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, ASHEVILLE, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL15, 1912. ' ' 3o PES COPY
RIFLES TO
FOR U.
'0 -
President''.!-;
A.uthoriz-
la
7
es the, Export, of
Arms for the Madero
Government.
WARNED TO PROTECT
LIVES OF AMERICANS
Washington Adopts Menacing
Tone in Demands on Both
Federal and Rebel
' Authorities.
Washington, April lS.-'-President
Taft today authorized the exportation
or loo rino and 150,000 rounds of
ammunition for arming American cit
izens In the Guadalajara, Mexico, dis
trict in response to appeal from the
American consul there. The presi
dent consented to the exportation of
400 rllles.. and 120,000 cartridges and
u large muss of miscellaneous gun
, parts for the Mexican government.
Warning was issued yesterday by
the United States to the Mexican gov
. eminent, as well as to Oen. Pascual
Orozco, . chief of the revolutionary
forces, that "It expects and must de-
mand that American' life and proper
ty within tho republic of Mexico be
Justly and adequately protected, and
that this government must hold Mex
ican people responsible for all wan
ton or Illegal ants sacrificing or en
dangering American life or damaging
American proporty or interests."
ine auuune oi me united states,
; as expressed to both the federal and
'rebel authorities is that any mal
treatment of American citizens "will
bo deeply resented by the American
government and people, and miirt be
fully answered for by tho MexlcatjJ
Acting Secretary Huntington Wil
son of the state department, who is
sued special Instructions to Ambas
sador 11 enry Lane Wilson at Mexico
City, and Marlon Letcher, American
cojisul at Chihuahua, authorized the
statement that intervention-was not
j-. conlmnlflti.(1 hv the United Staiea.,
- .Both Khtc Are U'arneJLrvu
Ambassador Wilson was ordered to
communicate; at once the views of the
United States to the Mexican minister
for foreign affairs and a copy of his
instructions was likewise sent to Ma
rlon Letcher, American consul at Chi
huahua, with special representations
1 addressed to General Orozco.
. Orozco recently refused to recog
nize Mr. Letcher as the American
consular " representutlve because the
Unltod State withheld recognition Of
tho rebel cause.
The 'representation to Orozco ac
cuses him of the "practical murder"
of Thomas Fountains, an American
gunner, enlisted with the federals,
but summarily executed when taken
prisoner by tho Insurrectos.
Though declining to Justify partic
ipation by Americans on either side
of the revolution, tho United States
expressly stipulates that . American
combatants when ' tBken prisoners,
must be given humane treatment in
accordance with the International
rules of war,
Tho correspondence Is admittedly
the strongest demand the United
States Is known to have made upon
Mexico, for respectful treatment of
Americans as well as. other foreign
ers, and declares that a continuation
of Illegal acta Is tending "to difficul
ties and obligations which Is to the
Interest of all true Mexican patriots,
as tt Is the desire of . the United
States, to avoid,"
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E GATE CITY
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More There Next
Monday.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Wyatt Building,
, Washington, April 15.
Senator Dixon late last night
expressed the opinion that Col.
Roosevelt would speak In Little
Rock next Saturday and. thii
t this would enable the colonel
t to be In Greensboro next Mnn. .
t ; day. His car would he run nn
! a siding and Colonel Rooseve
t would probably be In Greens
It boro an hour or mnn.
The senator said he himself
t would endeavor to attend this
meeting, which, It is believed,
will prove one of the largest
political gatherings ever held
In the slate.
j The senator no longer enter
tains any doubt of Col. Roose
velt's nomination.
tiV
The Taft campaign. It may be said,
Is moribund rather than confused or
chaotic. The Taft leaders have been
struck dumb by what has happened
to them In Pennsylvania, an event of
admitted Import and only talk enough
to admli that this Is true. Senator
Penrose Is cruising In his private yatch
off Atlantic City, concerned only In
keeping out of wireless currents.
Others not being favored with private
yachts, and with no opportunity to
escape from dry land, are turning to
Roosevelt. Neither Penrose nor Man
ager McKlnleyWlll.be permitted to
attend the national convention, and If
by any chance Mr. Taft should be
nominated, a thing which 1s now con
aldered widely improbable, they would
ot know sqythlng about Jt on conven
tion ..day unless some, feeling friend
aiiuuiu lavor mam wun, a wire.
