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THE ASSOCIATED DISPATCHES X LAST EDITICIT 4:00 P. It Weather Forecast. " FAIR. 'K1 -ymi VOL. tfm NO.-53. (vXx ASHEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 1912. 3o PER COPY POPE OF&OME REPORTED DEAD KIPiCITC 1MT TIP GI1IGII GREATOVATION FOR ROOSEVELl TlfT III !iK ft i VOLCAfJO DESTDDYS HODDUBUI TOWriS Fonn HOPE World Stirred by Telegrams From Madrid of Private Mes sage Which Proved Erroneous. ROME LONG CUT OFF FROM OUTSIDE WORLD Finally Reached From Paris by Telephone Pontiff Un-, well But Condition is Not Critical7 Rome, April ll.There in no truth In tho report circulating' throughout ' the world, timed on telegrams from Madrid, thiit the pope Ih dead. The above cable despatch from Rome sent nt 4:27 p. m. and received In this country shortly' before noon disposed of alarming report sent from Madrid nnd circulated throughout the world early In the day that Pope .Pius X was dead, The first report stated tho papal Nunciature at Madrid con firmed a private despatch received rthere announcing the pope's death. A similar despatch was received In ln don from Madrid. Meantime the cable from Rome was . silent for nearly three hours and no direct communication could be had from thit city. Urgent efforts from the different capitals of Europe by telegraph and long distance telephone were made to secure direct Informa tion from the Italian capital.. Paris secured a long distance tele phone collection shortly before noon and was Informed that the- Madrid re port was untrue. Immediately follow ing this tiieRtqphyUjidpabljs daaaicl ea .dH"efrom Home ghtav the same , liri'ormatipn that the Madrid report of the pontiff's death was untrue. . The pope continues his audences. . He receive J today Cardinal Delia Vope, Prince Borghese, Senor de cs trnda, the Argentine minister at the Vatican, and his family and Count and Countess Jonghe. Afterwards tho pontiff greeted a number of Italian und foreign personalities. Pope Plus X has been In rather poor health for several weeks but at no time has his condition reached a critical stage or one giving serious euuse lor the apprehension of -those about Mm. Madrid, April 11. A private dls putch received here today from Rome nnd confirmed at the nunciature an nounced that tho pope Is dead. Indon, April 11. The same diB patch as one transmitted to America was received here from Madrid this morning announcing thut a private message, confirmed by the papal nun ciature at Madrid, stated that the pope V as dead. The dispatch from Madrid came through the usual chan nels. Nothing beyond the first few words It contained has been received nor has any additional Information concerning the Madrid report come from any source. - . 1 Come With Startling Siultlemie. f The report from Madrid of the none' death comes with startling sud-f ilenness and Is to be taken with re- Mrv nntil direct news to -received from Rome. Nothing within the last few days Indicated that the pope was ill a critical condition, although hlB health has for some time been, un satisfactory. On March 25 he was compelled to suspend his audiences . i I ... a aitrrht or tew any. uwm, . --" cough. .oenmram .' ,. "' ,.T ' 1 "". " h . " . il-nces. rmong those greeting the pope that clay were some 350 Americans. They ldt PHllw and wm. hoarse- neP. in we pomu . " . serious physical disability. The lirst dispatch from Madrid re ceived today Is but a few words. It I noted that It states that It was a private riixpstch which brought the first word of tho report to Madrid. This Would be opsn i t much doubt. but the subsequent statement v inni the nunciature continued me ompai BU-II Klves a seriousness toythe report wn.cn tott lied. ch nni up uvi-mvc'i. ...... .-. of such gravity should be first made public at Mmirld has not been ' ex plained nnd given further reason for n-K-rve of judgment. Xo Word at Washington. Washington. April 11. The charge d'affaires nf the papa legation who Is directing church matters here pend ing the arrival of Cardinal Palconl's . . l ... .1 ...ltrl.-aa .ri,. ..,; report the d.-ath of the pope. It wis Pain if the dispatch had been aent from lh Vatican to the Madrid nuncio sn iili-ntical ilii-atch would have be-n Fr-nt to Wit h h i n nt on. The stale de-liuini.