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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 45.
OREGON CITY, OREGON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1922.
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RECALL LOSES
PIERCE AND
SCHOOL ML CAR
CITY ELECTIONS
IN COUNTY NAME
NEW OFFICIALS
Shields, Clancey, Hammerly
Elected by West Linn;
Ralph Holman Is Mayor of
Molalla; Vote Is Heavy.
CITY RETURNS
WM. MAPLE CHOSEN
EXECUTIVE OF CANBY
Nina Ecker, Wilcox, Lawrence
Selected at Molalla; W. W.
Everhart to Be Recorder. ! City Hail Downtown
j yes
I No
Complete Unofficial.
For Mavor.
James Shannon 1213
J. J. Tobin 71
For City Attorney.
O. D Eby -922
Wm. Stone 1011
For Recorder.
C. W. Kelly 9
J A TJzbersr 125
J K. Morris 715
R. E. Woodward 223
Councilmen.
Ward 1
A. L. Beatie 256
R. J. Hodgson 200
Ward 2
C. Roake f 364
Ward 3
F. H. Cross 245
R. L. Greaves 257
Ward 4
. J. A. Cameron 285
I. C. Bridges 231
City Hall on the Hill.
Yes 911
Nn . 697
Bert
No
In the city election at West Linn i Fire Tax Amendment.
mayor; M. E. Clancey re-elected for
treasurer, Frank Hammerly re-elected
' for chief of police. Five new council
men were elected. These were P. J.
Winkel, E. Thompson, Melvm Young,
John Ream. Jr., C B. Willson.
Barnes was re-elected.
There were about 500 votes cast.
3991
1091
862
661
WALTER PIERCE
HAS MAJORITY OF
NEARLT30,000
Democratic Candidate Takes
Lead in All But Nine of
Counties in State; Few
Reports Now Incomplete.
WETS SCORE HEAVILY IN
ELECTIONS OVER NATION
State And Congressional Issue
Is Marked; Modification of
Liquor Laws Is Secured.
SCHOOL BILL LEADING
BY MORE THAN 13,000
Exposition Tax Measure Is
Defeated by 5,000; Pat
McArthur Loses Hard Run.
At Molalla, Ralph Holman was
elected mayor; S. A. Knapp, O. W. j
Robbins, Arthur Farr, councilmen; W.
W. Everhart, recorder; George Blatch
ford, treasurer. - I
Over 200 votes were cast.
At Estacada, G. E. Lawrence was
elected mayor; Nina B. Ecker, city
attorney; Roy Wilcox and Thomas
Morton, councilmen. For recorder
John Ely and Fred Barthlomew each
received 58 votes. As this is a tie,
it is now puzzling the people as to
Mayor, James Shannon.
City recorder, C. W. Kelly.
City attorney, Wm. Stone.
Councilman Ward 1, A. L. Beatie.
Ward 2, C. Roake.
Ward 3, R. L. Greaves.
Ward 4, J. A. Cameron.
This, according" to the unofficial
complete returns, is the administra-
i tion which will direct Oregon City
for the coming two years. The nar
rowest race was that for city record
er, K.eny carrying tne neia against
i J. K. Morris by a margin of only 18
votes.
i The fire tax' amendment, raising the
j levy from two to three mills, was car
ried, 862 to 661
The city hall will go on the hill.
The measure to provide $5,000 for the
purchase of a site on the hill was
voted by a heavy majority, accord
ing to the unofficial reDorts from all
who is tne man for tne oince. xnere of tne u precincts last night.
was a third candidate, J. P. Woodle,
who entered the race for re-election
At Gladstone, William Hammond
was elected mayor; Karl Bauersfeldt,
treasurer; Paul Fischer, recorder, and
for councilman, C. W, Swallow, C. A.
Frost, O. E. Freytag, and L. D. Mum-power.
BRIDGES ARE VOTED
BY CITY OF PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Nov. 8. Proponents
of the two bridge proposals did not
expect the easy victory that was
theirs.
