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ME.MHKK OK ASSWU.TKI) l"KKSS
MK.MKKIt OK ASSOCIATK.I) PRKSS
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HALL FILES
PETITION FOR
A RECOUNT
Governor Olcott Given Sev
en Days To File An
Answer.
ALLEGED ERRORS
CITED ARE MANY
Claims over J,0(X) Plurality
Over Governor; PetiitkVn
Hied Lute Yesterday.
(13y Associated 1-Tess)
SAI.KM, July fi Judge Bingham
gave Governor Olcutt seven days to
appear to tile and answer to the Hall
recount complaint filed late yester
day by the public defense league. Af
ter Oicoit answers the judge will hear
arguments and if the recount is or
dered the judge will appoint i com
mittee to do the work.
(By Associated Pra)
PORTLAND, July H. Charles Hall
of 'MarshfLeld yesterday, through It.
coster, secretary of the public de
fense league, filed a petition in Mar
ion county, contesting the Republi
can nomination of Ben V. Olcott, for
governor.
'Accordng to the petition, which was
very long and filled with detail, tht
allegation is made thV Hall actually !0f
-received 412il votes more than Olcott,! to
aitnougn tne oniuiai canvass Dy me
secretary of state gave Olcott a lead
of 521.
In the petition the assertion was
set forth that Hull received a total
of 44,83.1 and Olcott -10,710.
The difference between the offi
cial figures and those claimed in the
petition were explained y alleging
that there were miscounts of ballots,
where Olcott was credited with mora
voes than he received; that Demo
crats wrote Olcott's name on heir bal
lots and that these votes were erron
eously counted for Olcott; that 'Demo-
crats and others were permitted to re-j
register illegally on election day and
vote: that illegal votes were cast by
voters who were not citizens, and that
votes for Hall were rejeced erron
eously. The petition disclosed painstaking
search of the election returns. The
lawyers have found something in al
most eveiy county except Curry,
Lane. UmafSlla. Wallowa, Tillamook
and Yamhill. There have been much
time and money expended accumu
lating the data on v, hich the petition
Is based.
Finances for the contest are being
supplied by the public defense league
Mr. Hall declined to give the name
of the president of the league, but ex
plained that Mr. Coster is the secre
tary and the contest was filed in Cos
ter's name. Anyone can become :.t
member of the league, explained Mr
Hall, by making a contribution. The
league is composed largely of Hall's
primary supporters.
In Union county, it was alleged
J OH votes in Hi piecincts were erron
eously counted. In 11 Union county
precini'ts 44 ballots, it is alleged in
the petition, were rejected for var
ious causes which should have been
counted for Hall.
Listed as illegal votes received and
counted, the Petition said that elec
tion boards gave ballots to voters not
members of the republican party, and
the petititon charged, of course, that
all the.e votes were for Olcott.
PORTLAND, July Political gos
sip has been busy the past wtek seek
ine to forecast what would happen
following the filing of the petition
for a recount of the republican guber
natorial vote by Clms. Hall.
If he fails in his ambition
to unseat Hen W. Olcott a.
the republican nominee politicHl gos
sip ways an indnpeiidout candidate
for governor will enter the race
1w..l-j h thn t.wp.ii o.w.ioHou
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"'"'"""""i ''-'-r" KmiiM
White Pine Box Factory
is Running Full Force
"One of the imiustiies that is cov-
critig a large scope, from New Hamp-j
shire to l.os Anircles, is the White
Pine Kix Box and Lumber Co.," an-i
nounced H. M- iMaloiiey, secretary
and one of the directors of the con-:
cern, today. "Although the factory!
has been operating for only a lutic
over a week, we have eiders on fii.
that will necessitate our steady oper
ation until bud weather closes the
mill."