Looks Like Roosevelt. . ,
A number of the Washington corre
spondents sent out stories last night
in which Justice Hughes and other
potential dark horses are made the
subject of speculation, but others agree
with Senator Borah, who told the
writer that a third candidate would
not be likely to enter the race with
out the support of either Mr. Taft or
Col. Roosevelt, and that the president
would hardly agree to efface himself,
while Col. Roosevelt certainly has no
reason to do so. Senator Borah say It
looks like Roosevelt, while at Roose
velt headquarters those actively in
charge appear to entertain no mlsglv-
ngs on this score.
"Red Buck" Bryant last night was
looking for Manager McKlnlcy In a
lesperata attempt to penertate the
rapidly thickening gloom at Taft head.
juarters. He said that McKlnley gave
him assurances a day or so ago that
Taft would have -the support of 60
delegates from ' Pennsylvania, which
assurances Red Buck passed on to the
Now York World, and Charlotte Ob
server and It now looks as If Taft,
Instead of being able to control sixty
delegates, will do well to save six out
A the general crash. W. A. H.
DIR. NATIONAL MEET
Twenty-first Annual Conven
tion of the Daughters
Opens in Washington
Washington, April IB. The twen
ty. first annual convention " of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion opened a week's session here to
day. President Taft featured the pro
gram, addressing the congress this
afternoon. The credentials and other
committee reports occupied the morn
ing aesrionai. ". . .' ". .
, . , v
SENATE SPEECHES
Cummins and Pomcreiie Kesume Ad
visacy of Their Hills Regarding
, Trust Hlvsalutlon IRiTet. '
Washington.. April 15 Speeches on
various subjects featured the senate
program, today. Senator Cummins
resumed the advocacy of his bill peri
mining an appeal to the Supreme
era
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court from the so-called "tobacco The Titanic Is the biggest boat In the
trust" reorganization decree by the world. More than 2000 persons were
Intervention of independent tobacco aboard. Including 1470 passengers and
Interests. ' ' I a crew of 860 men. A large percent-
HenutT Pomeren advocated his age of the passengers are Americans,
bill directing the attorney general to Newspaper offices ware besieged by In
prosecute officials of the Standard ' qulrles from hundreds of persons
nil and
panics.
American Toliecco enm-
Thlnl Wii k of AntbiBJ lie Ktrlke.
I.Hm. Pa.. April 1H. The
coal strike entered II" third
i - bwfH'ise of the f.illnro of
, . " A , ,,: I ,,.eninr s to ar-
,, -V V. : I : HI I .H: HI- lit.
i - 1 '
WHAT LINER SINKING;
CRASHES INTO
White Star
Meets With Disaster
on Maiden Voyage.
APPEALS FOR HELP
SENT BY
Apparatus Fails to Work After Fragmentary. Message
The Olympic, Virginia" a nd Other Craft Speed To
ward herMany Notables Among the 1470 Pas-:
sengers Listed Great Anxiety in New York ,
New York, April 15. White Star
line officials had received no word at 8
o'clock this morning other than press
dispatches or the reported accident' to
the Titanic. Thoy aro unable to un
derstand why some direct dispatch
from the Titanic has not been receiv
ed. One of the company's officials
"nine tnis statement;
t welve hours have passed since the
collision was reported and we've heard
nothing of the accident. It- Is moat
strange. The Titanic's sister ship, the
uiympic, wnich has wireless apparatus
i sumclent strength to send a mcB-
sage across the Atlantic, has sent us
nothing. J he Olympic should be
long-side the Titanic at 2 o'clock this
fternoon. The Oylmnlc has been no.
tinea of the accident."
Wireless Tells or Disaster.
A wireless message from the Titanic.
received shortly after midnight, an
nounced the new giant liner had
airuca an teeners oil the: banks of
Newfoundland and was in a sinkins
conaition. ine transfer of passe.igert
to lifeboats began immediately. The
accident occurred at 10:25 o'clock laat
night. Two hours later the shlp't
wireless apparatus, which had been
working so badly as to permit of only
an Intermittent and fragmentary mas.
sage, failed completely. The last word
sent by .the operator told that the
vessel was apparently doomcd-w 'sink
ing by the head" "and that women
passengers were being rushed into life
boats. The weather- was calm and
clear and help only a few hours away.
