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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRH, 26, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ARMY
OF FOOD SUPPLY
San Franciscans Fed by
the Quartermaster
CITIZENS ARE GETTING BUSY
(Stores Reopen, but City Puts
Limit on Prices.
VIGILANTES ARE BARRED
fclayor Orders Disarming and Arrest
of liootcrs Pardee Avoids De
cision on Recall or Militia,
r Which Behaves Better.
ANOTHER SHOCK OF EARTH
QUAKE.
FAX FRANCISCO. April 23. At
3:15 o'clock this afternoon a shock of
earthquake wag felt. It lasted nearly
a minute and caused considerable
alarm, though no one wh Injured. A
number of walls of burned buildings,
which were still standing In a weak
condition, were thrown down and frail
buildings were considerably shaken
up. but the damage done was slight.
The shock was also felt in Oakland
and Berkeley, but in these places It
was very slight and of brief duration.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 25. Gradu
ally the National Government Is tak
ing: over the work of succoring the
homeless and foodless thousands of
Ban Francisco and tomorrow the rep
resentatives of the United States Army
.will have charge or the gigantic task
of Issuing food to all those who remain
in the city. This development resulted
from the meeting of the executive com
mittee today and the work will be
turned over to the United States Quar
termaster of this department, who will
establish a complete system of issuing
Rations at all of the 58 stations
throughout the city.
This was a day of optimistic reports
tfrom all sides. "Conditions improv
ing," was the happy expression from
those who had charge of the duties of
caring for their less fortunate towns
men during the last few days. In fact
the most Important duty will hereafter
Tbe performed by the United States
lArmy. that of distributing the food and
Supplies which have been donated most
lavishly by the people. The citizens of
pan Francisco "have tjued their at
tention to the detaiJof the recon
'fctructlon of their business.
Resume Business on All Sides.
There was a resumption of business
fo an astonishing extent today, consid-
Eing the conditions throughout the
sidence section. Retail stores were
structcd to reopen and the municipal
government has established a scale of
Jprlces for the most Important com
modities, food, clothing, etc Warning
yean given retailers that any effort on
their part to charge exorbitant prices
ftvould result in summary action by the
authorities.
Street-cars are promised for tomor
row morning and electric lights will be
turned on tomorrow. As it is, there is
so need of the resumption of cooking
Jn tho houses. The work of building
nd improving the chimneys Is grow
ing rapidly, but It will bo some time
before It is considered safe to allow
fires.
J'icturcMitic Open-Air Cooking.
The preparation of the morning and
evening mal for San Francisco Is one
of the most picturesque Fights result
ing from the catastrohpe. In front of
every house there is a small improvised
furnace, or a cookstove whereon the
food Is prepared. In some places the
Chinese servants remain faithful to
their employer and to them the cooking
is entrusted; but it Is no unusual thing
to see the wives of men who a few
days ago were the possessors of mil
lions stirring the porridge, or deftly
manipulating bacon and eggs. The
housewives enter into tho spirit of the
work with r zest -and good nature that
Hemonstratcs tho facility with which
the average American adjusts himself
or herself to the needs of the hour.
Go to Bed With Chickens.
San Frart'clsco goes' to bed at night
fall. While the rigid' rules concerning
light has been considerably modified,
the general situation' is considered to
-toe so unsafe that the average citizen
retires, without showing a light in his
bouse. Many reports have been made
during the past few days of shots fired
Into houses that showed lights, and few
R.r disposed to take chances. To those
jwho have known San Francisco in for
jBicr daj-s these statements will appear
frfmost unreasonable. But San Francis
Co has gone through strenuous days
6! nee she was awakened Wednesday a
Kveek ago, and the light-hearted spirit
which has always characterized her
people has for the- time being given
place to itih stern task of restoring her
position among the cities of America.
No More Vigilance Committees.