-nt kImo win 'without notice, tur.iio.l I nviev H No Infoi'iiinilon. , w Vo. . Api I 1 ! -M II o' lock H.j ,., i in. niln M of Cardinal i . .. I .-i . 't t ti" - REPORTS jil FLOOD OPTIMISTIC Only at Luxara Is the Situa tion North of Memphis Desperate. A Memphis. April 11. With the upper rivers falling, optimistic reports come from all except one -of the flood men aced points along the Mississippi river north of Memphis. At Iepzora, Ark., the situation is desperate. The base of the levee Is weakening. Breaks Relieve I,owor River,, Vlcksburg, Miss., April 11. A great army of men throwing up earthworks to fight off the sweeping torrents of the Mississippi flood, rested on their arms Inst night along the river stretches from Helena, Art:, south ward. Tho near crisis of the last 24 hours has hern bridged with temporary vic tory, at least, to the credit of ' the government engineers and levee board chiefs. Ureaks in the levees along the Ar kansas shore In the Memphis district have delayed the flood crest, thus giving , the battalions laboring to strengthen the . dikes of .: the lower river additional time to make their work more sure. The usual crop of rumors concern ing alleged breaks In the dikes .he low Helena were placed In circula tion by more or leas Interested per sons. Late In the afternoon It was rumored the river had cut through at filler bend, above Natchez, that parts of Concordia parish, Louisiana and the town of Vldalln has been flooded. Flood observers at Natchez Immediately denied the rumor and asserted the story has been circulat ed In a general scheme to affect the market. , . .- Late last night the situation was unchanged at Giles bend. There has been a break In a subsidiary levee, but government engineers declare they tave the breach under control. ....,...,. The levee at Millers..: bend, . sear Oreenvllle, Miss., held strong yester day and Major Woodruff, United States, engineer, declared he thought the dikes would withstand the addi tional pressure that will be exerted by the slowly rising flood. Alarming reports have circulated concerning conditions at Oreenvllle. There seems to be no Justification for them. However, it Id true that. If there should be a break above there, the chances of Inundating the -city would le overwhelming. The auxil iary levees above Oreenvllle, It Is feared, would not prevent the floods sweeping through the town. A large territory In the Yazoo river valley north of Vicksburg has been flooded by backwater. Railway sen-Ice between Vlcksbnrg nnd Memphis was suspended on the Yazoo nnd Mississippi valley railroad yesterday because of the overflowing of the Yazoo river valley. It is 'declared a negro was killed a few miles about Oreenvllle hy the natrnler on the Mississippi side, be- 'cause ne ,wns earring u . ....... .,. his bont. DEUOCIUTS MEET III EMPIRE STATE j " n'flnrmnri Murtlhv and D, U llOmaH, jmirpuy U.UU Parker Stated as Delegates At-Large. .- .The demo I crstle convention met this morn Ing to elect four delegates at large and district delegates to the Haiti. 1 more convention. J After t-ttsappolnt . V". ' k ., afternoo. Governor Dlx Senator O'Gorman, Charles V. Murphy and Alton B. Parker were virtually agreed upon as delegates-at-large. KILLED IN BOUT t t .. -i. inrll 11 John Cold nert 21. died today from a frac , . V ,. ..... , . I tured skull sustained In a bout with a CMvugo y)(Utl) Bl ,he HUarke). Athletic club last night. Goldbergs opponen has not yet been Identified. RaM-boll Yesterday. At Panvllle: Danville 10; ti(ro. Curolina Association, 6 Greens At Athens, Oa.t University of Oeor 7- t'nivoisitv of Michigan w. At Chanel Hill: Pavldson College Vny off North Carolina 2 At Wake Korest: University of rionth Carolina 1: Wake Korest 3. At NorfolKt- Toronto 10; Norfolk 4 At Sewberry. S. C.:-Newberry Col icKe 7: Charli's'lon Col'ge 5. At Greenville, S. C: 1-nirman Trskln.' Ujh West, 6. At Annapolis: Navy 13; Fordhatn C.llei.-e, New York 0. At W.-l l olnt. Ifayete ; Army 4. .i , I I.