Both measures carried by a heavy
majority, although the proposal to
construct a new Burnside bridge was
favored over the proposed new Ross
island span.
The necessity of moer adequate
bridges to meet the constantly grow
ing automobile traffic appealed both !
to straphangers and automobile own
ers. More converts were doubtless
made for the bridge proposals by the p
recent traffic jams at the bridge ap
proaches than through the impas
sioned pleas of East Side boosters'
clubs.
uompieie returns trom 215 pre- j
cincts on the bridge issues give:
Burnside street bridge Yes, 28,835;
no, 4305.
Ross island bridge Yes, 24,356; no,
8411.
Estimated cost of the new Burnside
span will be $3,000,000, while the Ross
island viaduct, it is proposed, will cost
not over $1,600,000. This spaa will be
the highest in the city, giving clear
ance to any vessel that can get
through Hawthorne bridge when the
draw is at top.
The hill site carried: Yes, 911;
No, 697. The downtown site was de
feated: Yes, 399; No, 1091.
- The measures were separate and
the aggregate no or yes vote of the
two cannot be counted. Although the
hill measure provided for the pur
chase of no definite site on the bal
lot title, the measure referred to the
people by the council provides for
the purchase of the Caufield property
at Seventh and John Adams streets.
A last minute move was inaugurated
to defeat both of the measures, and;
the early reports Indicated that thia
would be done, but unless' there is a
material change in the situation with
the official count, the hall will be
built upon the Percy Caufield block,
on Fourth and Madison streets.
Congress Is Called
Back to Washington
For November 20th
With the count on governor com
plete with the exception of three pre
cincts in Multnomah county and 220
precincts scattered about the state
Walter M Pierce, Democrat, has
majority over Ben W. Olcott of nearly
30,000 votes.
The totals now stand:
Olcott 93,154
Pierce 123,103
Pierce's lead, 29,949.
The majority in favor of the school
bill did not run so strong in the up
state counties as in Multnomah. ' In
the upstate counties the lead for the
measure Is slightly less than 6000.
Multnomah county gave it an affirma
tive majoirty of about 8000. There
are twice as many votes outside of
Multnomah county as within the
county. The total vote on the measure
stands: :
Yes 105,582
No , 91,762
Lead for the bill, 13,820.
C. N. McArthur has been defeated
for re-election to congress by Elton
Watkins, Democrat. This is the first
time in more .than 40 years that a
democratic congressman has repre
sented this state at Washigton. Wat
kins has carried the district by 1105
The vote:
Watkins 35,990
McArthur 34,885
tseiatea returns yesterday took a
strong trend against the amendment
enabling Portland to vote a tax for
the 1927 exposition. These adverse
returns were from upstate and with
the compilations made showed a ma
jority against the bill on the incom
plete figures outside of Multnomah of
17,451. The majority in Multnomah
county for the bill, with the count
complete except for three precincts,
is about 12,000.
Faculty Forestalls
Peon Pants Removal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. President
Harding's call for an extra session of
congress to be convened November 20
will be sent out within a few days.
it was indicated at the White House
yesterday. Unless the president
changes his plans radically, congress
wil be brought back on that day to
consider the administration's ship
subsidy bill before the regular session
begins on appropriations for the next
fiscal year.
At the opening of the extra session
the president also will submit his
nominations for associate justices of
the supreme court to suceed Justices
Day and Pitney. Justice Pitney has
been in 111 health for several months
and has decided to take advantage of
the retirement which may be granted
by congress to members of the fed
eral judiciary serving ten years or
more.
Although the president has not de
cided upon a successor to Justice Day,
there are indications that the appoint
ment, or at least one of the appoint
ments, -will go to a Democrat.
Peon pants will probably be peace
fully persuaded to avoid the Oregon
City high school. The appearance of
Quentin Cox at the local institution
yesterday, attired in the gay festive
he'flapper outfit, almost gave rise to
a barrel party.