The Mayor today took a firm stand
against the many self-constituted "cltl
!is" protective committees" organized
in many sections of the city by bodies of
snea who undertook to regulate the af
fairs of their neighborhoods. So manr
complaints haye been-made against these
" committees" that some action was con
sidered necessary to protect citizens, prcrs
representatives and even those who were
acting in some capacity to preserve the
peace and good order of the -city. Re
sponsible citizens have bce.n stopped at
night and .subjected to humiliating ex
planations of why they were abroad after
dark and even shots have been fired at
persons who had a perfect right to go
anywhere they pleased at any hour. It
was one of these so-called "vigilance
committees that Is to be held responsible
for the death of Major Tilden, who was
shot while performing relief work. The
Mayor today gave instructions that the
members of these committees were to be
disarmed wherever found by the city po
lice and. If any resistance was offered,
were to be treated as looters, which
means that they arc to be shot wlthopt
ceremony.
The water problem Is still a serious one.
It was decided today that still further
restrictions should be put upon the use
of tho water now available. .Hereafter
and until the system has been entirely In
spected and repaired, there Is to be hut.
one water "tap" for each block through
out the city. This was considered neces
sary because of the wanton waste of
water by many people and to conserve
the present supply against a possible
emergency.
Pardee Dodges Militia Problem.
Tho state militia "has not been with
drawn, notwithstanding the request of
the Mayor. Governor Pardee has not met
in conference with the executive commit
tee at Fort Mason. He has sent word in
explanation of his absence from these
meetings that he has been advised too
late to reach the meetings. It is not
known what he will do with regard to
the state militia, but it may -be said that
the citizens of San Francisco would ex
perience a feeling of relief If It were re
moved Immediately.
It appears that as a rule the members
of the state militia have had a misap
prehension of the conditions which have
prevailed in San Francisco during the
past week. They have acted as If mar
tial law were In force and It was their
duty to regulate the affairs of the city
according to their Individual conception
of that law. Since they have been con
fined to a limited district, however, and
the conditions explained to them, there
has been less complaint from citizens.
There Is nothing but praise for the work
of the Army, the Navy" and the municipal
police. They have acted with reasonable
ness at all times. Marines are being used
in a large section of the city for patrol
duty and have maintained the best of
order without any instance of conflict
with anybody. The direction of the muni
cipal police, under Mayor Schmltz and
Chief DJnan. has been excellent and many
are the heroic actions of these men dur
ing the past week.
Schmltz a Model Ruler.
Mayor Schmltz has worked day and
night to alleviate' the condition of the
people and has directed affairs with re
markable success. At no time has he
lost control of the situation and he has
kept, in touch wih every department,
military and civil, and maintained har
mony where friction might have occurred
under less competent direction.
The President's proclamation, issued to
day, has had a cheering; effect. The local
finance committee and ihe Red Cross are
acting together and the work of relief
Is being conducted In a systematic man
ner. A force of expert accountants has
been engaged, an auditing and supervis
ing committee appointed and every dollar
contributed will be accounted for.
The San Francisco I.abor Council has
announced that wages will remain the
I same as before the fire.
GREELY SUMS UP SITUATION
Graphic Word-Picture or Sltuatlen
in Report to Taft.
WASHINGTON. April 25. General
Grcely responded in the negative to the
suggestion that a Governmental registra
tion bureau be established, and added a
statement of conditions in San Fran
cisco today In a manner which forecasted
the future. He said:
Three hundred thousand people are home
less and the entire buslne facilities of a
city of half a million haie lft Utfiro-4.
except those in one street of minor impor
tance. Accommodations fr mrt urgent
financial and' other Indispensable frulnes In
stitution are being ordered only mith the
greatest difficulty. The entire bdy f theee
men are naturally devoting their energies to
restoring- their on affairs, and even those
who have applied themselves devotedly to re.
lief and recue work the past week are
gradually withdrawing therefrom, stating cor
rectly that domklIc and buslnees affairs de
mand their entire attention. .The Mayor and
the police are so fully occupied opera tint
without ordinary accommodation that even
duties such as pertain to the Coroner's oSle
and vital statinlcs are largely neglected for
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Athens Sports.
DANIELS BEST SWIMMER
Wins 100-Mctres Championship at
Furious Pace Sheridan Cham
pion With Discus Ameri
cans Lead In Running.