Tile White Pine Pox and Iiml-r
Co-, with a new modern factory sit
uated at I-ono Tree, a short distance
from I.a Grande, is now in full blast,
rmploying about HO men and with an
output of 10,000 square feet of lum
bi r per day, is a local concern with
W. K. Moore a prosi(fent Hnd peror
al manager, II. M. Maloney, etre-tarv-treasui
er and in -hargp of th ?
detail work, and S. A. Truce fore -
ms.1 of the r.'.ll. The board !' din -
ta. i; comnosfHl of the three mm-
More Water Coming'
into Reservoir now
than Early in Year
BROTHERHOODS
MEET WITH THE
SHOP STRIKERS
Mooting Declared .Import
ant Jiut Action Not An
nounced; Shops J I ere Sur
rounded by Pickets .
The strike situation so iur as the
local situation is concerned, looks bet
ter today than at any time since lust
batuiduy. the stritve committee an
nounced i his morning. A meeting ot
the big i'our brotnerhoou olncials
was held at axles' hall last night
which continued until early tms morn
ing, ine strike committee was can
ed into the meeting to consult with
the brotherhoods. Vhen asked this
morning regarding the nature of the
conieience, Vice-Chairman U. it
t'orwood -told a reporter of the Ob
server that he could not discuss the
result of the meeting but Mr. Kor-i
woe 1 1 mimuentlv was well d I eased.
Pickets were ' posted around the!
property of the UrW. K. & f. tnts
moining at seven o'clock and from
...L-..,D ...ill ,. b.t n Iha
joo continuously at all hours of the
day and night.
'Although reports were circulated
last night that a considerable number
.strikers were expected to go baetv
work this morning the 'pickets re-
ported that only one striker, Walter
weifel, a machinist, returned to his
job this morning- One other striker
was on his way and after stopping
to talk with pickets he decided to stay
out. After making the decision he
shook hands with the pickets and
drove away in his machine. 'The condition of airs. Minnio Al-
I-ast evening a telegram was re- len, of Lostine, who was run over
ceived from Albina saying that W8 per by a Ford car In Klgin on July
cent of the men were out there and) 4th, Is much Improved. She was
that there were no breaks in thsi brought to La Grande last evening
ranks, the men being "out to win." Ln tho branch line train and is at
The special agent of the railroad the Grande Honde hospital. The
company was repotted, by five strik- medical authorities expect a u.ilrk
era who said they were eye-witnesses.
"se" tt "u. hi num-n.
ing a' man off the engine of No. 17
this- morning as the man was just
starting to get off. The strikers de
clared that there was no" provocation
for beating the man.
The special deputy sherills who
are acting as guards are continuing1
to go about the streets armed while
off duty and thii is causing the only
uneasiness among the strikers whose
leaders have pledged themselves to
tolerate no violence nor destruction
of propertv Sheriff Warnick did
not attend the meeting yesterday af
ternoon at which the strike commit
tee wanted to discuss the situation.
with him. Chief of Police Ry Klex-
c-r attended, however, and addressed
the men.
It was reported" yesterday after
noon that while, two of the deputy
sheriffs hired as railroad guards were
in a drug store a crowd outside dis
cussed their presence and some fear
ed that remarKs may possibly be
made on such occasions that might
cause guards who are too quick tem
pered to take action which might pos
sibly lead to trouble- This is a con
dition that the strike committee be-
I loves may be remedied by a confer
ence with the sheriff.
HOOVERJZKJ) INCOKPOKATKO.
SALEM, July fi. The Baker Hoov
crized (irocery, Inc., of Baker, has
filed articles of incorporation, capital
ization being $5,000. Those listed as
incorpotators are 'Mary A. Soulc
John L. Soule and 'William H. Graves.
WALLOWA HOY DROWNED.
WALLOWA, Julv fi Ike Skelton
22, was drowned in the city swimming
pool in the west part of town .Sun
day. His parents and several broth
m and sisters survive, lie was the
main support of the family as his
father is an invalid.
been installed that will handle the
million and a half feet of lumber that
is now in the yards and the four mil
lion feet that is beinz shipped in from
mills in Union and Wallowa counties
A new and modern burner, working on
the blowpipe vacuum system, hn.
been installed that will dispose of all
ruotnsh, sawdust and shavings. Th
mill is running at its full capactv,
th first carload of products having
lxsn hhipped out Monday. Many more
will leave in a short time bound for
point all over the United States, hs
wrll as the towna adjacent to I -a
Grande.
