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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LII-NO. 16,211. "RED FLAG" VOTE ROILS BULL MOOSE ELECTORAL $12.50 INSURANCE WEEKLY PAID T. R. CLEVER COUP WINS by LAWYER JUDGESHIP VOTE RISES 10 436 WILL LEAD BALLOT SLIPS ODER PARTI ACCIDENT COMPANIES REDUCE YOUNG SEATTIE ATTORXEY TION" BOTH MEN MARK. POLICIES BEFORE ATTACK. SURPRISES VETERANS. WILSON TURKS RALLYING TO CONTINUE -WAR 10.000 WIS OREGON Plurality Over Taft Is Near 12,000 LANE MAY WIN BY 1000 VOTES Bourne Falls Behind by About 15,000, Is Late Indication.. COUNT IS FOUR-FIFTHS IN Democratic Nominee for President Tolls 40,058 Ballots to Date and Roosevelt 31.961 Late Re turns to Itavor Former. On the face of unofficial returns covering about four-fifths of the vote of the state Woodrow Wilson has car ried Oregon for President by about 10.000 plurality over Theodore Roose velt and about 11.000 over William Howard Taft. The same figures Indicate the elec tion of Harry Lane to the United States Senate by a plurality of .about 1000, possibly little less, over Ben Selling;. Lane leads Bourne In the Incomplete count by approximately 12.000 votes. As Bourne did not run so well up state as he did in Multnomah County and as practically all the remaining 20,000 votes yet to be reported . were cast outside of Multnomah It may be estimated with fair safety that Bourne Is defeated by nearly 15.000. Wllaoo Gets 4A,0,8 Vote. The figures now available on the state at large. Including Multnomah, give the following totals: For President Wilson. 40.058. Roosevelt. 31,964. Taft, 29.529. Wilson's plurality. S094. For United States Senator ' Lane. 34.16S. Selling. 32,943. Bourne, ' 29.529. Clark. 9191. Paget. 416S. Lane's plurality over Selling. 1225. Lane's plurality over Bourne, 10.945 As a rule Taft ran better in the counties outside of Multnomah than he did in this county and excluding Mult nomah from consideration is in second place. Wilson, however, maintained first place except in some few counties. The later returns will increase ma terially his lead over Roosevelt and under such conditions he ought to hare 10.000 plurality Jn the completed count. Hawley'a Lead 10.OOO. In the First Congressional District W. C. Hawley is elected by a plurality of more than 10.000. The lncom leted count In the district fflvea the follow ing totals: Hawley 20.068. Smith 10,369, Camp bell S98. Sinnottt is also far ahead of his op ponent but the count is too incomplete to base an estimate upon. The figures give the following at present: Slnnott 10,523, Graham 5863. Secretary of State Olcott in the in complete returns already has a plur ality of 30,000. The vote: Olcott 32, 340; Ryan 22.015: Kennedy 14,082. Judge Eakln to the Supreme bench has been re-elected by a handsome majority over W. T. Slater. The vote: Eakin 47.627; Slater 24.367. Altrhlxoa Far Ahead. In the contest for railroad commis sioner In the Second District, C. W. Aitchison has a lead of nearly 6.000 over his nearest competitor, "Pat" Mahaffey. The vote: Aitchison. 18.752: A'.derson. 9,877; Mahaffey. 12.978; Service. 7353. MIckle is elected dairy and food com missioner. The vote: Mickle. 39.813; Lea. 26.292. WOMAX SUFFRAGE IS CERTAIN' Issue to Win in State by 2500 to 3000 Is Late Indication. Late returns received yesterday put ting the aggregate up to about one half the vote cast on the issue shows that woman suffrage has safely car ried in Oregon. With about 500 lead in Multnomah County's almost com plete count and 1500 lead in the state outside, the measure is assured enact ment by approximately 3000 mapority. The returns so far counttd give the measure the following vote: Yes 39,304, no 37,295: affirmative majority 2009. The bill abolishing capital punish ment has been defeated by 18,000 to 20.000 if the present ratios are main tained. With a little less than one hall the probable vote counted the af firmative aide has 19,914 and the nega tive 28.711. showing a vote against the bill at present of 8795. The graduated single tax amendment Is fairly burled under the no vote. The incompleted, count gives a majority against it of 38,609, the measure having received 26,722 votes in its favor and 5.S31 against it. The remainder of the vote probably will run the adverse vote up an additional 8000 or 10,000. Body of Osprey's Captain Found. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Nov. 7. (Spe ial.) The body of Captain Jacobson, tone of the victims or tno "usprey. vas" found on the coast east of here :nd will be taken to San Franclscoo ir burial. While Progressive Cliccks Initiative Measures, Socialist Unknowingly Makes Crosses for Debs- OREGON" CITY, Or., Nov. 7. (Spe cial.) An Irate Bull Mooser and a r.ear-sighted Socialist, voting in ad joining booths Tuesday at Gladstone, committed hari-kari on all election ethics and otherwise desecrated the sanctity of the polls when the ad mirer of Colonel Roosevelt discovered that part of his ballot had already been given the necessary "X" and straight Socialistic at that. The election Judges had been forced to improvise two extra booths to jnect the demands of a slow and heavy vote. A partition was arranged above the center of an office desk, but unfor innately a space of about half an inch remained between the table and the bottom of the partition. The Bull Moose man. probably realizing that Roosevelt's returns might be a little late In ma terializing this year, anyhow, had de cided to vote the initiative measures first and. was so interested In his task he failed to observe that about one half of his ballot had slipped Into the sacred dominion of his neighbor. About the time the a'dvocate of Eu gene V. Debs began his march down the Socialistic calendar, and had. de livered about six telling uppercuts against "capitalism," little dreaming that he was marking the wrong ballot. The Bull Mooser finally .saw that some thing was wrong. "What Is wrong with this ballotr he thundered. In a tone that fairly shook the ballot box. "The interests Biff Business they are robbing me of my vote," faltered the Debs' man, feeling r sort of slip ping sensation as the ballot disap peared from beneath his fingers. Only prompt action of the election clerks In locating the trouble and re adjusting the situation prevented further altercation. The Bull Moose man was given a new ballot and pro ceeded to his task, still muttering. WOMEN'S MODES MANNISH Vests, Cravats, Braiding; and Mascu line Stripes Worn This Winter. PITTSBURG, Nov. 7. (Special.)- The Ladles' Tailors' Association of Pittsburg, in its meeting today, heard from the National Association of La dies' Tailors of America that it must make the fashionable woman this Win ter almost as mannish as man. The women will not wear trousers, but they will wear auk' with vests, cravat effects: men's waistcoat braid ing, and in extremely mannish strlpn. Even in colors a tobacco brown is the thing. A close adaptation of the fashionable man's afternoon cutaway coat is recommended as showing off waistcoat effects to the best advantage. Variety In cut and color arerecog nlzed advantages. Neatness of effect is assured. CITY HAS SUMMER CAMP Los Angeles Provides for Children' Outings in Forest. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7. (Special.) The City Playground Commission de cided today to establish a permanent Summer camp for boys and girls on ground to be leased from the Govern ment in the Angeles National Forest, at the Junction of the East and West Forks of the San Gabriel River, 25 miles back in the high mountains. The camp was experimented with a few weeks the past Summer and proved so attractive and successful that it will become an Institution. Necessary build ings. Including bathhouses, will be put up during the Winter. About 100 per sons are to be accommodated In the camp all the time during vacation, the boys and girls alternating every two weeks. TAFf SENDS CONDOLENCES President Mourns ex-Senator Wilson as Warm Personal Friend. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Nov. 7. The body of ex-Senator Wilson, of Seattle, was taken from Washington this afternoon to Craws- fordvllle, Ind., for burial. Mrs. Wilson and her daughter accompanied it. President Taft today sent a message of condolence to Mrs. Wilson at the Wlllard Hotel on learning of the death of her husband. ' The message was: "Dear Mrs. Wilson I have Just re ceived the sad news of your husband's death. I extend to you the heartfelt sympathy of Mrs. Taft and myself in your great sorrow. Senator Wilson was a warm and constant friend of mine and I deeply regret his death. Sincerly yours, "WILLIAM H. TAFT." WOODMEN'S PRICES RISE British Columbia Calls on Spokane for Lumber Camp Help at $3.50. SPOKANE, Wash.. Nov. 7. (Spe cial.) New calls for men In the lumber camps of the Hilly district of British Columbia being sent in to Spokane to day carry with them offers of still another advance in wages. As high as $3.60 a day is offered for bushmen and the minimum rate of pay mentioned for this class of workmen in calls from across the line is 83.00 a day. The British Columbia lumber manu facturers in the vicinity of Fernle ad vanced the wages of timber and lum ber mill workers 25 cents a day. The average rate of wages offered for log ging and lumber camp workmen on this side of the line about three weeks ago for bushmen was 33.25 a day. California May Split Its Electors. ILLINOIS GOES TO DEMOCRAT Minnesota Returns Give Good Lead to Roosevelt. IDAHO IS NOW IN DOUBT Preliminary Count Gives Wilson Ap proximately 4 6 Per Cent of Pop ular Vote, Roosevelt 29 Per Cent and Taft 25 Ter Cent, NEW YORK. Nov. 7. Uncertainty as to the electoral choice of California and Illinois as developed by belated returns from both states was the chief point of Interest today, although the counting of ballots in several doubt ful states still was under way. That Illinois was safely in the Wilson column was Indicated early, but California, which had been claimed by the Democrats shortly after the closing of the polls, wavered for a short time toward the Roosevelt Progressive ranks. The Wilson plurality, early In the night again started upward as returns came In from remote precincts which are usually Democratic. Still later additional returns, in which four Los Angeles county precincts figured, reduced Wilson's lead to 99. and left a prospect of a spilt in the electoral vote from that state. Still later returns placed Roosevelt again In the lead by 130 votes. .Illinois Turns to Wilson. After apparently holding Illinois for nearly 40 hours from the time the polls closed, Colonel Roosevelt lost Its 29 electoral votes late in the day, when the assembling of state-wide returns showed a victory for Governor Wilson. Minnesota also furnished intense In terest during the day. It appeared that Colonel Roosevelt had carried the state, heretofore classed as "doubtful," edrtinT- 12 to H - total cl eoral vote and glvins him a total of 77. Wilson's total, by the addition of the 29 votes of Illnois, was Increased to 449, and decreased to 436 by the addition of California to the doubtful column. Popular Majority Thousht Lacking. On the strength of incomplete re turns as to the popular vote for Wil son. Kootevelt ana rait, ine estimate was made , tonight that Governor Wil son would' not have a majority of all the votes cast. In many states the popular vote has been only roughly estimated thus far, but the reports Indicate that the com- ined vote of Roosevelt and Taft will (Concluded on Page 2.) $25,000 Policy Cut to $2500 When Colonel Begins Active . Campaigning. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (Special.) Ac cident ineurance in the sum of 812.50 a week has been paid to Colonel Roose velt since the attack upon him in Mil waukee by a Nw York crank. It would have been $125 a week but for the good luck of the company in cut ting down the size of the policy from $35,000 to $2500 a short time before the Colonel reached the Socialist cen ter, f .Ten accident, insurance companies originally shared the Roosevelt $26, 000 policy, issued in June, 1910, shortly after Colonel Roosevelt returned from Africa. The ex-Presldenf was at that time comparatively quiet politically. The policy is said to have been made payable to the Outlook Company, which concern, had the first lien upon the Roosevelt services. Then came 1912, and the rigors of the campaign Juet closed. For several years accident insurance companies have made a practice of refusing to insure active public men, particularly the more prominent ones, fear of their assassination being the compelling rea son. Nine of the companies dropped out of the Roosevelt risk, leaving one com pany in the- Missouri Fidelity and Casualty Company, of Springfield. Mo. HONOR MAY GO TO ASTORIA If Suffrage Wins Women There Will Be First to Cast Vote. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) If equal suffrage Is sucoessful in Ore gon Astoria will be the first place In the state In which the women will have an opportunity to vote. That will be at the city election on December 11. ' Section 3479 of the state statutes provides, in short, that within 80 days after election day or sooner if the re turns are in, the Secretary of State shall canvass- the vote in the presence of the Governor and the Governor shall forthwith Issue a proclamation declar ing the initiative measures, which have been passed, effective from the date of the proclamation. The general election was held on November 5, so at the lat est the initiative measures which were adopted at that time will become ef fective not later than December 6, or six days before the local municipal election 3 "1 two Jnv before. thf reg istration nooks at the City Auditor's office close on December 7. FELS TREASURER INDICTED Daniel Kelfer Accused of Using y George's Frank Illegally. CINCINNATI, Nov. 7. Daniel Kelfer, treasurer of the Joseph Fels single tax fund, was indicted by the Federal grand Jury, according to a report tonight by United States District Attorney Mc Pherson. He was charged with using a frank of Representative George in sending out mail WHEN SCHOOL BEGINS. Opinion in Capital; Is Against Peace. CONTENDING ARMIES REST Both Sides Require Time to Reorganize Forces. SAL0NIKI PRESSED HARD Rumored Occupation by Bulgarians 'ot Confirmed1 Ambassadors of Four Powers Discuss Plans of Public Safety. CHRONOLOGY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF BALKAN WARS. Oct. 8 Montenegro declares war against Turkey. Oct. IS Montenegrins inveat Tar bosch. Oct 14 Montenegrins take Tuschi. Oct. 13 Turco-Itallan war ends. Oct. 17 Servla and Greece declare war against Turkey; Turkey declares war against Servia and Bulgaria. - Oct. 19 Bulgarians capture Mus tapha Pasha. Oct. 20 Bulgarians attack Adrian ople. Oct. 21 Turkish squadron bom bard Bulgarian porta. Oct. 22 Servians take Prlstina. Oct. 23 Servians take Novlpazar. ' Oct. 24 Bulgarians capture Klrk Klliseh; Greeks capture town of Ser via. Oct. 25 Servians take Kumanova and other Turkish cities. O'.t. 25 Servians capture Uakup; Montenegrin! Invest Scutari. Oct. 27 Bulgarians capture Ekl Baba. near Adrianople. Oct. 80 Bulgarians capture Lule Burgas. i Nov. 1 Bulgaria occupies Demo tica, cutting communication between Adrianople and Constantinople; Greek topedo iiaks Turkleh cruiser. Nov'. 2 Turl.s driven back In three days' battle to Tchorlu. Nov. 3 Turks in full retreat on Constantinople. Porte asks for me diation by the powers.. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 7. Public opinion in Constantinople is strongly opposed to the idea of seeking media tion or peace. Nuzim Pasha, the Turkish Commander-in-Chief, has reported to the gov ernment that the army is determined to fiht until victorious or absolutely defeated. He regards the reverses sustained as unfortunate, but says the (Concluded on Page 8.) Silence and Stickers Distributed Among Close Friends Only Puts G. W. Sampson on Bench. SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 7. George Wadsforth Sampson, a shrewd young lawyer, caused himself to be elected Judge of the Superior Court of King County last Tuesday without letting it be generally known that he was a candidate. Following the promotion of Superior Judge John F.