The Titanic's first S. O. S. message
was received by the Allan Liner Vir
ginian 170 miles away. 'The Virgin
ian s captain started his shin ful
speed for the scene of the. disaster.
innnuncing to his brother officer oi
the Titanic's bridge that the Vlrnlnlar
thould reach him by 10 o'clock thli
morning, The Titanic's accident wa:
in latitude 41.46 north, longitude 60.14
west. r-
Thls point Is 1150 miles due east of
New York city and 450 miles south of
Cape Racer Newfoundland, wireless
station. All messages from the Tltanir
were relayed to the Cape Race wire
less station by the Virginian and for
warded hy the Marconi company to
New York city. The Olympic, which
left New York last week, was in direct
communication with the sinking boal
three hundred miles away and started
for the scene. "
Many Notables AlmanL
The Titanic was on her maiden trip
She carried 1470 passengers, lncludlnc
.its first cabin and 262 second cabin
The passenger list was notable. In
cluding John Jacob Astor and wife.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Major
Archibald Butt, F. D. Millet, Isadore
Strauss and wife, J. G. Wldener, Ben
jamin Guggenheim and W. T. Stead.
J. B. It uce Ismay, managing director
of the White Star line, was also
aboard.
Steamship men characterized : the
disaster as the most startling news
from the sea since the advent or wire-
leas telegraphy.
The -first heard of the accident was
at 1 o'clock this morning, when a bul
letin from Montreal stated the Allan
line oltlces there received wireless
from Captain Gamble of the Virginian
stating that the Titanic was culling for
assistance after a collision with an Ice
berg, The Virginian's captain added
that hn wm hAiadlnar his hnnt fur ihe
Titanic, whose position was given 350
miles south of Cape Race. Immediate
Inquiry by the Associated Press In an
urgent dispatch to the Marconi sta
tion at Cape race was answered soon
afterward in the following words:
At 10:25 o'clock last night the
steamship Titanic called "C. Q. D."
and reported baring struck an Iceberg.
The steamer said Immediate assistance
was required. Half an hour afterwards
another message reported they Were
sinking by the head and women were
pulling off In lifeboats."
Tho lust signals from the Titanic
yvere heard by the Virginian at 12:27
o'clock this morning. The Virginian's
wirelesjoperator says three signals
were blurred and ended abruptly.
Great Ala mi Causeil.
Nothing could have caused much
greater alarm than this meager report.
shocked hy the news. The enrly morn
Ing hours added nothing to reports
from Cape Race.
Vice-President Franklin of the In
ternational Mercantile marine, the
White. t:r lines highest ntllclal hire,
was onu of the first notified of the
disttst
f - an iM
It Wfis only through the As-
f-an i;,tri1 I'rt.w be IrnrncI of It. or
h,"M 1''; -I i n T lie ColiM flV CMiM'-s
"' M i I f- I I, " I- I I
Ship Titanic
WIRELESS
oughly protected 'a ship fcouiJ be In
. danger at 'sea. Franklin said:
Soya Liner Can't Sink.
"With her numerous water-tight
compartments she Is absolutely un-
slnkable and it makes no difference '
wnat she, hit the report should not
cause serious anxiety." i
At 7:30 o'clock White Star line offi
ces wore without anything but news
paper advices. They felt assured that
whatever the situation might be there
was' this reassuring feature that at
least three liners reported themselves
in touch -with the Titanic, that all of
them were steaming towtrd the Ti
tanic and an nnusually large number
or other ships were within the sone or
wireless communication.
Bolleve JUOHB of Life tnllkely.
Despite -the Titanic's dire straits
there was believed a fair chance
that no lives would be lost. , It was
even difficult for mariners to Inter
pret the situation from Maroonl dis
patches. The presence or an un
usually large number of Icebergs in
the path or trans-Atlantic liners was
ndicated last week. Twelve' hours
aefore the . Titanic's accident was re
ported, the serious menace of Ice
bergs was pointed out by the Cunard
liner Carmanla, whtck arrived here
md reported dodging 25 big bergs,
:ome more than 250 feet high. The
'-'armaria reported (h French steam-
ar Niaaam 'Uss'totrf.. - :4
j X . . . """
oergs; wnien punched: holes In her
iull. The Titanic undoubtedly ran
.nto Dome Ice bank, v '
Vice- President Franklin- or the
tVhito Star line sent the following
.vireter message' to Captain TC. J.
Smith,, the Titanic's commander:
'Anxiously awaiting Information, full
particulars; probable disposition of
assengers." - .
A Cape- Race dispatch1 reported the
leather calm and clear and a season
lbljl quiet sea. There Is believed to
e little danger In transferring the
passengers to lifeboats in which they
might await with tranquility the Vlr
Tlnlan's arrival.
