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Newspaper Page Text-ev asaa "invTiniiniiii w 0-i a w is iSSS. LA I n jurrrTyR WEATHER "0"',0ht"t.nd TuV.'dV J.rmer Tuesday. fiir. Oxuoliilatior o V. v4 -rv.yi. ' 'K', XXV, NO. 71. OF R V. IBS 11 0 AM Mil M U TO 1 B ffl W FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TWEEN TWO CANDIDATES t One Hour Hall Leads and Next Hour Olcott Jnmps Ahead Official Count Will Probably Be Required to Deter mine Winner Nothing Definite at This Hour. LAST COUNT 4 P. M. PORTLAND, MAY 22. (ASSOCI- Lteo PRESS)-THE COMPILA- rflON AT 4 P. M. THIS AFTERNOON Uom COMPLETE AND 15 INCOM PLETE COUNTIES WAS AS FOL- LOWS: - OLCOTT ,444. HALL 42.305. THIS GIVES OLCOTT A LEAD OF 39 VOTES AT THAT HOUR. PORTLAND, May 22. (3:30 p. m. Vy United Preis) Governor Olcott lead! the ehue over Hall of Marsh- eld by four votei at 3:30 o'clock this, fternwn. The vote at that hour .stood: Olcott 42,413. Hall 42,409. Eighty four precincts in the state t large were to be heard from at that our. Seventy two of these precincts iwere In counties giving Olcott a sub- ktantlal majority. Olcott'a lead over Hall was expected to gain In the Icogne of the afternoon. (By I'nlted Press.) PORTLAND, May 22. (3 p. m.) Eeeuwlng back and forth, the lead for the republican nomination of kov- fntt swung between Hall and Olcott loday. Compilations early this afternoon ffom twelve complete counties gave Hcott an 55 vote lead. Olcott had 42,367 and Hall 42,282. Olcott carried Benton. Deschutes. pood River, Klamath, Linn, Marlon, Krrow, Sherman, Wasco, Washing- ana Yamhill. Hall carrlH ri-,-i ... . . Foa, Curry. Dnni. i. ...;... P ""'""""ah and. Crook coun'- ea. Incomplete ,,r. inuitrtis inn "HI Will tarru j ' "ouHi umaiNia sna illamook. ' is expected to carry Baker, m"n, Grant. Hirn,v .. :rn. Lake. Lin,-i ....... ... .. Uni ... ' m'neur, roiK, u". w.Mcwa and Wheeler, " result may not be known until " official u.,. ........ . ... . mad. k "men win oe dav. ,he,C,'eUr' ' th'rty at, . election, unless the 'test returns . ... . P"e defl.i. , "n.gnt give a definite lead for either candl- POtlTr t.-.. nrl,ti .i'"; -Vy 22 (Br As- coontle. 1 . A tabulation of 21 r"iplete . ' ".' "r." n",, ""n - H. 4.. " ""lock today Knve '" oTA Tl (Hrntt with . 1..- .",r Olroit rmnnnnvl n In cnun'" It "'""'7 in Uie Hrw, 'lT.rr,"'ori'l nnmlnatlon. "d M l " ir'. ,","a,,,,7 " WI k1t"' bnh?,rrInr ,, w" onl hnr ,,. ..Th" TO t that 12.211 '""I 4-!.3fHI: 01wt TVt. - - K Klw Kb.; Z M Will, the Um. n, h" Olrnte "nii.i vn "hrn,0l"t rote in thf T" rral K. ... e m"lnK count many Evening Hewi u4 The Boaeburg Review. "VIEW. SEE-SAWS BE I changes were nousl. At 0110 time Ulcott wag 1 HO votes tUieud of Hull but with the uiinouiHtrmciit of more returns from outlying pro. cJncts HnU mAiuiKOtl to xquveu1 ahead and whs leading with hut 0 votes at one o'clock toilay. The Olcott supporters declare that fur ther reports will enhance his count and that he will be aoVad when the final cauvoss Is made. Hall men declare that Ulcott Is doomed for defonit and many messages from his headquarters In the Multnomah ho tel carry the optimistic new. that evon though the remaining pre cincts to be heard from nhuw a ma jority for Olcott, it will not be suf ficient to overcome the Hall lead. From all appearances it will take an official canvass to decide the outcome. Hurried tabulations in many counties mUjcht have resulted In big errors, the officers stale. A re-check will bo necessary in many instapices. It in not prolmble, how ever, that a recount will be asked for. Yesterday the Olcott men were almut ready to concede defeat but with the arrival or late returns last night their spirits rose and they were Just us confident then of nuccos as tliev had own of defeat only a few hours before. ' This Is the closest primary race, ever held- in the state of OreKon for the gulienintorfial nomination, it was staled todiiaV. Report at 8:30. PORTLAND. May 22. With returns from practically three quarters of the stRte, the vote nt 8:30 o'clock this morning showed Hall leading Olcott by 339 votes. The count stood Hall 42,016 and Olcott 41,677. Report at 9:30. PORTLAND, May 22. Tabulation completed at 9:30 today Including coraDlete returns from 18 or the J6 counties gave Hall 42.049 and Olcott 42.234. A lead for Olcott of 185. Report at 10:30. PORTLAND. May 22. At 10:30 a. m. Olcott was 189 votes ahead of Hall. At 11:30 o'clock. PORTLAND. May 22. An Associ ated Press telephone call gave the followlne tabulation at 11:30 a. m. Hall 42,325 and Olcott 42,246. A lead for Hall of 79 votes. Noon Tabulation. PORTLAND, May 23 The tabula tion at noon complete from 18 coun ties and Incomplete from 18 counties gave Hall 42,325 and