- .Minneapolis ; Louis- ARE Antagonism to President's Measure Helped to Prevent Instructed Delegation. Rochester, N. Y., April 11. The re. publican party of New -York state In convention here yesterday declared for the re-nomlnation of President Wil liam H. Taft and passed a resolution urging f'he state's delegation to the Chicago national convention to vote to that end. Y . The Taft presidential plank found an opponent orlly in City Comptroller William A. Prende.rgn.st, of New York, a Rposevelt delegate, who made a vig orous speech against the platform and declared that the president could not be re-elected. . The platform was adopted viva voce, . with only a few dissenting votes from the 1015 dele gates. " United States Senator Elihu Root, one of the "big four" selected to go to Chicago, was the chief champion of the platform and delivered a speech in which he made a vigorous defense of the American judicial system and a sharp attack upon the recall of Judges. , - i The other delegates chosen are State Chairman William Ilarn'es, jr.; Wil liam Berri, of Rrooklyn, and Rdwln A. Merrltt. Jr., speaker of the assem bly. - '. The day's session was' given over entirely to speeches on tho platform made by Senator Root, James ' W. Wadsworth, former speaker of the as sembly, Mr. Prendersast arid Job Hedges, of New York. After the vote on the platform and the selection of the delegutes at large and their alter nates, the convention adjourned. Reciprocity Stand Hurt Taft. There Is much dissatisfaction with the president's stand on Canadian rec iprocity and this was a factor In pre venting the Instruction of delegates for Taft. Reciprocity, was approved by business Interests In the cities, but tho Barnes people felt there are other voters in the state beside the business men In the big cities 'whose Wishes should be consulted, and.' without the slightest doubt, the vast majority of the delegates from the rural counties were opposed to Instructions. -, '. They believed the ' antagonism to T.ift's reciprocity measure extends from Maine to Oregon on th Cana dian frontier. While these delegates ave been told by Mr. Taffs adherents that the measure Is. dead, and even though It remains on the statute books f the United States, It can never be put Into operation while the present anadinn government exists, the rural delegates Insist the measure ought to be rescinded at Washington. If Is then called to their minds that Representative George R. Mnlby ol t. Ijiwrence has Introduced In the house of representatives a bill to re sclnd tho measure and the democrats under Representative Underwood have not permitted the bill to come out of committee. That doesn't seem to sat isfy these rural republican statesmen. The agitation In favor of Instruc tions seems to have been the direct re suit of the apprehension of the presl dent himself that the failure of the party In New York to Instruct for him would Injure his chances of lunaing enough votes to bring about his nomi nation, at -Chicago. The local ma hlnes in New York, Brooklyn and Buffalo with a few scattering districts stood squarely for fhe president Yet It Is th efat't, not ht all flattering .to the president, that few if any dele gates were really for him. They seem ed to be sincere In their belief that his chances for carrying New York Btate are not as good" as the leaders who want to "load" the ticket with state nnd local candidates of their own would like. mil IS HEIIEO TO CDSFEDEBITE WOUEI " Gen. Irving Walker Presides at the Ceremonies at Columbia. Columbia, S. C, April 11. Th memorial to the Confederate women of South Carolina erected by the state was unveiled today.; Gen. Irving Wal ker. commander-in-chief of the United Confedeft te veterans, presided. The central ligure Is that of a woman wait Ing to be crownt with laurel byr "g ihre In the rear. .- Inscribed on th monument Is the following: "In this monument generations urt horn shall hear the voice of a great people testifying to the sublime devo tion of the women of South Carolina in the hour of their country's need Mr. Knox at Havana. Havana. April 11. (Vcretary Knox and party arrived here aboard th cruiser Washington this morning. Th cruiser passed Morro castle at o'clock, proceeding slowly up the har bur and exchanging salutes with tn t rtress of Chabanas until she came t her moorings. Taft Goes to New York. Washington. April 11 Taft left Washington nt 1 -Fresiilen ft o'clock today for New York, where I,,, a i lei..; a di n io r of i 1 " Y i I . i -i i tor.iuhl Washington Observers Believe New .York' and Illinois Re- suits Cost Him the Nomination. STANDPATTERS SEEK STRONGER CANDIDATE roblem Now to Beat Roose velt and They Want Man With Vote Getting - y: . . - ' Strength. V.2ette-.'ews Bureau, . ' a Wyatt Building, V ; Washington. April 11.. In a single day the Toft renomina- tlon campaign has crumbled to pieces like the proverbial house of cards. Mr. Taft will not be the republican nominee to succeed himself.. That is the verdict of all observers. Illinois and New York have settled the question, New York, always a doubtful stat", by refusing to Instruct its delegation for Taft; Ilinois, by giving an overwhelming declaration for Colonel Roosevelt. : For a month, the managers of the regular" republican forcea have been giving about as much attention to the question of finding a new candidate with a chance to be elected, as to the effort to get support for Mr. Taft. It has been with them a problem of beating Roosevelt lirst; after that of finding some new man with a vote getting strength that would justify en trusting the leadership to him. Always a doubtful state. New York has become so doubtful that it dares not instruct for Tnft. It is more In terested in the nomination of a favor ite son of its ancient machine for vice president than it Is In renominating a president. - Illinois has dene yet mure. It has sent word to thycuuntry that ttjs critically "doubtfut-state. By a vote of cbout threei to one It has declared against Taft, hy more than two to one t has preferred Roosevelt to htm. , Big Koost for Clurk. The primary In Illinois, in so far as the democratic presidential candi dates are concerned, has put Champ Clark far In the lead -and he Is now an oddH-on favorite for the nomina tion. His overwIehminR. defeat of Governor Wilson in a primary where the people had a chance to vote considered a victory of far reaching Importance. i Democrats here who, are only Inter ested In seeing the democrats nomi nate a man who can win are firm In the belief that yesterday's result was X hard Jolt to Governor Wilson. Roowcvelt Plurality Grows. Telegrams received at the Roose vclt headquarters show that the Roosevelt plurality In the Illinois presidential preference primaries Is considerably more than early reports Indicated and is growing as complete returns come In. Roosevelt will prob ably have a majority of more than ; 00.000 in thetute with a solid dele gation of 58 to the Chicago national convention. It was 'ft landslide which swept everything tiefore It. Roose velt carried Cannon's and McKinley's dlBtrlct overwhelmingly. Congressman MeKlnley, director of the -Taft campaign, spent some time In his own district but his home pre cinct went two to one for Roosevelt. The ninth congressional district In Chicago Indorsed Roosevelt by a two to one vote. This district is the home of two of the Tnft cabinet secretaries, McVeagh and Fisher. It Is the home of former Secretary Dickinson and of Charles D. Nurton; once, private see retary to President Tnft. It Is the home of Fred Uphm, assistant treas urer of the republican nutlonal com mlttee. and of ex-Mayor Busse of Chicago. All of these men were do. ing all they could for Tnft. , RULE BILL BEF0BEJHEG0:.UJBN5 Government Makes New Ef fort to Settle Long Stand , ing Quarrel. London,' April U. The Irish home rule bill, the third effort made by a liberal government ot the United Kingdom In a quarter of a century to settle the quarrel be'ween Great Bri tain and Ireland, was Introduced lu the house of commons this afternoon by Premier Asqulth. BEACH STILL SILENT (nod Wife Masher Say" Affair Is In the Hands of Ills Lawyers. Paris. April 11 Frederick O. Bench the Wall street broker against whom the Aiken, South Carolina authorities iwoied a warrant charging assault 1 wlih Intent to kill his wire, wrote M..ii..r thin morninff itebirinir that he ill In .1 no sliitenii , v -1, tl'- -t to B.fllte In ron .. end ,ol'tnr Ship Captain Brings News of Great Disaster Near Bocas del Toro. Mobile, Ala., April 11. Thousands of persons have been killed and whole Indian villages swept awuy by the eruption of Chlriqui peak, near Bocas del Toro in Honduras, according to the story of Captain Olsvlk of the United Fruit steamer Fort