Cox was escorted to the basement
with the threat that the toreador
trimmings were to be removed and
perchance the wooden vestments sub
stituted. But the faculty Interfered,
and nothing was done. Students de
clare that further attempts to "cor
rup men's fashions" will not receive
any cordial reception. I
Mrs. H. G. Gates In
Critical Condition
Mrs H. G. Gates, of this city, who
fell and broke her hip Saturday night
while walking along Main street near
Sixth, is in a serious condition. Mrs.
Gates is also suffering from a badly
sprained wrist, bruises on the back
of her head and the shock.
She accidently stubbed he toe on
an iron sidewalk door fronting the
J. C. Penney store and fell to the
concrete walk.
The injured woman is at her home
Incomplete returns from all Ore
gon countiesJncluding- 350 precincts
complete of Multnomah's 425 pre
cincts, place the success of the com
pulsory school bill almost beyond
doubt. It has 59,336 votes yes to
51,186 no. The trend of returns from
all sections of the state is to main
tain this lead.
The exposition amendment permit
ting Portland to tax itself to finance
the proposed 1927 exposition is shown
to have a likelihood of adoption. In
complete returns from all counties,
includin gthe complete count of 350
Multnomah procincts, give the ex
position amendment a vote of 44,341
yes and 39,441 no. This affirmative
margin is due, however, to the strong
Multnomah majority. The out-state
attitude on the exposition seems to
be negative.
The income tax and the single tax
measures are both snowed under. On
the face of returns as indicated
above, single tax has an affirmative
vote of 19,268 and a negative vote of
54,779. The income tar bill has 24,
083 yes and 50,119 no.
The Linn and Benton county war
rant authorizations are meeting ap
proval throughout Oregon. The Linn
authorization stands 38,978 yes and
15,347 no. The .Linn and Benton au
thorization shows 39,099 yes and
15,602 no
CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 8. Proponents
of relaxing; the , present prohibition
laws scored heavily in at least four
states yesterday, according to com
pilations today from the -nation-wide
election.' -
In Illinois an expression of senti
ment on the Volstead act favored
modification by approximately 600,
000 votes to a negative 200,000, with
one-half of the state reported; Cali
fornia defeated the state enforcement
act by an indicated two to one; Mis
souri re-elected United States Senator
James A. Reed, an avowed opponent
of prohibition, and New Jersey, it is
indicated, sent Governor Edward I.
Edwards, also avowedly against pro
hibition, to the United States senate
over Senator Frelinghuysen.
Law Is Lightened.
A -wet victory was recorded in
Massachusetts, where a proposal to
harmonize Massachusetts prohibition
laws with the Volstead act was last.
In Illinois tie congressional delega
tion will take in . three "wets"; re
ports indicate the Wisconsin delega
tion will be "wet" seven to four. Wis
consin also re-elected Senator Robert
M. La Follette, classed as an anti
prohibitionist by the drys.
In New York state the Democratic
platform contained a planfc favoring
light wine and beer.
In the seventh- Minnesota district
returns indl"ted Representative An
drew J. Vo!5id.d, father, of -the pro
hibition act, to be making a strong
fight to overcome the early lead of
the Rev. O. J. Kvale. Wets - drew
little hope from that, however, as Rev.
Kvale has described himself as "dry
er than Volstead."
Booze Is Issue.
In various congressional districts in
which the wet and dry question was
made an outright campaign Issue, the
two sides fared about alike, some of
the drys ibeing beaten decisively and
a few of the wets winning.
In Ohio the vote for the beer and
wine amendment went back into the
lead this morning when an error of
approximately 30,000 votes was dis
covered to have been made In tabu
lating the vote of Cuyahoga county.
The corrected list shows the affirma
tive and negative vote almost equal.