Olcaii 42.245. Hall had a lead of 7 votes. Hall Favored Yesterday. On the facsj of the returns. It was a favorable day yesterday for the candidacy of Charles Hall for the re publican nomination for governor, but on careful analysis the result Is not vet determined to be In his fav or and an official count my be re quired to settle the contest. Saturday night late returns cut down the lead of the Coos candidate over Olcott from 644 to a bare nine. New returns yesterday lifted Hall to a lead of 208. This change was brought about by reporting all miss ing precincts in Coos and Curry counties, which are Hall strongholds a revision of Tillamook figures, which Increased Hall's lead In that county, and a careful revision or Multnomah figures, which also In creased Hall s lead over preceding reports. . , A few precincts from Douglas county also contributed to the Hall 'ad Some in Favor of Olcott, Scattering precincts In a number of counties were favorable to Olcott, hut only served to keep down the Hall plurality. As the situation now stands there are In counties where Hall ; ' crlte six precincts to hear from In CI tsop. one In Crook, one in Doug las nine In Xtrkson. 17 in Lane, on. in Tillamook and sir In I'matllla While Hall ha. carried both Jackson and Lane counties it Is by very Small Tote and the ml.Mng ipreclncts when they report are not Pec to (Conlinuei on page fix ) DOUGLAS COUNTY COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF DAUCHERTY AFFAIR (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. May 22. A com plete account of how Attorney Gen eral Daugherty and Thomas B. Feld er, Atlanta and Washington attor neys are alleged to have obtained a pardon for Charles W Morse from the Atlanta penitentiary in 1912, was given in two letters published exclusively here today by the Wash ington Dally News. Facsimiles of parts of the correspondence were printed. A letter giving the . pur ported story of the activities of Daugherty and Felder in the Morse pardon case was signed "T. B. Feld er" and evidently was written be cause Felder thought Morse had failed to pay Duugherty and Felder 125,000 for obtaining the shipbuild er's pardon. TREATV SIGNERS CALLED TO LONDON (By Associated Press.! " LONDON. May 22. The Brltlst government. Invited the signatories of the Anglo-Irish treaty to come to London to discuss an agreement signed Saturday between the repre sentatives of the provlsloaal govern ment and the Dcvalera followers. Secretary for the Colonies Churchill announced today. Churchill said the aitreement affected the validity of the treaty. HOUSE BILL FOR HARBORS PASSED (By Unite Press.) WASHINGTON, May 22. The house today without a record vote passed the bill authorizing $31.442.. 000 for numerous rivers and har bors Improvement projects through out the country. The bill now goes to the senate. LLOYD GEORGE WILL MAKE REPORT (By United Press). LONDON, May 2,2. Lloyd George, now ut Chequers, his country place, wilt winlrA n rnnnrl in thn hni.HA nf commons Monday or Tuesday of next week, when some sort of test vote of confidence on his Genoa venture may be taken. Official Count to . Start Tomorrow The official count of the Douglas county vote at the primary electldn will be started tomorrow, County Clerk I. B. Riddle slated this after noon. J. E. McClintock has been ap pointed from the democratic parly for Judge and Benton Mires has been askPd to serve as the republican Judge. If Mr. Mires can arrange to leave his business at Drain, he will come to Roseburg In the morning to start the count. Otherwise another Judge will be sppointed. Members of the county clerk's force will serve as tellers. County Court Sells Road Bonds The county court made a very successful sale of .lOO.- 000 worth of road bonds today, disponing "f the bonds for a premium of 139.230. The sue- ccssful bid was made by sever- a! flnanoIM institutions work- Ing In combinations. The hldd- ers were the Seattle National e Band, Lumberman Trust com- panr. R. H. Moulton and com- pany. Smith and Strout, and e Vermont Loan and Trust com- pany. The bid was presented by Leonard M. Degglnger. trust officer of the Seattle National Bank. Eight combination bids. e e representing 22 firms, were nresentPd. Bids were accepted In two forms, on the entire amount of 1500.000. or on 1220,000 to be delivered .Tune 1. and $280,000 for delivery Sept. 1. Nearly all bidders fav- nred the lump sum and bid greater premiums on that prop- e osltion. The bid was very e pleasing as the premium wi.s larger than had been expected. i ROSEBURO, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS GIVEN All Douglas County Precincts in Except Gunter Which Has Not Reported. LAW NOT OBSERVED 8ecuring Returns