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owns A BITING D0G1 KILLED BY Tornado
Colonel at Ozark Says "You Several Persons Dead Many
Gotta Quit Kickin' Him. Injured in Southwest.
REFERS TO TITANC's FATE SWEEPS OVER TWO STATES
Pays High Tribute Butt His Wind Reaps Heaviest Toll Of Life
Former Aid Oklahoma
WINS OREGON AND NEBRASKA TOWN rs PANIC sTR1cKrN
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state. Kansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April 20.-Into
the southland Col. Roosevelt carried his
campaign today, coming to Arkansas
after his trip through Nebraska and
Kansas He Travelled all morning
through Oklahoma, and during the last
half of the day in this state making
speeches on the way. Large crowds
greeted him.
In Little Rock tonight Mr.. Roosevelt
delivered his principal speech of the
day. The others were all one-minute
talks from his car, except at Fort
Smith, Ark, where he spoke from a
platform built over wagon in the mid
die of the street. At Fort Smith the
noise produced by the joint efforts of
the band. score of mounted men
dressed as cowboys, two locomotives at
the station and the people was so loud
that the colonel could not make
speech.
naturally think of the hound-dog
song when I'm in this town." said Roose-
velt at Ozark. II want to say that
they've got to stop kickin' my dog around
because my dog bites
Pays Tribute to Maj. Butt.
Mr.. Roosevelt referred to the. sinking
"a thS AitdhiS HIS SpeeCn mere Tonight.
We have all been shocked, he said,
by the terrible disaster to the Titanic.
Many thousands of our people had per-
sonal friends on the ship. One Of the
men was formerly my aid. Maj Butt
Of my mothers state of Georgia He
died as he had lived: like an officer and
a gentleman. not thinking of himself. but
Of saving the lives of women and chill
dren"
From Little Rock Mr.. Roosevelt turn
ed eastward, leaving after his speech
tonight for North Carolina. The itin-
erary was originally arranged to take
him from Eittle Rock to Memphis. but
owing TO floods 1t was necessary to
make a change. From this city he will
go to st. Louis. arriving there at 1880
o'clock tomorrow morning. He will
remain there only a few minutes be-
fore leaving for the east
Roosevelt and Wilson.
PORTLAND. Ore. April 20-The net
result of yesterdays republican and
democratic primaries in Oregon ap-
peared tonight to be as follows:
Theodore Roosevelt is the preference Of
the republican party in Oregon for Presi-
dent and indications are that Woodrow
Wilson is the democratic preference. Gen.
Selling Of Portland is the republican nom-
inee for the senatorial candidacy, but 1t
could not be told tonight whether DIR.
Harry Lane of Portland or o. p. Coshow
of Roseburg wsuld. be the democratic
nominee.
W. s. Hawley. incumbent, in the first
congressional district, and A. W. Lar
ferty. incumbent, in the third district.
have received the republican nomination
for representative in Congress. The
democrats had no candidates in these dts
tricts.
In the second district n. ]. Sinnott OF
The Dalies probably will be the republican
nominee No returns have been received
to determine who won the democratic
nomination in the second district
Roosevelt and Clark.
OMAHA. April 2O.-That Col. Roosevelt
carried Nebraska by q big majority in
the presidential preference primary yes
terday was made certain, and strength
waS added to the helief that Cha