TKf Whit Pin Hot and Lumber
Tin. Kt4 ita own sawmill, which is lo-
! in Ixl ('jyym, and many lum
lr trik'14 an mjikiB th trip datl
i hi wih rv lumber irady for
j t 1rt A St L9 men nr m
. bim( l lk wmiii. avakinf IW em
iha ,ntn MfroiL Tb Mwmill
"Wo are Just holding our own -so
iar as liio water situation is con
cerned, City .Manager Krutz declar
ed this morning. "Since the plaeinu
of restrictions on tho use or water
the reservoir hero has been able
to tako care of the situation with
pumping only lor six hours, (our
last Saturday and two Sunday."
Mr. KrnU declared that at present
there is Uk litly over 12t cubic feet
of water emptying Into tho res?r
voir every minute, which fs greater
than the amount coming In last
January, which was 115 cubic fott.
Ho ulrfo culled attention to the fact
that tho O.-W. It. & N has not
been. pumpluK for about two months
and that 'this Increased the con
sumption considerably,
Monday night, while tho regulnr
caretaker was absent from the dam.
.Mr. Kratz received a call from the
man in charge that tho xdam was
going out and Immediately went to
the lake. On arriving there ha
found that tho new cribbing had
sprung a leak, the dtrt not Having
completely settled.' This, he said,
was repaired In two hours.
As a result of this leak the level
of tho lake dropped a foot and a
half but the water wilt bo running
through tho spillway again in two
weeks.
He Is also contemplating inovtnc
the caretaker's quarters on the level
with th lake where he will at all
Uiinoa be able to see logs that might
I rattle a jam ulid keep Jiis eye on
the situation better man in tne
"resent location below the lake
eeovery although it appeared that
she waa dangerously injured at first
Tho accident occurred on the zo
ning of the Fo u r t h , when a Ford
car owned iby W. H. Whitlnek, ol
Summerville, and driven by his ton,
Gorald, who wa3 accompanied b
Glen UlbBon, of La Grande, was
driven to the curbing at a rate
of speed between 12 and 15 miles
per hour. The driver took bis fool
from the brake, expecting the curb
to halt the car, and the Ford clin.b.
ed the curbing and altor knockim:
down a ntrwstand belonging to K,
Vehrs, struck tho lady, breaking her
collarbone, threo ribs and injuring
her internally. Tho boys were ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff John Strik
er, who turned them over to 1 he
lily or rcigtn. mey were nnu iu
for reekloss driving.
According to witnesses who exam
ined the car. tho brake. were not
in working order and only t-.Iowed
up the car Instead of sto'pping It.
Tho car was attached by Mr. Allen.
through the hands of Jesse Crum,
for tho amount of damages rioii'i to
his wlfo and tho report is tiuit Whit-
lock Is going to bring suit against
Allen for th0
spores Ob fcnr
tec,-.'?; iy
QrOJUCDOEE
INJURED INUN
IS IMPROVING
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BELIEVES III
in ntTin
' isKWilN AFIRE
riiicf (Merk )
Company AIho
Several -Men Now JiacU.
According to B. A. Jack, chief
clerk of the O.-W., a number of the
older nun who walked out Saturday
at "10 o'clock are returning to their
woik. As to the exact number who
have returned he is not certain, but
states that they expect the greater
share of the strikers back en the job
befoie Saturday at 3 o'clock, in com
pliance with the ultimatum issued by
the railroads. The places still loft
vacant by the strikers will be filled
by other labor after the set time Sat
urday, he announced.
W. Hollons, superintendent of the
division, returned from Itieth this
morning on No. 'J4 and he announces
that the strike conditions in both
Kieth and Huntington are practical
ly the same as heie. No trouble is
being experienced and tne trams are
being run on schedule time without
any difficulty- As here, a few men
are returning to woik, the number
increasing gradually..