Made Difficult by Failure of Election Officials to Observe Rules Given by State Law for Returning Statements. With the race for governor now the all absorbing feature and with reports giving first one candidate and then the other the lead, county returns have been practically 'forgot ten. All veteran election Tans agree that the primary election Just fin ished waa one of the most exciting for many years. So many contests ran close that the actual definite re sults will probably not be known un tln the final count is made. Douglas county Is now complete with the exception of the precinct of Gunter, in which it is - understood that only 6 votes were cast. This precinct will be unable to make a great change In the election results hut as the Judges locked un everv- thing inside the ballot box and kept no record or the count in their pre cincts it Is impossible to give the vote received there. It is believed that the results as now given will be final with possibly a few changes in the totals. In the race for county commissioner and county surveyor, precincts not re ported on these contests may chance the final resulls slightly but it not thought that they will make any ma terial changes and it Is believed that the candidates who now appear to have won In these races wiil be de clared nominated when the official count is made. The compilation of election re turns has been made quite difficult. Election laws mean nothing In the lives of many election officials, and they completely ignore instructions, throw everything In the ballot box. post nothing and send the boxes in to the county clerk. The law elenrlv states that there shall be three tally sheets prepared. one kept by one of the judges, an other placed Inside the ballot box and another returned outside the box. If this law was observed there would be absolutely no difficulty In getting returns, but In a great num ber of cases the Judges do not even post a statement at the polls as re quired, then stick every scrap or paper and reronl inside the ballot box and send the whole thing In. Judcres have even been known to stick the keys to the ballot box In side and fasten It with a spring lock. In Doualns county at this elec tion. It has been possible, to find duplicate statements In nearly every precinct but an official record Is ab solutely Impossible because so manv Judges failed to return their state ments outside the box as the law re quires. Accordln to statements from Portland, this failure In some other ountles has absolutely prevented the obtaining of returns from rer tsln nrerlnrt until the ballot boxes are opened at the tlm eof the official count. Innomplrfjp returns from a few precincts Inillcnte that the recall measure carried by a vote of nt least three n one In this county. In Rosnhiirgthe p:irk measure was bad ly defeated. A eomnlete table of precinct re sults will be found else where In this paper. The totals on each candidate sre a follows: For National Committeeman: FlthUn 1"44 Wtlnm 123 For Representative In Congress: P1.hr "20 Hawtev 132V Norblad 1097 For Governor: pn 1n Hall..., 1870 Ie 3 Olcott 810 Patfe-son 308 White 344 For State Treasurer: Hoff 1SRS Rysn 15 15 For Supreme Justice: Burnett 2'"" McConrtN. '3P Sand 1693 Continued on page tlx.) X Aa Independent 22, 1922. DEFENSE DEALT A SEVERE BLOW (Bv ITnlted Press.) ' CHARLESTOWN. Va., May 22.' Placed on the stand by the jefense in an effort to show that Bill Bliz zard, union mine leader, defendant In the treason trial, was In Logan county for reasons other than those con nected with encouraging the march of the armed miner colony. General Harry Bandholz, commander of the federal troops sent to restore order in the West Virginia mile war, dealt a severe blow to the defense's case by failing to support Blizzard's alibi. Bandholz also read a statement into the record declaring that the union leaders were forced to disband the men and did not do it of their own accord. WAGE REDUCTION MAY BE ASKED FOR (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. May 22. Reduc tion in railroad wages may be asked by the railroad executives before they will agree to the freight rate cuts desired by President Harding, It was learned today. In a dinner with the president the railroad executives said the returns were now giving them a fair percentage. If the rates go down, wages must drop. KENNEDY JURY FAILS TO AGREE (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES. May 22. The Jury trying Arthur C.' Burch for-the murder of Helton J. Kennedy, dis agreed today and was discharged. STEAM SCHOONER SINKS AT DOCK (By Asseelsted Vrsss.) LOS ANGELES, May 22. The steam schooner Virginia Olson, from Portland, with lumber sank at the