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JIESUT.TS Or ATHENS SrORTS. i
Swimming. 100 meter Daniels.
American.
Fencing Dillon Kavanaugh. French.
Standing long Jump Ray C Awrey.
American.
Free-style dtscus-throsr'ng M. J.
Sheridan. American.
Bicycling, 2 kilometers Verri. Ital
ian. Bicycling, ro kilometers.. J,
Hett. English.
Standing broad Jump R. C Awrey.
American.
Tole vault Gouder. French.
Five-mile race Hawley. English.
ATHENS. April 23. -The Interna
tional sports today were conducted in
Ideal weather. The final heat of the
300-metcrs swimming race in the
Phalarum developed a brilliant con
test, c. M. Daniels, of the New Tork
Athletic Club, world's 100-yard swim
ming champion, set a furious pace and
won. slowing down In l minute 13 sec
onds. Helmay. Hungary; Healey.
Australia, and Darbyshlre. England,
who finished In the order named,
showed grit, but are not In the same
class with Danieis. Their time was hot
taken officially.
The fencing finals at the Gymnastic
School were marred by some bad feel
ing. The Italian. Pezarano, retired,
and the Frenchman, Dillon Kavanaugh.
was awarded, first place. Caslmlr. Ger
man, second. and Count Hughes.
French, third.
Americans Lead In Running.
This afternoon the stadium waa
crowded jwlth spectators, "the attend
ance bing estimated at CS.000. The
greatest excitement attended the run
ning races. In which the Americans
highly distinguished themselves. The
three preliminary heats of the. loo
meter race waa won by Americans,
while the semi-finals In all three heats
also were captured by them. The
finals will be run Friday.
The SOO-raeter race afforded magnifi
cent sport, Americans winning two
heats out of four. James D. Light
body. Chicago University, who won the
first heat, and Charles J. Bacon. Irish
American A. C-, who was second in tho
same heat, ran a well-judged race.
Lieutenant Wyndham Halswello, Eng
land, who was second in the second
heat, displayed fine style and undoubt
edly would have won except for a fall
in rounding the corner, which lost him
some feet, giving the chance to the
Swede. Hellstrom, who finished first.
The fourth heat was won by P. H. Pil
grim, N. T. A. C.
American Flag Hoisted.
Ray C Awrey. New Tork A. C, won
the standing long Jump, distance 2
meters and 20 centimeters.
The American successes were signal
ized by the hoisting of the American
flag, which was greeted with great
cheering.
Final heat, 100-meter swimming race
C M. Daniels. New York, won: 1
minute. 33 seconds; Helmay. Hungary,
second; Healey. Australia, third.
Free-style discus-throwing Martin
J. Sheridan. Irish-American A. C-. New
Tork. Amerlca'n champion, won; dis
tance 41 meters. 4S centimeters, beat
ing the world"., .record; Glor Gantas.
Greece, second. 25 meters, fi centi
meters; Japviners. Finland, third. 26
meters, i 2 centimeters.
Five-kilometer bicycling race Verrl.
Italy, won: 11- Crowther. England, sec
ond. Twenty-kilometer bicycling race
Easily won by w. J. Hett. Putney A. C-.
England.
Preliminary heats for 100-meter race
Archie Hahn. Milwaukee (Wis.) A.
C: W. D. Eaten. Camferidgeport
(Mass.) A. A.: Fay R- Moultea, Kansas
City A. A.; W. A. Schick. New Tork A.
C and L&wron Robertson.- Irish
Am erica n A. C (New Tork),' and iCc
Ied. London. England A."' C; A. H.
Healey.' Blackbeath, England; Harry
Abrahams. Cambridge University, Eng
land. A. C won their heats.
Seml-Finala First heat. Hahn. Eas-ton-and
Moulton won and Lawson Rob
erteon,Barker and Llndberg captured,
second places, which qualified them for
tho trial a. Official time: First heat. Hahn.
113-S seconds: second heat. Moulon. 113-5
seconds: third heat. Eaaton, 113-3 seconds.
Preliminaries for SOO-raeter race
First seat. James D. LIghtbody. Chi
cago University; Charles TJ.' Bacon.
