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VOL. LII-NO. 16,209. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER '.1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WILSON WINS; MAY HAVE 400 PRESIDENT-ELECT AND VICE-PRESIDENT-ELECT CHOSEN YESTERDAY. V OF ELECTORS Success of Democratic Ticket in Nation Is Early Assured, PENNSYLVANIA IS IN DOUBT California, First Leaning to Roosevelt, May Be for Wil son on Full Count. ROOSEVELT SECOND IN RACE Illinois for Wilson in Face of Late Returns. BAY STATE IS WILSON'S Massachusetts Democratic on Presi dent First Time in Its History. Pennsylvania Close on Late Returns'. NEWARK. .N. X. or. S. A Demo crat will ncceesl Woodrow Wilson as Gorrraor of Xnr Jersey. Deraoerats elected four of mix State Seaato'rs, thereby dlaplaeflns; a Republican ma jority ( one with a similar Democratic majority, which will elect Wilson's me- LAJXDV AJVS - Pm-mWmWm-tmWM-tmtmOmW-mm-,- II , W 'l 1 f W' . v ' j. ,5 4 i - . - X VtUmW " n v",'i'v - ' la 6 r - , ' " - t; II ft I' .v 4 IB - . fcwrfw k II-. - - ' I -r;n - I yvjrwj . wS- 1L 4 ? 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Early returns gave Woodrow Wilson and Governor Marshall the "solid South" and the states of Connecticut, Delaware. Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, West Vir ginia, Indiana and Missouri. As the night advanced and returns from the West began to come in, the earlier counts were confirmed and Montana, iew jersey and .New Mexico were added to those that seemed certain for the Democratic candidates, while scat tering returns from San Francisco and Los Angeles made It probable that Cali fornia might Join the Wilson-Marshall column. Following Is a resume In a nutshell of returns from various states: Alabama Usual Democratic majori ties. Arizona Wilson has good lead: wo Concluded on PlEe a) TABI.K OF STATES KHOHIXC. ELEC TOItAL VOTKH WON BY EACH CANDIDATE. a -i s - I o . g e state. 3 : : I . - I c - . " Alabama .... 1-i I Arizona 3.1 ' 3 Arkansas .............J' !"'! u CaHfomla. ........... " i-(f "" i- Color-iilo " V',11" ' Connecticut J'J 7;"' t''!'" l!aare ;'" -.:" Florida ' 8'"- J uaho 4 ;; "1 Illinois 2'J '. rtf '" Indiana ................ i. ""' is! I." ... I' i.i KBt Ill JO,. ' Kentucky l:t .. .1 l.V. ' Loulilana l'i...! 10 . I Maine 11 . t Mar-tand s... s , Maasacbusctts IS. .I Is" '"" MlchUan I-'...!., .i'i.-;" ' lllnneaota 12 'S . . Mlrsiaalppt loli'l" MiMurl ................. lsj... l.s.Il'"' Montana 4... 4' "" Nebraska 8... Nevada . 31....!. New Hampshire r. 4' !... J New Jers-y 14... 14... New Mexico 31.. . : New York 4.-j... 4.V North Carolina 12... 12... ... North &kota 5... 5' Ohio 24 ... 24' Oklahoma lii 10' Oregon I... 5 Pennsylvania 3S .'. . !. . .; . . . 3s Khod Islnnd 51 5...L South Carolina "-! a... ... Fouth Dakota 81. . & Tennessee ............... 12;...? 12'. .J... Texas 2 . . 2D' I ftah 4; 4'... Vermont 4' 4; Vlnclnla 12'...! 12! Wshlnrton 7i... ... ... 7 West Virginia g Wisconsin 1J... 13' Wyoming ............... 3j...j. 3 Totals )33l'- 1.1.3US'. 67 73 Necessary to choice, 2ti0. Electoral Vote of Oregon to Go to Democrat. SINGLE TAX -IS DEFEATED GREAT CAUSE HAS "WON, SAYS WILSON 1 PRESIDKXT-ELECT INVITES KCr I'ORT XOTV FROM .VLL. WASHINGTON 1ST. R.? Hatvlcj- Is Ileturned to Congress mid Sinnott Has Been Chosen, Accord ing to Advices Colonel Third In Itnce. . On the face of meager returns from uiisLate and comparison of figures with the nearest complete returns from Multnomah County, Oregon there Is a doubtful state on President, with chances favorable that Woodrow Wil son, the Democratic canaiaate, win get the electral vote. The returns have a more definite aspect, however, on United States Sena tor and indicate a disastrous defeat of Jonathan Bourne, with Ben Selling