LODGE TO HOLD
SENATE SEAT IN
MASSACHUSETTS
Democratic Governor May Be
Chosen in Ohio; Berger
Strong in Wisconsin, Is
Late Report on Election.
ROBERT LA FPLLETTE
LEADING FIVE TO ONE
RY
COUNTY RETURNS
Poindexter Behind in Race in
Washington; Mayfield Now
Given Odds Over Peddy.
GEORGE G RANDALL IS
NAMED IN DIVORCE SUIT
BOSTON, Nov. 8. Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge has been re-elected by a
slight margin, returns from all but
.21 of the state's 1407 precincts iijdi-
L-cated at 11 a. m. today.
Latest figures gave Lodge a lead
of 1233 over Colonel William A. Gas
ton, Democrat, and Republican state
committee leaders claimed that final
returns should increase Lodge's lead
to about 4000.
There was talk at Democratic
headquarters of demanding a recount.
'Lodge ran about 50,000 behind
Governor Channing Cox (Rep.), who
was re-elected - over John - F. Fitz
gerald (Dem.). Complete returns
show the people of Massachusetts
in their referendum vote, to be
heartily opposed to motion picture
censorship and strong supporters of
the prohibition law.
OHIO ELECTS DEMOCRAT.
MARION, Ohio, Nov. 8. Marion
county, home of President Harding,
was carried by Donahey, Democrat,
for governor, according to complete
returns. The vote was: Thompson,
Republican. 7847: Donahey, Demo
crat, 7924. Fess, Republican, carried
it for senator, receiving 8060 votes to
7086 for Pomeren?.
DEMOCRATS SWEEP HAWAII
HONOLULU, Nov. 8 A Democra
tic landslide was indicated in early
returns from the territorial election,
early returns giving William P. Jar
rett. Democrat, a big lead over John
H Wise, Republican, In the race for
the delegateship to congress. On the
basis of jreturns received here, the
Democrats have carried every island.
George G. Randall, elected repre
sentative to the legislature from
Clackamas county by a plurality of
600 over his nearest competitor, was
today sued for divorce by his wife,
Kathryn Randall.
Religious differences are made "the
basis for the suit.
The plaintiff alleges that her life
has been made painful and burden
some through actions resulting from
the divergence of their religious be
liefs. No specific charges are made
in the suit. The Randalls were mar
ried December 9, 1908
LA FOLLETTE LEADING
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 7. Sena
tor Robert M. La Follette, running as
a Republican in today's Wisconsin
election, as a five-to-one favorite, in
tonight's early returns, has been
elected United States senator by . a
majority conservatively estimated to
exceed 200,000 over his opponent.
Mrs. Jessie Jack Hooper, who headed
the shattered Democratic independent
ticket Seven of the state's " Repub
lican incumbent congressmen, all La
Follette supporters, also have been
returned.
Complete Unofficial.
For District Representative. i
W. C. Hawley 4726
For Governor.
Ben W. Olcott .". 4688
Walter M. Pierce 7470
"For State Treasurer.
O. P. Hoff 7460
F. L. Tou Velle,.. ;.. 2797
For Supreme Justice (three to
be elected).
George H. Burnett... 8271
John McCort . .' 7932
John L. Rand 7441
For State School Superintendent.
J. A. Churchill . .-. 6826
S. S. George : 3609
For Labor Commissioner.
C. H. Gram 6429
B. H. Hansen 2771
For Public . Service Commis
sioner. Thomas K. Campbell 5405
Gus E. Ericksen 2023
T. M. Kerrigan 2468
Circuit Judge Fourth District.
J. U. Campbell . . , 8120
George Story 2163
State Senator.
F. J. Tooze 7981
Joint .Senator. X
W. J. Clark... 5889
E. T. Hedlund 3614
Representative (three to be
elected)..
Phil Hammond 6712
M. J. Lee 5613
George Randall , 7340
Elsie Gaffney '.. 3727
Al A. Price 4736
Joint Representative.