Franklin received a wireless dis
patch from tho Olympic saying she
talked with the Titanic at 4:24 o'clock
this morning. The message gave no
further information. ' This message
.i Tltan!C
was afloat six hours after she report-
d the accident Officials do not re
nt rd the cessation of the Titanic's
tireless as denoting anything serious.
They declare the ship is able to with
stand almost any exterior damage and
could keep afloat indefinitely after be-
ng struck. . .
All Passenger Safe,'
Montreal, April 16. The local office
or Horton Davidson, one ot the Titan
ic's passengers, today received the fol
lowing wireless: "All passengers safe.
Tltantic taken In tow by Virginian."
The transfer of passengers from the
disabled Titanic is now under way.
Twenty boatloads already have been
taken aboard the steamship CarpathU.
News or the transfer of the Titanic's
passengers came In a wireless receiv
ed by Vice President Franklin from
Capt, Haddock of the Olympic, which
is nearlng the Titanic. The dispatch
states the steamships Parisian and
Carpathia are In attendance upon the
Tlt-nlc and that the Baltic Is nearlng
the Titanic.
iks is ram pit
- Ill EfiEZjj VOLUME
Buyers and Sellers Whipsawed
as the Market Rapidly
Fluctuates. ,
Chicago, AJrll 15. Buysra and sell
ers were whip-sawed today as the
wheat market swiftly whirled up
then down and up again over a range
of nearly four cents.
Trading this morning reached a
magnitude seldom reached except In
war times. - ,
PioHTty of Nantaliala Company Sold.
The property of the Nantahala
Transportation company, bankrupt,
was offered for sale this morning at
the Federal building by J. J. McClos
key, trustee, and the Ij11 received for
the several parcels lu ercxated $6160.
This bid will tie miimnUud to the
lied Stiites District mint to be con
c.l If the trustee t
il.le, h it h bus r.-
fers it rea
ct I n cl-
ii i
ICEBERG
Swift Moving Water Floats
Buildings Heavy Loss
in Livestock.
Tallulah, La. April 15. The Mis
sissippi river's flood tide which es
caped from a break In the levee near
Altasia, is sweeping through this
town with the speed of a mill race.
Many buildings are afloat.! Scores of
persons, driven from the roofs of
their dwellings, are homeless. " The
streets are full of boats and rafu car
rying household goods to places of
safety and rescued people rrom over
flowed homes. , .
Thousands of cattle, sheep and hogs
will perish. Nine-tenths or the popu-I
latlon in the overftoowed district con
slsts of negroes.
large wwmn
FOR HDRIH GUI
Simmons Amendments ' Add
$800,000 to Sum Devoted to
Waterways Improvements
Gazette-News Bureau,:
Wyatt Building,
Washington. April 15.
The senate committee on commerce
Saturday adopted three amendments
offered by Senator Simmons adding In
" , lor.Nortn Car-
ouna waterways to the Tlvr and tta:
bor bill, as it passed the house. Three
hundred thousand dollars - of the
amount is appropriated for beginning
the work on the harbor of refuge at
Cape Lookout, the total cost of the
project thus adopted being . 13,500,
000; 1300.000 or this amount la for
the new 2 6 -foot project for the Cape
Fear river at and below Wilmington;
the other $200,000 is for the Inland
waterway rrom Norfolk to Beaufort.
The river and harbor bill, as it passed
the house, carried for North Carolina
waterways $655,000, so that the $800,
000 added by Senator Simmons will
give North Carolina $1,455,000. In
addition to these Items Senator Sim
mons expects to add a number or
surveys for other new projects as well
as other additional appropriations.
Rogers Manages Simmons' Campaign.
aTthat Hon."samuei" U Roger, of
nenator Simmons announced Sat-
Macon county has been selected as
his campaign manager, and will as
sume active charge of his campaign
on May 1. In the meantime,. Mr.
Watts will be In charge of his state
headquarters at Raleigh.
Senator Simmons said that his at
tention had been called to an editorial
in the Dally Enterprise or High Point
of the ninth Inst., charging that he
had opposed the bill to abolish phos
phorus matches and that in connec
tion with that subject he had made
some derogatory remarks or women's
Interference In political affairs. The
senator said that the. statements In
this editorial were utterly and abso
lutely without foundation, and ' that
he both supported and voted for the
hill to suppress the manufacture of
these deadly matches. He said that
at no time or place had he given ut
terance to any criticism with refer
ence to the activity or women In the
country's affairs. He added that a
certain southern senator, In discuss
ing this bill, had severely criticised
the political activity of women and
he supposed someone unfriendly to
ward him had attributed the utter
ance of this senator to him,
PLllEliS, COEDi
meets mmm
About 60 Delegates Expected.