the favorite. It is probable though not certain that woman suffrage has carried and that single, tax has been defeated by an overwhelming vote. Haniey la Returned. - Congressman Hawley Is returned to Congress In the First District and N. J. Sinnott is elected from the Second District. A. W. Lafferty is re-elected from the Third District. In the Presidential contest there is reasonable ground for believing that Roosevelt will run third in Oregon, and, in fact, the up-state reports do not show with any degree of conclu siveness that Taft is out of the run ning for first place. In the returns from the state out side of Multnomah County Incomplete figures have been received from coun ties known to be strongly unfavorable to Taft. While some Taft counties in the Wil lamette Valley are included, the re urns from Eastern Oregon, which 1: considered more largely pro-Taft than the remainder of the state, are espe cially incomplete. i BEXTOX FAVORS BEX SELLING Senatorial Candidate Takes 4 7 Votes Against Lane's 32. CORVALLIS, Or, Nov. 5. (Special.) Partial returns from four precincts In Benton County give Chafin 2; Debs, Roosevelt, 28: Taft, 3; Wilson, 42; Bourne. 17; Clark, 3; Lane. 32; Selling, 47; Hawley, 42; Campbell, 18; Smith, 6; Stillman. 1. Incomplete returns from scattering precincts of Benton County give Taft 92, Wilson 148, Jlooseveit SO, Bourne o, Clark 8, Lane 101, Selling 102, Pa get 4, Campbell for Congress 38, Haw ley 93, Smith 26. Kennedy 4, Olcott 72, Ryan 33, Lea 5o, Mickel 61; woman uffrage, 22 yes, 21 no. Winner's First Vttcrnnce After Vic tory Is Sure Is for Alliance of AH True Progressives. .PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 5. Respond ing to a telegram from the Democratic National chairman asserting that Gov ernor Wilson unquestionably was elected, the Democratic candidate sent a dispatch to Mr. McCombs as follows: "I deeply appreciate your telegram and wish to extend : to you and the members of the campaign committee my warm congratulations on the part you have played in the organization and conduct of a campaign fought out upon essential Issues. I - "A great cause has triumphed. Every Democrat, every true progressive, o whatever alliance, must now lend his full force and enthusiasm to the fulfill ment of the people's hope, the estab lishment of the people's right, so that judgment and peace may go hand in hand." This was Governor Wilson's first ut terance of a public character following his acceptance of the reports that he had been elected. Bull Moose Claim State by 30,000 Majority. WILSON IS HONORED AT IIS BIRTHPLACE STAUXTOX, VA., GIVES DEMO CRAT -032, TAFT 2 8 7, T. R. 65. CALIFORNIA II DOUBT LISTER VICTOR, ASSERTED Democratic State Chairman Inclined . to Concede Success of Roosevelt, but Declares Fight for Governor AVon. ROOSEVELT MARIOX FAVORITE Taft Xot Far" Behind, However, and Selling Shows Lead. Or.. Nov. 5. (Special.) and incomplete early re- SALEM. Scattering (.Continued on Page 12.) VOTER AND WIFE HURT Fast Train Hits Vehicle and Hurls Occupants Thirty Feet. ELLENSBURG, Wash., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) Adam Stevens, 73 years old, a pioneer of Kittitas Valley, was struck by the eastbound Olympian train at Thorpe while going to a voting-place and fatally injured. His wife was also hurt, being hurled from a' buggy 30 feet and suffered Internal injuries. The train was stopped and the aged couple taken to Ellensburg to a hos pital, where it Is said that Stevens' re covery i3 doubtful. He has a jagged hole in the center of his forehead as large as his fist and his skull is frac tured in several places. Stevens has been deaf ror a number of years and it is thought that he did not hear the approaching flyer. Stevens came to Kittitas in 1873, hav ing