Jrlsh-Amerlcan Athletic Club. New
Tork, was second.
. Second heat Hellstrom. Sweden,
first; Lieutenant Wyniham Halswel
leeng, second.
Third heat R. C Crabbe. Corpus
Christl College. Cambridge. England,
first; Ell B. Parsons. Tale University,
New Haven, Conn., second.
Fourth and last heat P. H. Pilgrim,
New Tork. A. C, first; John Hunge,
Germany, second.
Awrey Wins nroad Jump.
Standing broad Jump, won by R, C
Awrey. N. T. A. C. distance 3 metres.
S centimetres: M. J. Sheridan. Irish-American
A. C. second. 3 metres. 54 centi
metre; Robinson, third. 3 metres, S centi
metres. Pole vault, won by Gouder. French,
bright. 3 metres, centimetres: Slder
strom. Sweden. 3 metres. 40 centimetres;
Glover. Purdue University. Chicago A. A.,
third, height. 3 metres. 35 centimetres.
The five-mile race, the great event of
the day. was won easily by Lieutenant
Hawley. English. Time. 55 minutes 11 4-5
seconds. He finished with a lap to spam
over a Swedish competitor, whose time
was 25 minutes 35 1-5 seconds.
NO SIGN OF KriDEMIC
SAN FRANCISCO. April 25. Th
lack of anything like an epidemic of
disease since the disaster that over
took San Francisco has surprised even
the medical men. Everywhere sani
tary conditions are most satisfactory.
Probably there has been less sickness
at the Fresidlo camp than any of the
others, and this may be attributed to
the fact that the people there bare
been sheltered, fed and directed by
the Armv officers.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
TODAT5 Fair and warmer: -westerly winds.
TESTKRDATS Maximum temperature. 35
deg.; minimum, 4S. Precipitation. 0.64
inch.
Saa Fraaclsco.
Army given charge of relief distribution:
cltlttnt to handle fends. Tsgc 1.
General ressmptloa of retail butlatst btrua.
Page 1
Governorrardee decides to call lgislatura
to protHe for emergency, fil'vl
President withdraws order for Red Cross "to
hsndle funds and asks raontrr to employ
Idle mn. Page 3.
Good work elnr de by Oregen doctors
and n rs. Page 1,
Dr. Devlns arranges aSalrs with citizens'
committee, rage 4.
Burnham summoned to plan rebuilding of
city. Page 4.
Chinese worship on ruins of Josscooie.
Tag 7. ,
Fresh frujt for cajnpera and ample general
supplies. Page 4.
Honolulu turns to Portland tor supplies.
Page 4.
Orecoclans registered at Oregon bureau,
rage 3.
Foreign.
Idle workmen lhrea(en trouble In St. Pe
tersburg and citv promises employment.
Page 5.
General denunciation of Czar's new funda
mental law. Page S.
General strike in Paris causes alarm.
Page .
Women cause disturbance In British Par
liament. Pag 7.
NatfeaaT.
Bristol's confirmation opposed by Sena:
subcommittee. Page S.
Railroad Senators delay vote on rate bill
till they -capture more -votes. Page 5.
Domestic.
Opening of heresy trial of Dr. Crapsey.
Page 2.
First disturbance In anthrxella coal regton.
Page 7.
Suit teg-un to declare Dowl bankrupt.
Page T.
Sports.
American athletes win great victories at
Olympian games. Page 1.
Portland Automobile Club elects new directors
and dlscusse speed limit In city. Page 11.
Portlaad and Vicinity.
Iaptla! Smelter Mining Company la hand
of recti er. Page 11.
Nel Peterson committed snlctde; was not
reordered. Page 9.
Port tan 3 voters vote for prominent ministers
fer Justice of Peace and Cbortable.
Page IS.
Desrerado Frank Smith eludes posses near
Oregon City and Canby; roh pontofflca at
Utter place. Page 1.
General relief fund Hearing J2(".W mark.
Tare 10.
Five hundred more refugees reach Portland.
Pare 11.
Portland financiers ridicule Idea or money
fanlc In San Frandsco; banks there solid.