Morgan, which arrived here yesterday. This is the first time this mountain was ever-known to be active. The flumes shot very high 'and the smoke and ashes were blown far out to sea. The property loss Is reported to. be heavy. Captain Olsvlk, in describing the scene, says It was the most terrifying imaginable. The sea was torn up .isl ands thrown up where once there had been deep water. It is reported that the shock of the eruption is being felt at Culebra cut Panama canal and men on the Fort Morgan suy that the wnter In the cut, according to reports reaching Bocas bus risen two leet within the past few days. This is attributed, they say, to the volcanic action. With regard to the eruption of Chl riqui peak, Captain Olsvlk said: "The Fort Morgan was berthed at the Almlrante wharf about 14 miles from Bocas del Toro, on the morning of- April 5, loading bananas, when about 4 o'clock the eastern iky blazed forth and a great rumbling was heard. looking that direction 1 saw great volumes of lire shouting skyward. 'The natives who had been load ing the ship all night, were terror- stricken. .Some of the men fell on their knees and prayed. All work was suspended for several days as the people watched the volcano. 'I learned before leaving that the third of a row of mountain peaks. situated about a mile from us, had burst Into flames or had turned Into a volcano. The peaks were southeast of the Fort Morgan and are called the Chlriqui. The peak that became ac tive was the highest of the number, Us height being estimated at 2340 feet above sea level. "ThV base''-of tne moortaJn nd lt slopes are Inhabited by A number of Indian villages. It Is supposed that these have been totally destroyed by the lava. "Soon after the eruption the Fort Morgan was caught by a great cur rent and tore her moorings. When we got out Into the open sea great rocks and shoals were sticking out of the water in places where before we had navigated the vessel. Small Isl ands could be seen till around the shore. "I have been running to Bocas del Toro for a number of years and about two years ago when u party of Swiss scientists were In that country, one of fhem predicted that very peak would burst Into an eruption less than two years. The prediction has come true," , RULING IS REQUESTED ELECTORAL COLLEGE Difference of Opinion as to Its Membership Is Causing . Confusion. Washington, April 11. A ruling from the department of Justice .as to whether the electoral college that will choose the nex' president of the United States shall consist of 490 or 531 members has been asked for by members of the house judiciary com mittee. . Political activity tn both parties has proceeded on the assumption that the larger number was correct, but this is now questioned on the ground that the reapportionment of congress does not become effective until March 4, next. The .question has created con siderable confusion, but will not af fect conventions, as national commit tees fixed the number of delegates ar bitrarily .In accordance with the new apportionments. WILSON ON PRIMARIES Sys the Illinois lUwult "Kpoke for Itself Will Not Admit Disappointment. Trenton, April 1 1 Governor Wood row Wilson upon his return here to day, said the Illinois primary result spoke for Itself and he accepted It because he believed the people .have a right to express themselves In mat ters of this kind. Asked It he was disapolnted, the governor said he could not say, because he did . not know what the real situation In Illi nois was. Drainage Congress In Keswlon. New Orleans, April 11. Co-operation between states and the nation in a comprehensive drainage plan was today urged by Isham Randolph of Chicago, addressing the national Drainage congiwss. Five hundred del egates reprepenting 18 states are pres. a;ent. Speakers today ijlcsuden senator Newlaml of Nrvufll. ContrrenHmnn nunc! ell I olnnii: of IiHlHinna, K. J. WiitHim, nll.f of U i-ricllltlire oT olllh t'lilohliu lilid loll. i; i ut of w ASKTAFT TO CURB OFFIGEHQLDERS President's Attention Called to Flagrant Violations of Law in Kentucky. Washington, April 11, As president nf the United States, and not as - a candidate for that office. President Taft has been called upon to check the violation and defiance of law by fed eral