come up the coast from San Fran cisco to Seattle. He was Instrumental in the capture of Chief Moses and helped to build a stockade where El lensburg now stands. He has many rel atives here and is oner of the best known and wealthiest ranchers in the valley. He was among the first to see the pos sibilities of Kittitas as a' dairying cen ter and now has a registered herd of Jersey cattle. SEATTLE, Nov. 5. One hundred and Ave precincts out of 1903 in the state give Roosevelt 7820; Wilson, 5198; Taft, 4424. For Governor, 33 precincts give' Hay (Rep.), 1236; Hodge (Prog.), 1234; Lis ter (Dera.), 1195. SEATTLE, Nov.5-Thirty out of 281 precincts In the City of Seattle give Taft 1275, Wilson 1341, Roosevelt 3S9S. -SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 5. Eighteen out of the 1903 precincts in the state give Roosevelt 1547, Taft 941, Wilson 815. The Democratic state chairman is In clined to concede the success of Roose velt, but insists that Lister, Demo cratlc candidate for Governor, is elect ed with pluralities in King, Pierce and other large counties Chairman Snyder, of the Progressive state committee, claims the state for B.oosevelt by 30,000 majority. Republican state headquarters claim a majority of 10,000 for Taft. For Governor, six precincts out of 1903 give Lister (Dem.), 2G2: Hodge (Prog.), 236; Hay (Rep.), 213 REARDAX VOTES FOR SALOOXS Rockford Goes "Dry" After Bitter Fight by 114 to 101. REAR DAN, Wash., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) Reardan voted to license sa loons today, 105 to 85. Two years ago the sale. of liquor .was licensed 92 to 56. Reardan has two saloons, Oyster Bay Is for Colonel by 30 0 President Gets Few Bryan's Precinct for Winner. By an overwhelming majority Wood row Wilson carried hisr birthplace, Stainton. Va. Of his rivals Roosevelt was least in favor In the Virginia tow The vote was: Wilson 632; Taft 287 and Roosevelt 65. Likewise the Colonel carried Oyster Bay, his present home town by a bi majority, the voters favoring Taft with only a handful of votes. The return showed Roosevelt 510, Wilson 218 'an Taft 67. In Roosevelt's own electio district he received 231, Wilson 86 and Taft 2f. v At Lincoln, Neb., Normal Precinc Bryan's voting district, outside of Lin coin proper, Wil3on polled 77, Roose velt 47 and Taft 26. The Bame precinct in 1908 gave Bryan 111 and Taft 52. Colonel Leads in South but Loses in Interior. FARMING TON, Wash.. Nov. 5. (Spe claL) Saloons were licensed today by Farmington voters 132 to 42. There were 179 votes cast. ROSALIA, Wash., Nov. 5. (Spe cial. Rosalia did not vote on the local option question today because of the alleged irregularity in the number of WOMAN 102 CASTS VOTE Mrs. Lydia H. Sharpless for First Time Exercises Ballot Right. WHITTIER, Cal., Nov. 5. Mrs. Lydla Heald Sharpless, 102 years old, cast her first vote today. - Unaided, Mrs. Sharpless entered the voting booth and marked her ballot A lifelong Quakeress and an ardent Prohibitionist, she announced she had voted the straight Roosevelt-Johnson ticket names on the petition presented. ROCKFORD, Wasn., Nov. 5. (Spe claL) Rockford was voted "dry" to day after the most bitter fight in -the history of the town, 114 to 101. There were 228 votes cast. .KENNEWICK, Wash., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) Kennewick was voted dry to day, 64 to 41. The .City Council is op posed to saloons. The town has been without liquor stores during the past administration. : MABTON, WashTTNov. 5. (Special.) Mabton was voted dry today, 128 to 103. . - PALOUSE, Wash., Nov. 5. (Special.) Palouse today decided again to for bid the' licensing of the Bale of liquor (Continued on Faga 12.) BOOTH TARKINGT0N TO WED Author and Playwright Divorced in 1911 Wins Banker's Daughter. 