Making Beady to Enter
tain Them
The member or the Plumber
union or the city are making ready
to entertain the delegates who come
to the convention or the state associa
tion which meets here Wednesday. It
Is expected that about (0 delegates
from all over the state Will, attend.
Certain business matters will he con
sidered, among which will be the
choosing of delegates to attend the
meeting of the national association
which meebt In June, and efforts will
be made to put on foot to Influence
the national association to hold its
1913 convention In Ashevllle.
V arious forms of entertainment will
he provided for the visitors and In-
-1 u l 1 In this will he. a ln'mui't anil
a d'he over the. I liin -,ie f tys.
FLOOD SWEEPING"7
THHOUBHTALLULAH
ROOSEVELT VICTOR
IN KEYSTONE STATE
UK OFFICIALS
Eli ARREST
New Orleans Institution Clos
edA-Police Restrain Clam
oring Depositors.
New Orleans, La., April 16. Jo.
sepn H. Gomlla, chairman of the
finance committee of the Teutonic
Bank & Trust company was arrested
with other officials today for alleged
laiee statements of condition. He
admitted to the authorities that his
indebtedness tp the instlttulon is
I1K0.000.. , .
The bank was ordered closed last
night end the police are today,' on
guard, keeping back long lines of' de
positors who are clamoring to get Into
he bank building.
0LY THREE JifLIEt
-ASKED ID BE EXCUSED
After a Little Lecture From
Judge Long, Who Said Poor
Excuse Would Not Serve.
Judging from ,a few remarks made
by Judge B. F. Long this morning.
Just after he had opened court, not the
least or the difficulties surrounding the
administration or Justice Is that of get
ting sufficient Jurymen who are willing
to serve or who will not use every
means at nana to keep from tt. Judge
Long stated that It was getting rather
hard to find Jurymen who have not
served during the past two years, and
he told the Jurymen present that if
toey aid not have good excuse for
wishing to get released, they -had bet
ter not say anything about It at all.
.-Jurt' after the first Jury was called
to the box he" said that he had been
notified that certain of the Jurors wish
ed to be discharged and he gave them
to understand that ir they did not have
good reasons he would not consider
them. .
As a result or his warning only
three men asked to be released, and as
every Juror who had been summoned
except one had reported, the percent
age that remained was rather higher
than usual. These three were excused,
rendering such a variety ot reasons as
did the guests who were invited to the
supper, mentioned In the Bible.
. The wire or one man was not t t
home and he had to stay with his
children. Another had a sprained hip
and said his physician had told him to
"circulate about" as much as he could.
The third was one or the Are truck
drivers and was discharged without
question.
MP
fMHEf
IKS LllSUliiSTOOD
Or Misquoted, Mr. Pearson
Thinks Provision of Plan
of Organization.
Hon. Richmond Pearson was asked
by a Gasette-Ncw representative this
morning If he had anything to say In
regard to Chairman Morehead'a claim
as reported In the press In relation to
the North Carolina delegation to the
Chicago convention. Mr. Pearson re
plied that he was convinced that
Chairman Morehead waa either mis
quoted or misunderstood in his alleged
"ruling" that the delegation would
stand 16 for Roosevelt and t for Taft
The language of Article of the
Republican Plan of Organisation sets
forth clearly where the minority rep
resentation begins and where it ends.
The wording or artlle Is In part as
follows:
". . . .In all primaries electing
delegates, a pool of the voters present
shall be taken In order to ascertain
the strength of all officers to be voted
for and said votes shall be pro-rated
and cast In county, district or state
conventions on the first ballot accord
ing to the strength of each officer
voted for. ..."
"Moreover," said Mr. Pearson, "It Is
obviously Impossible to make any 'rul
ing' or exact statement of the relative
strength of the candidates before the
district and state conventions shall
have taken action on the subject.
"I sincerely hope that North Caro
lina republicans Will set an example
of fairness and orderly procedure In
o loosing delegates and give no cause
( her for disputes or contests."
