
wss the most startling; charge BmiUf
made.
600 sreediesely aerifteed.
"NeedLaa sacrifice" of at least COO
Uvea barauae aha "atransaly Inauffi
clant number of lifeboats" were not ;
filled was aleo charged.
"UbaoUiaa- and antiquated shipping
laws" and "lasity of regulation and
hasty lnepection" by the Wrltiah board
of trad, were denounced by ttmlth. As
s contributory cause he named the In--difference
of Captala Smith of the Ti
tanic, for Ignoring the waralng and
forcing the Titanlo full speed thrnugD j
the northern waters. That Captain, :
8 ml to had eipatlattd his offense by a
heroic death was Hmlth's. tribute to the
dead commander.
leek of Discipline aVrratfmesV -
Ijack of discipline among the crew
and cowardice of some of Us members.
Indicated after tha era an, was sceth -ingiy
. efr&lgnaJ. To the two, .Tltanlj
wireless ,pj-vri.U(ia, JT3uUtfav .n.nd BKt-v
the senatoi'-paid a glowli.g tribute. 11 j '
lauded Captain Rostron of the reacu
ship Carpathla.
Not a word of criticism for J; Brute
Ismay, managing director of the steam'
ship company, was uttered by the
Michigan senator, but he caustically .
criticised the White Star Lino for the
action ln withholding news of ths dls-
aster, received, he suid, 16 hours before
It was reluctantly divulged.
In lofjuent terms the chairman de
pleted the folly of sending . out the
greatest ship afloat without sufficient
tests, a strsnge crew end ho drills or ,
discipline. The Titanic, he said, was ;
following the proper course, although
one known to be dangerous at that sea
son, but the speed was gradually ani
continually increased until the maxi
mum was the death bI6w. . 4
Survivors Are Kebuked. .'' ;
Rebuke for those ln half filled life
boats who stood by and refused aid to
struggling, drowning swimmers until
"all the noise had ceased," was voiced.
"Upon that broken hull." the senatpr .
concluded, "new vows were taken, new
fealty expressed, old love renewed, end , -i-those
who had been devoted in ldfe went 1
proudly and defiantly on the last life ;
pilgrimage journey, in sucn a heritage
we must feel ourselves more intimately
related to the sea than ever before, ami "
henceforth It will send back to us on
Its rising tide the cheering salutations
from those we have lost."
At the conclusion of his speech Sena
tor Smith offered a, resolution author ,
izins the' president to have a medal
struck containing $1000- in gold to be , .
presented to Captain Rostron ' of the
Carpathla. The resolution expressed
the thanks of congress to Captain Ros
tron, carrying with H the privilege of
(Continued on. Page Fifteen.)'
IMVEION
(Special io The Journal.
Wnnulam. Wash.. May 28. Fire full
grown elk; from the' Olsen ranch. Lake
Oulnlault. arrived here' today to ' be
bring us back to our rnoorincs and our trained to city life prior to tho Elks"
senses. If this disaster teaches no les. carnival at Portland. . The elk will be
Karaj transport rralri ftti Leegoe Island Nary yard,' loading lighting men to protect 'property of Aniericacs
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son or points no moral, then let us
pass it by with stoical Indifference un
til the next disaster and in the mean
time let the carnival go' on. But may
the heart-rending scenes upon that night
of anguish and woe give us faith and
lead us back to the altars of our fore
fathers." Senator Rayner pictured in eloquent.
(.Continued on Page Two.),1
driven tandem and will lead the parade
of Grays Harbor Elks, who will go t
the convention on a special train, 500
strong. ' - ' ' '
The elk have been driven and all that (
Is necessary, is to have them accus-
tomed to the city. They are as tame as
cattle. While bringing the anjmals out
they broke loose a number of times,
returnliwt home, this occurring ones
when tney were SO miles from home.
Spirit Stories That Puzzle Science
Has! the late Frank R. StocJtonautho b Tiger."
resumed his literary wolrk through the mediumship ot Miss Etta de Cani,
a New York stenographer. . -i . "; :; j"f-':f'rv
. Miss de. Camp avers he has;and investigation has;conyincel Dr,
James" IL Hyslop eminent psychologist, that the "'stories penned. ,tje
woman's hand, are literally dictated by the dead author. '
' "y.A Saturday Night QU," dne'or Stockton's poVt-roorterrt series, i?
reproduced in The Journal Magazine for next Sunday, together with an
explanation ot this femirkable psychic phenomenon, i ;
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