E J4.
Pooatar re'.l-f fund now more than tll.t'X).
Pare 10.
w. M. Cake 1 elected chairman Multnomah
Republican Central Committee. Pags 1.
Jonathan Bourne's nomination for Senator
assured; leads Cake by -tr votes. Page 1.
DESPERADO IS
STILL ftTURGE
Posses Search in Vain for
' Frank Smith; Oregon
' City Murderer.-
ROBS CANBY POSTOFFICE
Fugitive) Obtains Supply or Pro
visions and Adds Another to
His List of Crimea In
Hiding Xcar Aurora.
SMTTR'S DARING ESCAPADES RI
VAL DIME NOVEL HEROES.
Frank Smith's escapades, before anft
after leaving the City Jail without
notice, would make material for a
dime novel. Sunday morning ho
robbed the Pojtofflce and atore at
Troatdale. Sunday he waa arrested
by Detectives Snow and Resing.
Monday he escaped from custody.
Tuesday morning he robbed a Jewelry
store at Oregon City, shot and killed
Policeman Hanloc. who tried to cap
ture him. and made his escape. Posses
from Oregon City searched all day
Tuesday and failed to capture him.
Testerday he broke Into the Post
office and atore at Canby. stole pro
visions and razors, and agln escaped.
Two posses are now after him.
Collecting arms, ammunition and
food as he goes, elding In the brush
by day traveling by night, and break
ing Into postofflces and stores, Frank
Smith, the Jail-breaking murderer, has
so far eluded the armed posses sent
out to recapture him and Is working
his way south through Clackamas
County. Since his daring escape from
the Portland City Jail Monday morn
ing Smith has committed one murder,
robbed one Jewelry store at Oregon
City, and has broken Into the postofflce
and store at Canby. where ho supplied
blmxelf with food, razors, ammunition
and tobacco.
Armed posses from Oregon City and
from Canby axe now on Smith's trail
hoping to recapture him before he
makes his way out of tho-stale. The
hunt Tuesday by disorganized parties
from Oregon City proved fruitless,
and those who voluntarily armed them
selves and went out to look for the
murderer of Policeman Hanlon were
compelled .to return without their man.
Testerday steps were taken by Sheriff
Shaver, of Clackamas County, to gather
a regular force of men and run down
the fugitive.
Chief of Police Evans, of Canby. has
also organized a posse and Is conduct
ing a hunt south of Canby and near
Aurora, where, according to latest ac
counts.. Smith is In hiding..
Like Oregon City Burglary.
A posse assembled by Chief Evans
yesterday afternoon, composed of men
named Biggs, Campbell. Brown and
Jones, all residents of Canby endeav
ored to run Smith down but failed.
From accounts received at Canby yes
terday morning it Is believed that
Smith Is hiding in the brush near Au
rora. It is not known positively that
Smith is the man who robbed the post
office and store at Canby early yester
day morning, but as the act was ac
complished by throwing a stone
through the window,, as was the rob
bery of the jewelry store at Oregon
City. Monday morning, -there Is little
doubt that it was the work of Smith.'
No one saw him In the act but as a,
supply of provisions, tobacco, ammuni
tion and razors were taken, such as
Smith Is known to have needed, the
officers believe that it was his work.
Several reports were received at Ore
gon City and at Canby yesterday re
garding the supposed whereabouts of
Smith, but Sheriff Shaver and Chief
Evans, of Canby. say that the man Is
In hiding near Aurora. News of the
murder and a complete description of
Smith have been telegraphed to all the
towns in Oregon and if he escapes the
Clackamas County Sheriff others along
the line will take up the hunt. Sheriff
Shaver will take personal charge of
the pcscs engaged In running Smith
down.
For the present the chase after
Smith is out of the hands of the local
police, but Chief Grltzmacher Is keep-
PIANO H4KTSV 9T WTCJCT AIXX3T
Ing fully advised of the work of the
Clackamas County officers and will aid
In the search for the fugitive if called
"upon- ,
The calef Is ignorant of the antece
dents of -.Smith. His picture is not In
the rogues gallery "and his name does
not appear. la the criminal records.