Otherwise the strike conditions in
La Giande remain tip' same as yes
terday, accotdng to Mr. Jack. The
.'.hops have a sufficient number of
men, including those who remained
loyal, those who returned, and rail
road mm working in the shops whom
the strike did not aflect. rreclL'allv
no strikebreakers have beon hired and
in legards to the number of guards'
that were said to have arrived yester
day, Mr. Jack said he was not posted
on ll is matter. ,
Steamer Runs
Into a Reel
( Hv Ansorhi' ed I'rt'SH.)
SAN FRANCISCO, July fi. Wat
erlogged and in imminent danger of
foundering as tho result of striking
a reel oil faunder.v Imlge, the steam
schooner Arctic is u watter-logged
Francisco today by the steam schoon
er Brunswick, which responded to a
wireless call.
9AN FRANCISCO, July fi. Hcside
the sen-battered hull of the steamer
Whittier, lost a month ago, Mn stenn
schooner A rent is a water-logged
wreck on Saunders Hecf, 70 milos
north of note, with a crew of 15. and
is apparently in no donger. She
truck the wre.'k of the vs hitlier in
a fog last night.
Olcott Orders His
Attorney General To
Take K.K.K, Cases
(Hjr Ansociatcd I'resa)
SAI.KM, July fi. duvernor Olcott
has instructed Attorney (Jeneral Vi.n
Winkle to take lmmcdato charge o!
the alleged Ku Klux Klnn outrage'
ca.-es in Jackson county and push pro-
sei'Uton, followng failure of the local
officials to take uction against the al
leged offenders.
CIVILIZATION
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SUB - W A Y
mi nun i ui in
Jlcroii;
Efforts ;ulo To
I'assi'iitfiTs From
Suffocation.
Save
WAS 75 FEET UNDER
STREET'S SURFACE
Fireiiirii Jinny Victims lr
On Fire Ladders; Streets
Lined 'For Blocks Vitlf!
The injured.
(ur Associated i'rM)
NK'W YORK. July fi. A htimlruil
and fifty ptMsoiiH wt-ro oveivtinic by
smoke today when a sulnvav express
caught fire near Lexington avenue
and Sixty-first street, about 75 feet
underground.
Tho fire started in the motorman's
box after a fuse blew out. A mad
si-rumble resulted when the train fill
ed with smoke. The iniured wer"
carried up fire ladders and were
stretehed ot tin? sidewalks for sev
eral blocks. Fourteen pulinotors were
in operation. Many firemen were ov
ercome and the rescue squad donned
gas masks.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cherry will
leave this evenluij for a month's trip
111 the oast .during which time they
will purchase refrlKuVator show
cases and plato class panels alonu
with other equipment to refurnish
and modernize the flower Blore in
tho Polity notel building
('(HhljIiiillK pleasure wlili blli'lucss
thoy will visit Kearney, Nebraska,
wlioro Mr. :ii'jrry, thirty years auo,
learned Ui.i leclerN livid-) Stop
at Salt I.i'ko and I'. nver for a fi '
days on r.t,0 tii l oast will be mr-de
and finally thoy will ko to Chicago
ror a stay or sevoral days, where
thoy buy tho new equipment. They
expect to return to Lu Uraiido abo.il
Auuiist 1st.
VOL I, TAX OI'l'OSi:i
(Hy Associated l'ress)
PORTLAND, July fl. Tho tax In
vestigation cimimlssinti decided on
no poll tax for Orocon. Hiloptluu n
report of a subcommittee headed
by Walttsr Nf. Tierce opposing the
poll tiix. Tho coinuiivisio:! will t;o4
on tour July 24 to 29, visiting Me.i
ford, Itosebure, Kimeno, Albiny
Salem and .McMlnnvlll.
IliliKfUM.AKS SriiliKNIlKlt.
IlUHl.lN, July ll. Tho Inn of ihe
irregulars in .Hnckville' slroH surren
dered last night.
ft
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To "Trie
WILDERNESS
A0
FLDWEHSTOBETO
BE FSEFURNISHED
HOPPER SEES c
SEniEiipEGOIUIE
Labor .Member of Knih-oiul
lielievcs Speedy Kndiiijr oi'
Strike is a Possibility".
tlly AsocIhUkI l'ress.)