Superior Court,
Superior court for the trial of civil
cases convened this morning With
Judge Long presiding for a three
week's term. The first case to be
taken up was that of Lance vs. Rus
sell, which has been in court so lone
and which Involves the title to certain
lands. Just before court took ref
t noon the plaintiff ret.-! nut ti .
nefense beiain the intioilu, i .11 (,f -i
1 mi-K,
Former President Gets 65 of
76 Delegates to the Na
tional Convention, and '
: Possibly More. ;
THE PENROSE MACHINE
. CEUSHLNGLY DEFEATED
Loses Control of State Conven-
tion for the First Time in
History of This
Generation.
Philadelphia, April IB. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt's sweeping vic
tory In Pennsylvania at Saturday's
primary election kept growing yes
terday as the returns continued to
come in.
Incomplete returns from every dis
trict give the former president 65 of
the state's 76 delegates in the repub- '
llcan national convention. The Roose- ;
velt supporters are claiming 67 and ;
later returns may carry the figures to
that total. Col. Roosevelt won 63 of
the 64 district national delegates and
his followers estimated enough dele- .
gates to the state convention to give
him control or that body. . The state '
convention will name 12 delegates-
at-large. '
Gov. Wood row Wilson or New Jer-
sey, who had no organized opposition,
will have 74 or the 76 delegates from
Pennsylvania in the democratic na
tional convention. In the twenty
eighth congressional district the two ,
democratic national 'delegates elected 1
are favorable to Judson Harmon but
are not pledged. ., '
Penrose Machine Crushed.
r-oimcians iook upon tne triumpn
of Col. Roosevelt with astonishment.
The supporters or the former presi
dent were without a state organisa
tion or without an organization In
many of the 32 congressional dls- '
trlcts.' - . t . . . t
- The regular republican organlza-
tion,- headed by United States Senator
Penrose, which has withstood the fury
ot tnaoy a' political storm, received -.
a .crushing defeat lnhe loss of con
trol of the state convention. ' It Is the
first time ' In the present feneration .
that It has lost control of that body.
Full Significance of Vktory.
In addition to naming the 12 dele- '
gates-at-large, to Chicago, the con
vention will select $8. presidential
electors,, four candidates, for . con-gressmen-at-Iarge,
and candidates for
state treasurer and auditor general,
nil to be voted for at the Noveruber
election. The slgnlflcnce of the Roose
velt victory can be realized when It Is
remembered that the delegates in
control or the state convention have ,
the power to select the state chair
man and under the party rules the
delegation to the national convention
elects the national committeemen. At
present Senator Penrose holds this
position.
The vote polled was light In some
districts It did not go much over 50
per cent or the total vote cast at the
last general election. Col. Roosevelt
la said to have received his heaviest
vote from the reform element of the
state represented by the keystone
party which, since its organization
about two years ago, has opposed the
regular republicans at every election
and succeeded In electing a reform
mayor In Philadelphia last year.
Another element of strength or
the Roosevelt forces was the 170,000
Idle anthracite miners in the north
eastern counties of the state where
the former president ran strong.
In Philadelphia, President Tart'
adherents captured three of the six
district and spilt the delegation in -,;
another, giving the president seven
delegate to Roosevelt' five . The .
delegate favoring Taft were not In
structed. Among those who escaped
the Koosevelt storm were John Wan
amaker and B. T. Stotesbury, who
were elected a Taft delegate In the
second district
In . Alleghany county, which In
clude Pittsburgh, Col. Roosevelt cap
tured all the etffht HnleriLtMi In tha .
luur aisxncta, n
Gilford Pinchot has his horn - the
Roosevelt national delegates wan but
Mr. Pinchot' home county. Pike,
sent a Taft delegation to the state
convention.
Gov.- Wilson had an easy time of It "
In winning 74 of the 76 delegates to
the Baltimore convention. There were
a few scattered delegates who favored
Champ Clark.
Figures at Jiand Indicate that the
"reorganised" democratic faction, 1
headed by George W. Guthrie of
Pittsburg and Congressman A. Mitch
ell Palmer, had elected a majority of
their delegates In opposition to the
regular organization headed by James
M. GufTey of Pittsburgh. Fach tic.
tion has sent out a rail for a s(a'
convention at Harrlburg on the s".
day. Negotiations have been und r
way for some time for a slntle con
vention and It is not known whetlur
the primary result will hasten hRr
mony. All the political parties In the !,.!
named candidates for ciiii -t, )n f
32 districts and a Inn tioiiiuiHi...l ,.,.
didate for the bid to s-imte In 2 '
the 60 senatorial d u. sn l .
ed candidates for V S s , i x
lower bone of th i
nermtm'8 to be, e! ' I v . i i ,
four ;,'S H n i v
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i-'f in !