That he has committed some desperate
crime, however, before landing in
Portland Is believed. The police do not
think he would have taken such despe
rate chances to escape if there had not
been something hanging over bis head.
The detectives believe tha chances
of Smith being turned back toward
Portland are small. He has been seen
while In custody by most of the detec
tives and if he should return here his
chances .of escape would be smaller
than In the woods.
RUX DOWN A FALSE CLEW
Clackamas Sheriff and Posse Find
an Innocent Wood chopper.
OREGON CITT. Or.. April 2S.-(Spcclal.)
Two excited woodchoppers came to this
city early this evening and reported that
shortly before 5 o'clock they saw a man
answering Smith's description come out
the timber at a point near the Confluence
of the Clackamas and Willamette Rivers,
Just north of this dir. where they were
engaged In cutting wood. They described
the strange man as wearing a cap or
handkerchief In place of other headgear,
la other respects the roan's apparel tal
lied with that worn by Smith.
The men stated that while they were
engaged at their work they were startled
to see a stranger come out of the timber
at a. distance not more than SO feet from
them. Seeing the woodchoppers, the fel
low dodged quickly back under cover of
th brushy acting in a suspicious manner.
Leaving their companions to watch that
the man did not effect an escape from the
timber in which he appeared to be hid
ing, the two workmen came to Oregon
City and reported their discovery to
Sheriff Shaver, who gathered a posse of
several men. Including Grant B. DImlck.
George Brown. E. T. Fields and others,
and went at once to the place described
by the men.
The scene of the man's appearance is a
densely-wooded tract on the banks of the
Clackamas River, wth a heavy growth of
shrubbery an Ideal hiding place. The
tract was thoroughly searched by the
members of the party, and It waa dis
covered that the man suspected was none
other than the member of another wood
chopping crew operating In the vicinity.
CITY'S HEALTH IS
DR. MACKENZIE CARES FOR
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE.
Soldiers Find Cases as Fast as They
Develop Dr. Equl at Presidio
With Oregon Nurses.
BY ARNO DOSCH.
ORBGOX NEWS AND INFORMATION
BUREAU. Oaklanajf&al.. April 3. "Thero
Is no epidemic of .any Kind in San Fran
cisco, and I do not expect to see any
break out."
Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, of Portland,
head of the contagious hospital, made
this statement this morning to The Ore
gonlan correspondent. He then substan
tiated his tremark by explaining how
rapidly the cases of contagious diseases
are cared for and the methods taken for
prevention.
"We have here, la this Old Harbor View
resort, which we have made into a hospi
tal Inside of two days, every facility for
caring for contagious diseases. The sol
diers are now able to And a case of any
disease, and In spite of the crowded con
dition, the work of the sanitary commit
tee has practically prevented the possi
bility of contagion. In this work the Ore
gon doctors have taken an active part
and have done very effective work,
though disagreeable. Scarletlmu. measles
and diphtheria are the chief contagious
diseases."
With Dr. Mackenzie, who has been
given full power retarding contagious dis
eases, are Drs. Bo ales. Ransom and Cam
roascb. Tho others are on the sanitary
work, except Dr. Equl. who Is in the gen
eral hospital at the Presidio, under Colo
nel Tomey. AH the Oregon nurses are
under Colonel Torney, with Dr. Equl In
charge.
HAS NOT BOUGHT 0. W. P.
Ear ling: Sajs St. Paul Road Has
Terminated in Portland.
CHICAGO. April 23. (Special.) Presi
dent Earllng. of the Chicago, Milwaukee
k. St. Paul Railroad, declared today that
there was no truth In the report that his
company had acquired control of the Ore
gon Water Power & Railway Company,
of Portland, in order to get terminal fa
cilities in Portland.
There is no necessity for us to secure
the Oregon company," said Mr. Earllng.
"We arranged for the terminal facilities
long ago. We have what we want in that
respect. That Is all I care to say at this
line."
CV
NOMINATION OF
BOURNE CERTAIN
Now Has Lead of 426
Votes Over- Cake.