office holders. The outrages against the public committed by postmasters and other federal officers In Kentucky are made the basis of a demand, sent by Sen ator Dixon to the president that he cause Immediate steps to be taken to punish those guilty of crime against the electorate, and to prevent further violations of law similar in character. The crimes of federal office holders In Kentucky, in order to obtain for President Taft a packed convention to elect delegates to support him are without parallel in political manipula tion of the convention In Indiana were thought to have established a record for dishonesty In politics. But even these have been exceeded in Kentucky. There the county chair men are mostly federal office holders, chiefly postmasters. In the election nf county delegates to the state and district conventions, the certificates of the county chairmen that certain men have been chosen delegates Is the basis for temporary roils of all conventions. Other delegates are only admitted af ter a contest. Only Taft Men Certified. In Kentucky counties the federal postmaster-chairmen of the county committees, regardless of whether the county elected Taft or Roosevelt dele gates to state and district conventions, have certilled only the election of Taft delegates. They nave done this where the vote was 2 or 8 to 1 against Taft. This would be outrage oua enoueVwere the county chairmen mere gang politicians, without any direct responsibility to the public; but the fact that they are federal office holders, and that these men, employed In the public service, believe they can resort to crime and be sure of protec tion from the president of the United States, reveals a condition which, were it not absolutely proved, could hardly be believed to exist Senator Dixon very truthfully tells the president that theft Is being committed in his Interest by public employes, and, that unless he enforces the law and stops the criminal practices, he will be the open beneficiary of the crimes committed Senator Dixon's letter is as follows: "To the President In recognition of the deep sense of common honor and of the braad love of fair play which characterize the American people as a whole, and In the Interest of the welfare ot the republican party, which all republicans genuinely desire to promote, I submit for your con slderatlon and action the following dispatch which I have received from the Hon. Edward C. O'Rear, former chief justice of the supreme court of the state of Kentucky and republican candidate for governor: " 'Later returns give Roosevelt first district, but chairman ot McCracken county, who Is deputy postmaster at Duducah, signs the Taft certificate, though Roosevelt carried the county .by 100$ to 617. " 'Carlisle county, Roosevelt had all but three, one of whom, the chairman, postmaster, signs Taft certificate. The district chairman la postmaster at Mayfleld. "'Nothing approaching the-hlrV handed methods has ever developed before In Kentucky politics.' Theft by Jobholders, Charge "I call your attention to certain ob vious facta emphasized by this tele gram. "First Several different specified federal office holders are here charg ed with open and flagrant violation of law of civil service regulations and of executive orders Issued by the presi dent of the United States. 'Second These acts were commit ted by supporters of your candidacy for renomlnatlon, and on the theory that they were In the Interests of that candidacy. "Third These acts operate to sub vert the directly expressed wish of the majority of the voters In the districts where committed. In plain language, these acts constitute theft. "Fourth Unless they are promptly repudiated by you, and those who committed them, are Immediately cit ed to trial, you cannot escape the charge of being willing to profit know ingly by such theft. Receiver of Stolen Goods. '"Fifth In other words, you will he come the deliberate receiver of stolen goods. - "Sixth Some days ago you sent to the congress of the United States message recommending taking the postmasters of the country outside the sphere of political Influence. Those citiclals, to whom I have called your attention have, with the full knowl edge of your message to congress, de liberately set aside