Fred Meindl 5630
Elmer Lundburg 3976
County Commissioner.
Roscoe Gard 2561
H. W. Hagemann 1892
C. W. Kruse 5893
For County Treasurer
W. W. Everhart ...."......V.t. 8001
VOTE OF SEVENTY
PER CENT IS CAST
MM COUNTY
J. U. Campbell Polls Largest
Individual Vote; Hammond
Randall and Lee Elected as
Representatives to Salem.
DEMOCRAT FAVORED
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
1927 Exposition Measure
Wins in This District; Freak
Tax Plans Are Defeated.
MEASURES
Compulsory Education Bill
Yes :
No
1925 Fair Amendment.
Yes
No
Income Tax.
Yes
No
Single Tax.
Yes
N0
RECALL
Recall of County Judge Cross.
Yes
No
6283
4829
4245
4193
3030
5110
2119
5769
4925
5541
51
A vote of 70.05 per cent, believed to
be the heaviest on record in Clacka
mas county, was cast in the general
election Tuesday, according to the
unofficial complete reports.
A total of 12,158 votes were cast in
the race for governor, and these are
taken as the basis of the computa
tion. The registration this year at
tained a new figure for Clackamas
county, 17,338, nearly 1,000 above the
figure for the two years previous.
- Clackamas county went on record
favoring the compulsory education
bill, the candidacy of Walter Pierce
for governor, and the exposition tax
for the city of Portland.
This briefly is the major portion of
the complete returns made -unofficially
from the entire 83 precincts in the
county. Hoff carried the field for
state treasurer, Churchill for superin
tendent of public instruction, Camp
bell for public service commission,
Clark for joint senator, and Meindl for
joint representative.
Polling the heaviest vote of anyj
candidate "in the county, J. U. Camp
beL by a majority of four to one, de
feated Story for circuit judge.
George Randall. Phil Hammond and
M. J. Lee were elected to the legis
lature. C. W. Kruse is named as
county commissioner.
The recall of County Judge H. E.
Cross was lost by a. sizeable margin.
The income tax bill and the single tax
were defeated.-
F
Sixteen Arrests Are
Made by Constable
A total of 16 arrests were made
during the month of October by Con
stable ' Ed. Fortune, acording to his
mon(thily iteport. Therej were rthaferct
arests for lareny, three for lareny in)
a dewelling three for assault and bat,
tery and three for illegal fishing. Two
were arrested for traffic offenses and
two for failing to report acidents.
GRAND JURY SELECTED
FOR NOVEMBER TERM
The circuit court grand Jury, em
paneled for the November term, which
is of six months' duration, was se
lected from the general jury panel
Monday. The grand jury this term
includes only one woman. The jurors
are : ,
Arloa B. Hempstead, Gladstone.
J. E. Jack, Oregon City.
John Stormer, Estacada, route 3.
James Bell, Boring, route 2.
Francis Welsh, Oregon City.
E. R. Brook, Boring.
Henry W. Perry, Oregon
route 3.
POINDEXTER BEHIND
SEATTLE, Nov. 8. Returns from
1190 precincts out of 2446 in 'the state
at 11 a. m. give: For senator Dill
(D.) 68,234, Poindexter (R.), incum
bent, 63,830, Duncan (F.) 16,763.
City,
Marriage Licenses
Issued Two Couples
FERRIS IS ELECTED
J GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 8
I Woodbridge N. Ferris, his election
apparently assured by an increasing
majority throughout the state, said
Wednesday that his first act, after
being sworn in as United States
senator, would be to reopen the New
bery case.
"We can get him out of there," said
the newly elected senator. "We have
the votes now to do it, and we will
do it. The first chance I get after
going to Washington will be to de
mand a rehearing of the case. This
can be accomplished quickly, because
we have more than enough backers."
MAYFIELD WINS EASILY
DALLAS, .Texas, Nv. 8. Earle B.