4 DAYTON, O., Nov. 5. (Special.) It became known- today that Booth Tar klngton, - the author and playwright, is to marry again and that his bride will be Mrs. Susanna K. Robinson, wealthy widow of this city. Mr.' Tarkington was married once before, but his wife, who was Miss Laura Fletcher, obtained a divorce on November 13, 1911. on the charge of cruelty. Mrs. Robinson Is the widow of Tem ple Robinson and a daughter of the late Daniel Kiefer, a wealthy banker and manufacturer. No day has been set for the wedding, but friends of the couple say that it will take place in a few days. CANJ.0N BELIEVED LOST Meager Returns Show Defeat of ex- Speaker of House. DANVILLE, 111., Nov. 5. Meager re turns indicate the defeat of ex-Speaker Cannon by Frank T. O'Hair by about 1200 plurality in the Eighteenth dis trict.' ' Six precincts in Vermillion County, normally heavily Republican, gave Can non 417 and O'Hair 374, indicating that tire latter is holding his own in Can non's home county, , where he expected to get votes to offset the southern counties, conceded to O'Hair, who claims Cumberland, Clark, Edgar and Iroquois counties will give him a plu rality of 2000, and conceding Vermillion County and Kankakee County to Can non with a plurality of 800. TOLEDO SCORES SIX'GLE TAX Over' Two to One Is Vote Against Measure Xo. 364-365. TOLEDO, Or., Nov. 5. (Special.) Election results to date' are: Taft 2, Wilson 7, Roosevelt 1, Senator: Bourne 1, Clark 1, Paget 1; Selling 13. Representative in Con gress First District: Campbell 3, Haw ley 11, Smith 6. Second District, suf frage, yes 13, no 9. Graduated single tax, yes 6, no 15. MARGIN WILL BE SMALL Wilson Has Plurality of 600 0 in San Francisco and Carries . Many Counties Roosevelt Leads in Los Angeles by 20,000. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5. Returns from the largest three California cities and from scattered precincts from every section of interior California Indicate that the winner's plurality in today's Presidential contest will shade down to a very narrow margin when the com plete count is made. Roosevelt apparently has a plurality in excess of 20,000 In Los Angeles County and has carried Alameda Coun ty by a fair margin. Wllaon Carries San Francisco. Wrilson on the basis of early returns. will have a plurality of 6000 In San Francisco County. Returns from a large majority of the interior counties show Wilson plurali ties and these; added to his lead in San Francisco, threaten to overcome the Roosevelt pluralities in the Los Angeles and Alameda strongholds. The situation at 10 o'clock tonight was one in which the indicated margin for either candidate was so small that it would be idle to forecast the final result. Democrats Claim State. J. O. Davis, chairman of he Demo cratic State Central Committee at 9 o'clock telegraphed the Democratic Na tional Committee that Wilson had car ried California by a majority of about 20,000 over Roosevelt. Julius Kahn, Republican Incumbent, was re-elected in the Fourth Congres sional Districts In the Fifth Congres sional District John I. Nolan, Progres sive, was elected. MOM SHOWS LEAD FOR WILSON urne Probably Will Garry County, With Lane Second. A. VV. LAFFERTY REELECTED Word Is Ahead of Fitzgerald and Davis Is Leading Taz-, well and Young. SUFFRAGE SEEMS INDORSED Graduated Single Tax Meas ure Is Defeated. LIGHTNER SO FAR AHEAD John B. Coffey Has Better Than 2-to-1 Lead Over Democratic Op ponent Result for Assessor Is In Doubt. Wilson has a slight lead In Multno mah County and if the ratio continues he will carry the county. ' Roosevelt Is running a close se'eond witr Presi dent Taft in third place.. For United States Senator, Bourne, the "popular government" candidate. Is leading both Lane and Selling. Bourne probably will carry the