RETURNS NEARLY COMPLETE
Missing Precincts Will Increase
His Plurality.
SURPRISE TO POLITICIANS
Few Had Figured on Vigorous Cam
paign Sladc by Successful Can
didate In Remote Counties
of the State.
As a result of heavy pluralities rfl re
mote precincts. Jonathan Bourne has won
the Republican nomination for United
States Senator. H. M. Cake's lead of over
1000 votes, as shown by the early returns,
melted away before the constant Bourne
gains, which later poured in from coun
ties that were slow in reporting, and now
Bourne has a lead of 426. with Malheur
and Harney Counties to hear from. These
counties are expected to Increase his
plurality.
The success of Bourne Is the greatest
political surprise that has been sprung
In Oregon In many a year. For three days
Mr. Cake has been receiving the con
gratulations of his friends and the press
associations have sent to every part of
the United States the news that Cake
had won the nomination in the primary
election. Tuesday morning it was be
lieved, from all the Information at hand,
that Cake had carried the state by a
plurality of about 1200. But the returns
that had been received were from the
county seats and larger towns, and tho
outlying precincts had not been heard
'from.
The dispatches Tuesday evening gave
strong indications of. the true situation,
fothe additional returns brought Cake's
plurality down to 413. with a large num
ber of remote precincts to be heard from.
Reports that came In yesterday morning
removed all doubt, for the totals now
show Bourne in the lead by 425, with
Harney and Malheur not heard from.
Malheur Is for Bourne.
Harney will give Cake a small plurality,
but It Is understood that Malheur will
show a margin for Bourne, though the
wires are down and It is Impossible to
get definite information.
Bourne had conceded his defeat and
had given Cake assurances of his
hearty support in the campaign lead
ing up to the June election. The
Bourne workers had been consoling
each other the best they could, while
the friends of Cake were rejoicing. The
change in the figures therefore came as
a complete surprise to everyone who
had watched the campaign and the
first count of incomplete returns.
It has always been the practice of
political workers to estimate the unre
ported vote upon the basis of the fig
ures received, it being assumed that
the returns first received are a fair in
dication of what the others will be.
The rule utterly failed in this Instance,
for the country vote was In favor of
Bourne while the city vote was In
favor of Cake. Multnomah County gave
Cake a plurality of over 2000 votes,
the figures being, Bourne 2665, Cake
4720, or almost two to one. The ratio
wa3 very much different In some of the
distant counties. For example, Curry
County gave Bourne 154, Cake 15, or
more than ten to 1 in favor of Bourne.
Clackamas County gave Bourne 1407
and Cake 440, or a plurality of over
1060 and a ratio of more than three to
one. Coos County gave Bourne 366 to
Cake's "S. or a vote of five to one.
"Where Cake Lost Votes.
Pluralities of from 50 to 200 picked
up In the outside counties more than
offset the lead Cake had in Multnomah,
and put Bourne more than 400 to the
good.
The secret of Bourne's success Is not
hard to discover. He had a perfectly or
ganized working force and carried his
campaign Into every precinct and
every part of every precinct In the
state. He made an aggressive cam
paign for Statement No. 1. or the elec
tion of a Senator Indorsed by the peo
ple, which is generally conceded to be
a popular isaue In the country dis
tricts. His letters, circulars and plat
forms were sent to every voter and his
picture and platform were printed In
every newspaper. His was the most
' thorough campaign conducted by a
candidate in the primaries, and the re
'suits show that it was effective. Had
his work been devoted chiefly to the ,
towns and cities, he would probably
have lost. Had the Cake campaign been
prosecuted as vigorously In the rural
districts as it was in the more popu
lous sections, the later returns would
have told a- different story.
Bourne's nomination was accom
plished by about S3 per cent of the en
tire vote cast for candidates for that
office. The vote for Senator was
Bourne. 12,535; Cake, 12449. Lowell,
6543; Smith. 5955; Watson. 4149; total.
41,348. Bourne and Cake got nearly 30
per ceat each while the other 406 per v
ceat was divided among the other three
candidates, Lowell getting nearly 1C
Calged os. Face 8.)
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