- Main to the Supreme Bench, a successor to him was ap pointed by the Governor to sit in the Superior Court. The law of the state says a Judge may be appointed, to serve until the next general election. It was supposed there would be no candidate to fill the unexpired portion, 60 days, of Ju3ge Main's term, but Sampson caused himself to be, for with stickers to fill the vacancy, he received the votes of a few friends and will be Judge for two months. It has not been decided which of the Judges will withdraw until the first of the year. All but one of the nine Superior Judges have been elected for a new terra. Sampson's action was en tirely legal, the Prosecuting Attorney says. Incomplete returns from all parts of the First Congressional district show Congressman Will E. Humphrey, Rep., leading Daniel Landon, Prog., by 2500 votes. Humphrey probably will be elected. J. P. JONES GRAVELY ILL Former Senator at 83 Takes to His Bed in Considerable Pain. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7. (Special.) Ex-United States Senator John P. Jones, who recently leased the Hancock Banning home is seriously 111 there. Senator Jpnes has had cronic kidney trouble for a long time and on Monday his ailment became acute. He went to bed in considerable pain, but members of the family said his condition had improved. The former Nevada Senator was 83 years old last June, and his advanced age gives a character of seriousness to an illness that would be considered comparatively slight in a younger man. Dr. Henry W. Howard said tonight that he hoped to have his patient out again shortly. As far back as 1863 Senator Jones was a member, of the California State Senate. After he had attained promi nence in the development of California mines in 1S67, he went to Nevada and In 1S73 was elected United State Sena tor. He served five terms in the Semite finally retiring in 1D03. ' WEST LOSES IN CAMPAIGN All of Governor's Pet Measures Seem ' Doomed to Defeat. SALEM, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) From the face of the returns received here, Governor West has lost In his campaign for practically every inltia tive bill which he backed before the general election. He took particular interest in the bill to abolish capital punishment, the bill to immediately place the State Printer on aflat salary, the six harmony road bills and the millage tax bills for the higher educa tional Institutions, and woman sut frage. Apparently the main harmony road bills are slaughtered, and if any pass the whole set will be so crippled as to be practically useless. Capital punish ment Is beaten, as Is the flat salary amendment. The millage tax bill seems to be hanging in the balance, from re ports received here, with indications pointing to its defeat. SUFFRAGISTS TO BANQUET Spokane Women Plan to Celebrate Victories In Other States. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 7. (Special.) Spokane suffragists plan to hold a celebration to rejoice over the admis sion-. of three and possibly five new states to the "votes for women" sister hood. "I have consulted with May Arkwrlght Hutton, and she believes, as I do, that the occasion Is worth cele brating," said Mrs. F. P. Fassett, presi dent of the Women's Non-Partisan Po litical League, today. "We have agreed to take up the matter at the meeting of the league next Monday night. The celebration is likely to take the form of a banquet." The states In which it Is particularly certain that suffrage has carried are Oregon, Arizona and Kansas. In Michigan it is believed suffrage has carried, while in Wisconsin it is doubt ful. MESSENGER'S MOUNT DEAD Head-On Collision Hurts Redmond Boy Carrying Election Returns. REDMOND, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) In order to get the returns of the Na tional and state election the business men of Redmond made arrangements with two boys here, Fred McCaffery arid Richard Willcox to carry the re turns from the telegraph office to the Commercial Club rooms, the boys us ing horses to cover the distance of about five blocks. About 2 o'clock in the morning, while it was cloudy and exceedingly dark, the two riders met in a head-on col lision, both boys being thrown and Willcox's horse Instantly killed. The Willcox boy is still in a half unconscious state, but the doctors say that he will get well. Beyond bruises the McCaffery boy and his horse were not injured. County Gives Colonel Second Best Vote. DAVIS LEADS TAZWELL NOW Young, Democratic Nominee for Judge, Drops Back. WORD'S PLURALITY IS 200G Fight for I.iglitncr Countx Pease Sheriff Most Exciting. Victor by C60O Tor Commissioner Over Suffrage Wins. With only six of 103 precincts missing, Woodrow Wilson has a plurality in Multnomah County of 11!9 over Roosevelt, with Taft 3121 votes behind Roosevelt. The vote as far as counted: Wilson, 13,487; Roosevelt, 12,288; Taft, 9167; Chafln. 