county, but it is Impossible to estimate Ills probable Morality because of the meagerne8s of the returns. It may reach 3000. Lane Is holding second place and with complete returns may reduce Bourne's lead. Selling lg in third place. Munly Runs Second. Representative Lafferty has been re elected and his aggregate vote1 may equal the combined strength of his two opponents, Munly and McCusker. Munljr Is running second with McCusker in third place. The contest for Sheriff is decidedly close with Word slightly In the lead over Fitzgerald at midnight. The meager returns at that hour consisted chiefly of West Side precincts, includ ing some North End precincts, which went strongly for the Republican nominee. Word's lead undoubtedly will be substantially Increased by the re turns from the residence districts and the country nrecincts. Word verv probably has been elected. Davis Leading; Taswell. George N. Davis, the Progressive nominee for Circuit Judge, Department No. 4, is leading Tazwell, Republican, and Young, Democrat. Although hl lead Is small, Davis apparently has been elected. Tazwell Is running second, witn' Young a close third. Woman suffrage probably has car ried the county, although the af firmative majority is small. The so called graduated single tax measure has been overwhelmingly defeated. The adverse vote against it may reach two to one. County Commissioner Lightner has a lead over Cronan, Dem., and Pease, Prog., and appears to have been re elected, although later returns show that Pease is overcoming Lightner'a lead. Cronan is a poor third. T. R. LEAIS IX rXIOXT COCXTY 1 Lane Apears' to Have Edge on Sell ing in Senatorial Race. LA GRANDE, Or., Nov. 5'. (Special.) Incomplete returns from 11 pre cincts in Union County give the fol lowing totals: Taft 66, Wilson 109, Roosevelt 150. For Senator, Bourne 52, Clark 44, Pa get 13, Selling 96, Lane 107. For Con gress, Graham 81, Slnnot 76. For Secre tary of State, Kennedy 28, Olcott 50, Ryan 34. For Judge of Supreme Court, Eakin 77, Slater 27. Against single tax 90, for single tax 50. Other returns are: Lea 7, Mlckle 12, Aitchison 44, Ander son 11, Mahaffey 50. Suffrage, for 501, ainst 7. Public utilities 16. 1649-Carat Diamond Fonnd. JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 5. A dla- ond, weighing 1649 carats has been discovered In the Premier mine. The famous Cullinan diamond, which was found in the same mine in 1-S 03. elghed 3624 carats, but was cut into 11 separate stones. Coffey Far la Lead. John B. Coffey has better than a two. to-one lead over his Democratic oppo nent, J. B. Carr, for County Clerk. The result on County Assessor is in,' doubt. Reed is being closely pressed by Wagnon, his Democratic-single-tax opponent. John M. Lewis has been re elected by the usual "Lewis" majority over Versteeg. his Democratic rival. In an interesting three-cornered fight for School Superintendent, A. P. Arm strong (Rep) has a two-to-one lead over either of . his two opponents, An ders, Progressive, and Draper, Demo crat. , ' Dr. Samuel C. . Slocum, Republican, according to early returns, has been elected County Corofler. He has a two-to-one elad over his closest opponent, Biersdorf, Democrat. Between 80 and 85 per cent of the registered vote of 52,204 was cast in yesterday's election. Voting was uni formly heavy in both city and suburban districts, favorable weather bringing out the voters In all districts. At mldnlRht th vote so far counted la Muutnomah County as as follows: President. 12 Taft. Wfftlam H. (Rep.) B7 17 Wilson. Woodrow (Utm.) U4t 31 Roosovelt, Theodore (Frog.) t4.; Wilson's lead US STATE. Vnited State Senator. 37 Bourne, Jonathan, Jr. tlnd) GHU 3S Clark. A. E. (Pros.) 184 :l Lane. Harry (Dem.) c:l 40 Paget. B. Leo (Prohl.) S' (Continued on Page 12.)