and made your words ridiculous and absurd. "Seventh Those open and flagrant Violation of law by postmasters In Kentucky prove that these federal officeholders refuse to oreillt you with sincerity In your public declarations. "Eighth Tills Is a public assault by voor subordinates upon your honor nnd veracity 8s provident of tln t'llite.i Ktnl-s. ", . I i. ' ,, T , Many Thousands Throng Phil adelphia Thoroughfares When He Arrives and - Makes Speech. STREETS IMPASSABLE IN NUMEROUS CITIES Pennsylvania Campaign Devel ops Into Triumphal Tour -Maine Delegates Are Pledged to Him. Philadelphia, Pa., April 11. Across the state of Pennsylvania, from Pitts burgh to hlladelphia, Colonel. Roose velt went campaigning yesterday. making his appeal for support at the primaries on Saturday. It was the liveliest day of his campaign thus far. . In no other state which he has trav ersed since he began his tight has he found the crowds so large and demon. strative. . - Wherever he spoke Colonel Roose velt asked the people to do on Satur day what Illinois did yesterday. We knocked them over the ropes In Iilinoik," he said, "and I want to see them, take the count In ennsylvania." The colonel referred for the first time to his view upon the outcome of the fight. - "If, as I believe we will," he said, we win In this fight, I want you to remember that our success must be made to turn for social and industrial justice." - " After what I've seen yesterday and today," he said at another time, "I be lieve that on Saturday Pennsylvania will 'do what Illinois did yesterday." As Colonel Roosevelt was wrlsked across the state he found chowds ot such size that many of them were un- -able to get within ear shot. In Johns town, Altoona, Harrlsburg and Lan caster the streets were almost tmpas sable. . When he reached Philadelphia,' another throng was waiting for him. Four hundred policemen . lined the streets to keep back the crowds along the three squares from the station to the hotel. The Metropolitan opera house, in which he spoke last night, was filled an hour before the colonel's arrival, and the street In front of the building was filled with - a jostling crowd. After completing his main speech, Colonel Roosevelt went to La bor Lyceum hall In Kensington, the northeastern section of the city, where he received- an enthusiastic welcome. Roosevelt Gains Maine. Bangor, Me., April 11. The candi dacy of Col. Roosevelt, will be sup ported by Maine's 12 delegates In the republican national convention. Ten were chosen at the republican state convention and at three of the four district conventions held yesterday af ternoon and last night In -city hall. The other two were elected a week ago In- the first district. Instructions were not formally given in the case of fourth district delegates, but all those chosen were named on ballots beaded ' "Roosevelt delegates." The Roosevelt leaders had a good working majority In the state conven-. lion, uiv vuiv I or uoiCKntrB Hi uw g being 739 to 497. Result In Vermont. Montpelier, Vt., April 11. Of the eight Vermont delegates to the repub lican convention at Chicago, two dis trict delegates-will go Instructed for Taft and two for Roosevelt. The four delegates at large are unpledged, al though the state convention endorsed President Taft's administration and all four delegates expressed a personal Jeslre for his re-nomtnatlon. MMUJERS CRIMED DF THE ITUM FLEET Battleships Steam for Home Yards After. Drill Off Virginia Capes. N Washington, April 11. The battle ships of the Atlantic fleet scattered to their home yards today. Spring tar get practice and exercises have been concluded on southern drill grounds off the Virginia capes. The work practically was finished yesterday but the New Hampshire, Nebraska, MIs sixsippl, Utah and Florida remained on thu drill grounds last night for night practice such as other ships had recently In southern waters. Only one accident, the bursting of a steel hoop around the tube of a Cl inch gun in the forward turret of the battleship Minnesota, marred tho t ereclHes. This was reported to the ile pnrtment as a routine matter, without serious results. 2ND DECEEE IIUHB: fill II 1M 111 llt-ll Ik rr it" III Ituinr Vne Ai'lcr 20 Min ute iVlilM'rnlHHi. a,, At" ' 1 1 ( . . . i