dock here today after a run of full speck from breakwater, where she was rammed by the navy submarine, 11-7, in the fog, tearing a hole in the schooner's bow. BABE RUTH GETS FIRST HOME RUN (By Associated Trese.) PORTLAND, May 22 Babe Rulh hit his first home run of the season today in the eighth inning of the game with St. Louis. There wcro no runners on bases. ItEDt ( K.l) FARES ANOI NTED The Southern Pacific company an nounces that summer round trip sea son tickets between Roseburg and Portland will he placed on sale daily beiween May 26 and September .10. The season fare under the new scho duel will be $9.75. Fiftocn day tickets will be placed on sale every Friday and Saturday during the same period for $3. o Baccalaureate Is Attended by Many The baccalaureate sermon to the high school wss given last night in the tiigh a'vioril auditorium to a packed house. Rev. C. II. Hilton, pastor of the Christian church was chosen by the clans to present the message. Rev. Quick had charge of Hie service. Rev. Caldwell offered the prayer and Rev. Gordon gave the benediction, Rev. Needham being out of town. Clifford Ilemls gave a well rendered solo, and the high school chorus the anthem. Rev. Hil ton chose for his text, 1 Cor. 9:24, end took the Idea of the arena and the athletic games for his thought He pointed out the fact that many opportunities were yet before young people. That in the race there must be preparation, a nood beginning, a faithful continuance, an eye on the anal, and a reaching forth after the prize. . But while on the athletic field only one person secured the ri ize but In the race of life all could -vln a pl.ee. It was by constant -are, hard work, perseverance that the prize was gained. He closed his thought with the hfautiful poem of the Tapestry weav ers, and urged the class to work well snd earnestly as In the slaht of the Higher Power, and their snccrs would be assured. It was one of the largest and most sppreclallve audi ences ever assembled on a like occasion. Review newspaper published for the best VOL. X, WESTERN SENATORS WORRY OVER IMMIGRATION OF JAPS; UNEMPLOYMENT IS CAUSE "We Must Meet the Issue Squarely," Says Senator Sheppard Japanese Soil Restricted Many Are Planning to Immigrate to U. S. for Relief. - By J. BART CAMPBELL (InlernntioiuU News Nervlce Staff Correspondent. ) WASHINGTON, May 22. Increas ing unrest, unemployment and strlko In Japan are regarded by Sen ators from western and southwestern states as likely to anon lirtnir thn Japanese Immigration question tO Several of these senators who vot ed for the Four Power Pactfie treaty are frankly regretful that it left wide open the ever-recurring de mand of the Japanese for economic expansion and racial equality. "Multiplying at the rate of 600,- uo or 700,000 every year, the Jap anese have about reached the nolnt where their soil can no longer be mado to furnish them with adenuate subsistence," said Senator Morris bheppard, of Texas, who has made a close study of the Japanese prob lem. "Consider further that Japan produces no cotton, no coal and no Iron, the basic materials of her In dustrial life. Consider also that the poverty and discontent of her work ing classes may at any time become a menace to the prestige and control of the present autocratic Japanese government and It will be seen that Japan must have an outlet for her restless and growing millions or face Internal chaos." Reads from ICeixtft. Senator Sheppard picked up a re cent department of commerce report on conditions In Japan, from which he read: "UnreBt and strikes, which it was expected would be aggravated after the temporary period of comparative quiet at the end of last year, have been Increasing. The strike situation has been especially serious in the match Industry and In the Yokohu ma dockyards. Unemployment con tinues to be In evidence, and wage decreases are occurring In a few In dustries, notably the match and silk weaving industries. The cost of liv ing decreased about 1.08 per cent during February." Senator Sheppard delved Into a mass of statistics from which he pro duced the average wage in 33 Japan ese Industrial occupations was 30 cents a day. "These are the people who are hammering at our doors, who are de manding the right to settle In the west and the southwest, who have already accomplished the economic conquest of Hawaii and who cannot understand why they should not he allowed to overrun the I'nltud States on one hand nnd China on mo oin er," Sheppard continued. Jnpnnree Soil Itrelrlrted. "For 3,000 years the Jnpanese have been forced to cultivate small areas of their own restricted soli un til now. with the most exacting, tedl, eus and monotonous toll, they make a square mile support 2.000 persons. "Their farms average less than 3 acres to a family, and the Income of the average farm family ranges from $75 to $150 per annum. Farm hands get about $27 a year, wllh rice and shelter. "Industrial conditions are Just as unreniunerative. For example, skill ed artisans receive 47 cents a day; male textile workers. 