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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, JULY 16. 1914. ATLANTA WOMAN WHO WROTE MOTHER SHE INTENDED TO BROTHER AND BROTHER SHE MENTIONED. KTT.L en Selling's Sale TIED WITH BENSON Every Man's and Young Man's Spring Suit Harney County Takes 9 Votes From Klamath Man and Gives Salem Man 1. MM NOW LOOKS B . ..V.ifT -;-v fee- e LEAD OF 10 IS WIPED OUT Three or Four Precincts Show Signs or Error, Sfanager Declares Set tlement of Question by Lot Seriously Considered. And now another complication has irone and twlsteo. up. worse than ever, the already tang-led recount contest be tween Judge Henry 1 Benson, of Klam ath Falls, and Judge Charles L. Mc Nary, of Salem, opponents for one of the four Republican nominations for Justice of the Supreme Court. Ketu-ns from two recounted precincts In Harney County last night made the vote tor each exactly a tie. As these were the two last precincts of the batch of doubtful precincts through the state in which the vote was checked over, a tie it seems likely to remain, unless It develops that the rechecked figures also are in error. It would not be the first instance in this recount in which recounted figures have, in turn, been recounted and revised. This message was received by The Oregonlan last night from Burns, coun ty seat of Harney County: Result of recount in two precincts In Harney County finished here today was a gain of 10 votes for McNary In I-awen precinct, from which none was returned for him on tally sheet. The recount found him entitled to nine votes, and, in North Burns, where Ben son had been credited with 34 votes, Benson was found entitled to only 33." Benson Loses 9, MeNiry Gains 1. The official figures on the recount op to that time, not Including the Har ney County recount results, published in The Oregonian on Tuesday, showed Judge Benson to be in the lead by 10 votes. His loss of one vote in Harney and Judge McNary's gain of nine, makes the latter's net gain 10 votes, thus bringing them to a tie. Arthur C. Emmons, who Is repre senting Judge Benson in the recount, had considered the possibility that Judge McNary would be awarded the nine contested votes in Harney, which would have given Judge Benson a ma jority of one vote in the state, but the loss of the additional Benson vote was a surprise. In any event. Attorney Emmons said last night, the contest will not be de cided until after August 1. The stipu lation signed by Judge Benson and Mo Nary, he explained, provided that. If either one of them wants to have other doubtful tally sheets brought into the county seat of any county and com pared with the official count, up to Au gust 1, either one may do so. Three or More Precincts Doubtful. Mr. Emmons said that there were at least three or four more precincts in different parts of the state where there were strong indications that the offi cial returns had been in error. Now that the vote appeared to be a tie. he added, they probably would be checked over with the duplicate tally sheets. Should the vote for the two con testants remain a tie, as it now appears to be, the result would have to be set tled by drawing lots. Secretary of Btate Olcott explained the procedure over the long-distance telephone last night. Law Provides DnwtK Lots. "Buch a contingency is covered by chapter 204 of the session laws of 1913, on page 393," said Mr. Olcott. "The law provides that, at a date set by the Sec retary of State, the contestants or their representatives shall appear before the Secretary and draw lota for the nomi nation. This procedure waa followed recently In the cases of several candi dates for the Legislature whose names had been written In on the Progressive or Democratic ballots for the nomina tion. I do not recall any Instance, however,' where the nomination for so Important an office as Justice of the Supreme Court has had to be settled In this manner." So far as any official knows, there never has been a contest for an im portant state office that parallels the one between Judges Benson and Mc Nary. When the unofficial figures were compiled, first one and then the other was shown to be In the lead. The complete unofficial figures gave Judge Benson a majority. This was reversed by the first of ficial count, which gave Judge McNary a majority of 13. There waa so much doubt as t3 the correctness of the re turns In many precincts, however, due apparently to the carelessness of elec tion officials In compiling the results, that the two Jurists, who have re mained the best of friends through the nerve-racking affair, made their stip ulation for rechecking the results in uch precincts. Even this rechecking proved In er ror in some cases and the recheck it self bad to be rechecked. Finally, Judge Benson appeared to have a ma jority of 10 votes. Now this has been cut down to a tie and the end is not yet. Still another complication Is possible, though Secretary Olcott said last night that he did njt believe it would occur.lt seems that, because of the mechanical difficulties Involved In the printing of the ballots, county clerks of practi cally all the counties, except Multno mah, ignored the law providing for rotation of names on the ballots when ever five or more candidates were reeking nomination to the same office. There were eight contestants for the four Republican nominations for Jus tice of the Supreme Court. As Judge Benson's name, beginning with "B," thus