ClUCAdO, July , ;. Hope for the
sjieedy settlement of the countrywide
strike of the railway shopmen was
seen 'Wednesday niuht in u statement
issued by Hen W. Hooper, chairman
of the United States railroad labor
board, and J M. Jewell, lender of
the shop crafts, who ordered) the
walkout.
x In icply to a letter from Mr. Hoop
er, which was loRni-dod as concilia
tory in tone, Jlr. Jewell declared that
the strikers wero willing to consider
any negotiations with anyone in au
thortv lor settlement ot tha .itrike.-
"We are willing to confer with any
body authorized by the railroads to
lninjf Peace proposals to us," said
Jewell. "1 include or exclude nobody,
but if the labor board, for instance,
came to us with a definite proposition
we would not hesitate tu consider it."
Mr. Jewell then nindo nubile for
the first time the exact figures on the
strike vote taken bv the 4110.000 mem
hers of the six shop crafts. Tho vote
was divided into three separate bill
lots; the first on iiccentiuir a $50,000.-
000 reduction in waires ordered hv the
labor board, second the restoration of
even working rules a tered bv the
board, and thiid the abolishment of
outside contractinjr by tho roads.
A tabulation of the ballots. Mr.
Jewell said, showed H4 7 per cent of
ine men had voted to strike on the
iiuestioii of waires.. The heaviest vole
for a strike was on tho question ot'4
outside contract labor which polled
117.1 per cent of tho vote cast. The
ballot on rules came second with !l(i.2
for strike. Union leaders said that
the vote indicated the relative im
portance attached to the threo points
at issue by their membership.
In railroad circles it was declared
that the way already had been clear
ed for a full settlement of the gravest
issue that of contract work --4iy .the
agreement of 12 roads to abolish out
side contracting. The agreement was
made at the labor board meeting last
1'tiday when Mr. Jewell ignored an
order to appear and explain his strike
order,
Mr. Jewell said that the interven
tion of the boatd had come too latt
,and thai t.Nu only way to prevent dis
unites was for him virtually to defy
the board aial thus let the rank ami
file of the six shop crafts oriranir.a
tions involved know that their leaders
had their hands on the brakes and
wore in full contnil of the situaiion.i
He said that so far he had. received
no overtuies lookng toward a settle
ment and had made none. He adde.l
that the strike vote was the most rep
resentative ever taken.
.Mr. Hooper in his letter to Mr. Jew
ell earlier in the dav denied the lar- tho details of the program ami
tor's charge that the labor board wasi ""'or matters will come up. Under
unfriendly to Ihe emploves or that ill tl,e "Kreement reached each signer
had "outlawed" the srikers. "It hasl'"f the petition is responsible for hut
only' accepted your own statement I luota of tickets and in order to har
thnt the Striking men are not now nionir.o and co-ordinate the campaign,
emnloves of the carriers." the letter1"10 Rigners should be in attendnnco.
said. "It has not. however, usecf llo
i asping word -outlaw' at any time "
INJUNCTION
REQUESTED
(Br Aflnoemtprj WcmoI)
POIilXAM. July 0. A ie
Mlbiii for it n InJnnHhui to hult
Ihe hmmhiu; lonntiTow of Itiilhlo
mid Kirby for Ihi'lr pit-( In the
murder r Sheriff TiiyUu or
lYudh'Inii, whs prepared (ihImV
by tin ulhH'iH-y who nuld hr filed
ll In rrdciiil court.
It Mild (tic men Hrri- rnire
Into riinl'eNMloii by I lie line of
iiuiimmbi n nd olbrr rM'iiiieiil.s.
rVilrnil jiidui'H early IhN iiClfi
noon mi id Hiry bud not rteeii
(be pel It Ion.
Cars Meet on
but none
One nunc serious accident that
came very near bcinjf fatal, occur
red on the Hot I.ake-I.a Grande high
way last fVi-riinir about 5:10 o'clock
when a r'ord car driven by Mrs- A- N.