Mayfield, Democrat, overwhelmingly
defeated George E. B Peddy, Repub
lican and Independtnt Democrat, for
United States senator in the general
election yesterday. Mayfield's vote
today was 167,139 against 70,039 for
Peddy. These figures were reported
by 211 counties out of 251 and it was
estimated acounted for at least, half.
Two marriage licenses were granted
by County Clerk Fred A. Miller Sat
urday. They are: Clifford Melis, 26,
Sacrementa, Cal., and Lydia Helger, if not" more, of the total vote cast.
21, Oregon City; Paul M. Sturges, 21,
and Louise Schlilenhart, 20; both of
Oregoif-City.
Governor Neff was re-elected, his
majority over E. M. Atwell, Repub
(Contlnued on Page 5
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 7. Fifty-
one bodies have been recovered from
the Reily mine, wrecked yesterday by
an explosion, it was announced today
as rescue workers continue to tear
away debris. Fifty more bodies are
believed lying in the ruined workings
of the shaft.
Hope that survivors other than
those rescued yesterday will be found
was practically abandoned. Thirty-
one men who were brought from the
shaft suffering from injuries and
the effects of poisonous"gas were in
Spangler hospitals.
Several first aid men were also re
covering from exhaustion and gases.
Mine company officials today still
refused to give out details of the mine
explosion or make public a list of em
ployes in the workings.
As near as can be estimated about
J80 were in the mine. Of these, 39
were rescued, alive though badly
injured. With the 51 bodies recov
ered, men familiar with the size of
the shifts worked at the place believe
that at least 50 more dead will be
found. Rescue workers drove through
the wreckage all night and brought
out bodies. Thousands of persons,
including wives and sweethearts of
the victims, kept vigil at the shaft as
a drizzling rain soaked the workers
and watchers and made rescue efforts
more difficult.
Additional bodies wre brought out,
singly, by twos, by threes and the
half dozen. Following hurried exam
ination by physicians to Bee if a
spark of life still remained, the dead
were taken to the Miners' hall,
Spangler, where women and men
knelt and wept beside them.
HOPEFUL
"The world's snpply of coal will be
exhausted in 1,200 years."
"That reassures me for this win
ter."
Do you know that a gang plow, a
wagon, a neaaer, a wheat drill and
a harrow can be bought for the price
of a Ford sedan? But who wants to
joyride on a harrow.
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Nov. I
An alleged attempt to bribe Mrs. Jane
Gibson, self-styled eye-witness to the
murder of Rev. Dr. Edward W. Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, to keep si
lent is under investigation by the of
ficials at work on the case today.
The name of a private detective is
prominently mentioned in connection
with the sensational "expose."
According to an accepted version of
the report, this man went to the "pig
woman's farm'' last Thursday, just
after the contents of her affidavit
had become public, and opened nego
tions with her by saying:
"You had better keep your mouth
shut. You can make more by dealing
with people for the defense."
So far as can be learned, that is
about as far as he got with his of
fer" due to the hostile attitude as
sumed by Mrs. Gibson. He did not
say just who he meant by the "de
fense" and gave no intimation as to
the amount the widow might expect
as the price of her silence. Mrs. Gib
son met the "feeler' with such a
blaze of defiance that the man very
readily realized the futility of his en
terprise and left hurriedly.
The authorities still pin their faith
on Mrs. Gibson's narrative of seeing
the murders committed.' One of them
said:
"Despite tbe attacks made on Mrs.
Gibson's career and the finding of cer
tain discrepancies in her story, we
are firmly convinced that her evi
dence will stand up In court. We have
very strong coroboration of that story
and only have a few small but ne
cesary details to clear up before -we
act.
Eldon Alldredge Is ,
To Be School Clerk
Eldon Alldredge, of Gladstone, was
elected at a school meeting last eve
ning to succeed Thomas Meeds,
school clerk, who resigned. The in
stallation of a sprinkler system in
the school was voted.