28 Vi rpnt'; day and female textile workers 19 cent a day, and the hours of labor of more than a million of these workers range from 11 to 14 a day. "I'nderpald, underfed and over crowded, the Japanese are pressing for an outlet. They are demanding that they be allowed to migrate to other countries, where they will find the room for expansion which they need. This Is why the .Inpnnese gov ernment cannot, if It would, resist the pressure of Us hungry, dlscon tented myriads for transfer to the large and prosperous Jnpanese com munities which have already sprung up on the Pacific coast. "The Japanese rannot see why they should be forced to remain at home, why they should be denied sdmlsirion to other lamls, why they should bo refused racial, social snd economic equallly. why they should be considered as undesirable aliens. HUH LATION OM Interest of the people. VOL. X, No. 335, OF THE EVENING 6B virtual outcasts. e Japs Fend Resentful. "They expect their government to In the United States, from being al secure them the right to migrate freely and to mingle with other peo ples at will. They resent being barr ed from citizenship and land-owning ' lowed to escape from their over crowded and over-cultivated and ov- cr-woraea country to the more spaci ous and unoccupied areas of the west. "And yet how much kinder and wiser and fairer It would be tor all concerned If we were to let the Jap anese know once and for all that the yellow farmer and the yellow wage earner cannot and shall not find lodgment on American soil. We must meet the Issue squarely sooner or later, and It Is to be regretted thtTt the Issue was not? met when our rep resentatives foregathered with thosq of Japan at the armament confer ence. . "There can be no doubt that be neath a passive exterior Japan cher ishes a grievance against ua of the bitterest and gravest sort. Under our laws no foreigners except whites and blacks are eligible to citizenship by naturalization, and no Japanese laborers may enter out country. Japan regards this as an Insult, as a brand of Inferiority, as unfair dis crimination Imposed by the white race upon the yellow. "Have Kiicournged Japan.1 "Our laws exclude Chinese labor era by name, but Japan, with abnor mal senHlllvcness and pride, would not tolerate such an Indignity being Imposed upon her people, and so through the so-called 'gentleman's agreement' we permit her to enforce our Immigration laws as to her sub jects. "We have thus attempted to cvaaa the issue, but we have only encour aged Japan to press It at every op portunity. She does not enforce tne 'gentleman's agreement' honestly iM'rausa she holds that her farmers and gardeners are not laborers. The result Is that the number of Japanese in continental Vnlt,'d States has grown from a few score In 1880 to more than 100,000. Most of them are In California, where they are slowly but steadily supplanting the white fnrmcrs because of their low- r standards of living. .'California. Texas and oilier state have enacted laws prohibiting aliens Ineligible to citizenship from owning land, but lower living standards, group action, clan exiiuslven as and racial solidarity are stronger than law, and wherever a Japanese farm ing community takes root it fastens liself wiih the tenacity of a cancer upon the soil and ousts the Ameri can agriculturist who cannot, will ,.t and should not live under such conditions as do the Japanese." License Switching - Must Be Stopped A survey of alt license plates In the county Is being made by Traf fic. Officer Perkins who states that (here is a great deal of switching of license pistes going on. Men owning a light touring car aim a truck secure a license for the car and use It on their truck. Mr. Ter klns says, and he has made several arrests for this' violation. The pen alty for swiuhlng licenses Is very severe, a fine of from $400 and 90 lays in Jail being the maximum. So far Justice of the Pence (Jeorgo tones has teen assessing fines of $50 and costs. Mr. Perkins slates that he desires fo" warn all motor ists that violations of this naiura will not he tolerated and that ar rests will he made at once should Improper license plates be discov ered. A flno of $50 was assessed against J. S. Moore on Saturday for changing license plates. ci Dorothy Veatcli. of the News-Review force, returned this morning from a week's vacation spent at Portland.