Mayville, of Im (ininde, in attempt
intr to PaH a Word car driven by Mrs.lnr. Mayvill promptly rushed to their
W. Miilhey, of Union, caubt the front i rescue and all but one child was re
wheel of "the latter car with its hind leased from the car- About that time
wheel, turning the Word diivcn by K. K. Farley, of La (J ramie, camo
Mm Halsey completely over and alotinr and the two men lifted tho
landing it in the deen water by the car over, releasing the third child,
xido of the road. iVIrs. flaley was Apparently the boy must have been
ut about the bnast and knees andlablo to breathe ns he had been under
Home of the party narrowly escaped
iliowninjr- The Mnyvilb- car wan un
injured and remained on the rod.
'Aeeonlinif to )r, iMwyvilW, who nr
rfimpaniwi Mr. .'Vlftyrill, they Wft
I.a (i randy ;ib(m 4;it nViick bwund
for i'ow f n 'roiwwmal cull and
hetwi'in (.ntw Trv and ' lb lrfk-
they 4ttUHiptl to liut Wr, kUtljwp,
who utoji HrWHitniwd hf bar tjirei
childrwa. Hmvm-i. ilaw.n und Nor
ent t' KIjtv f-n ot Vojunv ii-
tkr o uv fif'tt p4Mt 4 t
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SMS JEWELL
Chairman Hooper of Tho
Labor Jioard Js Notified
Today.
SIGNALMEN DEFER
ACTION ON STRIKE
Final Meeting of Signal
men's Executive Commit
tee Js Called For Satur
dav. tlly Associated rre.s)
CHICAGO, July (I. fourteen
thousand signalnun in tho country
arc not to he called out, for ii time
at least, I). W. licit, president of their
union announced today In culling a
meeting of the executive committee
for bnturduy to take final action.
11. M. Jewell, shopmen's leader, re
plied tu Chairman Hooper of the labor
board, indicatng his willingness tj
negotiate.
(Bjr Associated Press)
PORTLAND, July fi. Kivo strik
ing .shopmen were arrested today
charged with disorderly conduct when
a policeman claimed he saw thein
with rocks in their pockets. One. -striker
was arrested last night and
charged with throwing a tablo leg at
an automobile carrying non-union
men.
The Southern Parific reported 85
per cent of the men working today.
The 3. I. & S. Haiti that 20 men wero
back at work at the shops in Van
couver out of 1100 and about half of
the Portland forces. The, Oreejon
Washington Railroad antl Navigation
company reported U00 out of GoO
working. Union leaders declared
thero had not been a break ln their
ranks. .
TICKET SALETO
Underwriters of the chauUiu-
quu association program will meet
tomorrow evening, Friday, at tho City
Hall to determine upon a policy of
disposing of season tickets.
President Murphy in very anxious
to havo every person who signed -up
last year for the guaranteo of Wli
tickets to be on hand for the meeting,
Tho niueliiin in ealled for 8:00 o'clock.
BULLETINS
(lly Asnorlnteil 1'rens.)
LONDON, July 6. A Contra!
News dispatch from Romii snya that
gnndaruies serving In an honorary
cipaclly policing tho Vatican, nill
tlueed today crying aloud, "Long
llvo Urn Pope; Death to tho com.
m :i ii ilutit ." They wero Immediately
llsarmed. Tho barracks uro. occu
pied by Swlsj.
Mty Assoclatea Pressl
LONDON, July C A rumor ot
the attempt to assassluato Russian
delegates to ,Tho Hugtio eonrenence,
caused excitement at tho Dutch cap
ital today, H.-iyu a dispatch. Tho
police mid the Russian deleguttuil
denied tho rumor.
Highway
Badly Injured
W(;rvud into his enr, ea tiring tho
wheen as they went to pasn.
When the car ntiuck th water ono
of the laiiicH and one child wait thrown
into the water clear of the car and
the others were bmied underneath
the car for about five minutes and
showed no hiia of asphyxiation.
Dr. Mayville then took Mrs. lialsey
and one of the children to Hot Lako
umJ tb! ret of tho party on to Un
io. Mr. Hal.cy was not seriously
BE ORGANIZED
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