867; Debs, 3660. By the same returns Dr. Harry Lane for United States Senator has a plural ity of 725 over Senator Bourne, his closest competitor. Ben Selling failed to carry the county as his friends had expected and is 842 votes behind Bourne. The vote stands: Bourne, 10,217: Clark, 3449; Lane, 10,942: Paget, 1724; Ramp. 2550; Sell ing, 9375. Judge Count Close. Most spectacular of the contests from the very beginning of the count was that for Circuit Judge, department No. 4, between Davis and Tazwell. With only three precincts missing on this office, Davis has a lead over Taswell of 78. Young, the Democratic nominee. Is a close third and at times during the count was a dangerous contender. The vote shows him 614 votes behind Tax well. As far as counted the vote Is: Davis, 10,645; Tazwell, 10,567; Young. J0.053; Leot, 2114: Terrlne (Sot), 3725. Circuit Judge. .Morrow has been re elected to department No. 1 with prac tically no opposition. Walter H. Evans has defeated his Democratic opponent. J. A. Jeffrey, for District Attorney, by a decisive plurality. Word Is Safe. The election of Tom Word (Dun.), for Sheriff, was yesterday assured by a plurality of between 2000 ' and 2500. Word's lead over Fitzgerald for Sheriff Is 2195. The vote as far as counted: Beegle (Prohl.), 726;Buse (Soc), 2323; Fitzgerald. 16.184; Word. 18,379. With this exception, all of the nominees on the Republican state and county tick ets carried the county. For County Commissioner, W. L. Llghtner (Rep.) has been re-elected by a plurality of about 2600. The vote stands: Llghtner, 14,229; Pease (.Prog.), 11,632. Henry E. Reed's plurality for As sessor probably will reach 7000. He now has a lead of 6802 over H. D. Wagnon as shown by the count as far as completed: Reed, 19,128; Wagnon, 12,326; Roy (Soc), 3526; Spear (Prohl.), 1166. Slocum'a 'plurality Is 4400. Dr. Samuel C. Slocum has been elected Coroner by a plurality of nearly 4400. The vote stands: Amos (Prohl.). 2103; Biersdorf (Prog.), 10,199; Coventry (Soc). 3905; Slocum (Rep.), 14.529; Smith (Dem.), 6411. Multnomah County has given woman suffrage a majority of about 1500. The count without the six missing pre cincts is: Yes, 18.242; no. 16,798. . The graduated, single tax amend ment has a negative majority of 9191. The vote on this measure was: Yes, 11,568; no, 20.769. The uncompleted count gives Re publican nominees on the state ticket the following pluralities: Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott, 11,272: Justice Su preme Court, Robert Eakln, 8897;, Dairy and Food Commissioner John D. Mickle, 7868; Railroad Commissioner (Second District), Clyde B. Aitchison, 3453. At mldnlsrht the vote In Multnomah County, with six precincts incomplete, was as follows: PRESIDENT. Taft. William H. (Rep.) 0.1B7 W ilson, Woodrow (Dem.) . . . . . .13.4 . Chafln, Eugene W. (Prohl.) ii Si Roosevelt, Theodora (Prog.) 27 Ucdi, Eugene (Sue.) 3,titol) Wilson's lead 1.1D0 STATE. I'nited States Senator. S7 8S S'J 4, 41 Bourne. Jonathan, Jr. (Ind.) 10.217 Clark, A. B. (Prog.) .B-44!! I.ane. Harry (Dem.) lu.Kli Paget, B. Lee (Prohl.) l.i-'t Ramp. B. F. (Soc.) z.B.'.o Selling, Ben (Rep.) .i'" T.ane's lead Representative In Congress, Third Distrirt. 43 Baldwin, Leurana ai. ( rroni. 44 Campbell, lee (doc.) 45 Lafferty, A. W. (Rep.-Prog.) . 44 McCusker. Thomas (Ind.) 47 Munly. M. Q. (Dem.) 1..-.4 4 3.(194 16.9 6.220 ' 10,1(18 (.043 Latfertys lead Secretary of State. I Kennedy. B. Elmer (Prog.) ...... .!l i Olcott. Ben W. (Rep.) M.tHS i Reddaway, F. P. (Soc.) 4."'1 . Ryan, John H. (Dem.) .J4' r White, O. V. (Prohl.) M3S Olcott's lead 11,2T3 Justice of the Hnpreme Court. 58 Bright. C. J. (Prohl.) 2.171 54, Eakln. Robert (Rep.) 1ln4!, 55 Slater. R. J. (Dem.) 8.1.-2 56 Weaver, W. C. (Soc) Eakln's lead 8.897 Oregon Dairy and Food t'ommbwioner. r.T Banee. C. W. tuor. I i.ovi r8 Dunbar, J. r.P Lea. A. H A. (Prohl.) 2.:3 (Dem.) (Continued on Page 12.) .A