appeared before that of Judge McNary in alphabetical order on the ballot, it is contended that he thus was favored to some extent in the vote, and that Judge McNary might have grounds to contest the election in court, should he be de feated. Secretary Olcott said that the County Clerk of Marlon County had asked tfie Attorney-General for an opinion on this section and the Attorney-General had said that names should be rotated, but that the question f the legality of this law was still unsettled and he did not think, speaking offhand, that It would become one of the factors in the con tent. Judge Benson and Judge McNary are among the best known Jurists In the state. Judge Benson is Circuit Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District, comprising Klamath and Lalce counties, and la now on the bench at Klamath Kalis. Judge McNary la a member of the Supreme Court, having been a can didate for renominatlon. The term "recount" In connection with the contest Is, in a way, a mis nomer. No ballots have been actually recounted. What has been done is to check over certain of the official tab ulations for errors and in some cases to compare the original tally sheets with duplicate kept by the election fudge. . . , . v " -si S ' ' n in in I' ABOVE MRS. BLOIS DENNIS. FOR WHOM COUNTRY - WIDE BEIXG MADE. BELOW MARSHALL NELMS. . SEARCH IS WOMEN ARE ELUSIVE Two Observed at Gulfport, Miss., but They Escape. SAN ANTONIO 'HAS CLEW Search for Mrs. Dennis and Her Slater, Sirs. Xelms, Productive of Conflicting Results Baby Treated In Texas. ATLANTA, Ga., July 15. Develop ments In the search for Mrs. Elois Nelms Dennis and Miss Beatrice Nelms, formerly of Atlanta, as reported to the police here today from various places, were conflicting. At one point. Gulf port, Miss., two women were under surveillance by the police for a time, but finally eluded observation. It was said they left In a launch. Officers and others who observed the two women along the Gulf -Coast the last few days said they boro strong resemblance to photographs of the missing women. Child Treated In Texas. From San Antonio, Tex., word came that the child of a woman who gave her name as Mrs. Dennis was treated at a haspital. The police continued to maintain that the missing women were 1 Tnn. nH am MTrhlni for tWO UCI W , V Muw, - a women said to answer their descrip tion wno registered at a locai uoibi as from New . York, under other names. ThA n m a n f M , D,nnl dnM not AQ. pear on the hotel register where the physician says ne visitea a sick cnnu. A letter Mrs. Dennis wrote to an At lanta ,oi otfttn fli-m before she left here early In June for New Orleans and the West, made puDllc toaay, saia; "I shall leave Atlanta In a few weeks amino- to India to live, and I am anxi ous to sell all my holdings." Hindu Typewriter Figure Again. Detectives are trying to connect this fmm San Antonio that a typewriter with Hindu characters waa tmm thara bv exoress June 25 addressed to "Victor Innes, San Fran cisco." Dispatches from faan Tancisco said Victor E. Innes, xormer ausibisvoi District Attorney in Nevada, who was Mrs. Dennis' attorney in a divorce suit at Reno, Nev., a year and a half ago, v. hnnirnt thai tvupwrftef and that it waa being returned to the firm in San Francisco that sold It. San Francisco authorities were asked today to lnvestlgata passenger lists of vessels sailing; for the Orient since July 8. ' RIOT BRIEF, BLOODLESS BAKER AND PENDLETON PLATERS CLASH IN GAME. Se Broke Vm Ax Knba" Tfcax TUT Are TJnstrua- aad Let Pendle tom Win IS to S Game. BAKER. Or, July 16. (Special.) Baiter and Pendleton ballplayers en gaged In a brief and bloodless riot on the baseball field here this afternoon when Second Baseman French, of the Baker Club, assailed Pitcher Schroeder, of the Pendleton club, with a bat after Sohroeder had hit him in the. sack "de- with a pitched ball, French said Uberately." French said Catcher Pembroke told Schroeder to '"bean him." and the pitch er did so. French did not strike Schroe der with the bat. but. after breaking away from other players who clutched him, rushed Schroeder, dropped the bat from its menacing position and swung with his fists. They parried a lew hi owi and then Pitcher Fltchner. of the Pendleton club, swung at and struck with a bat Pitcher Baker, of the Baker club, who was advancing toward the frav. Fans then scrambled to the field and other players assembled with blows be ing exchanged, but for the most part harmlessly. Chief of Police Riley then appeared on the scene and parted the combatants, while President Clifford, of the Baker club, kept the fans in check. Umpire Cox inflicted no fines. Up to that time the game was hard fought. Immedl ately thereafter the Baker team went to pieces and allowed Pendleton to win 18 to 3. BAKER CROP IS LARGER YIELD ESTIMATED FOR YEAR AT 20,000 bushelTof GRAIN. Rains Round Oat Stands, While Last Season Waa Too Dry for Heavr Production of Cereals. BAKER, Or July 15 (Special) Baker's grain crop of 1914 will be 930,000 bushels, according to conserva tive estimates based on reliable fig ures gathered by the Baker Herald through the O.-W. R. & N. Co,- the Baker Commercial Club, large ranch ers. Herald, special correspondents and other sources. This . crop is for three grains, oats, barley and wheat. The yield for the same three crops last year was 750,000 bushels, the estimated Increase being 22 per cent. The increase Is not only for wheat, but also for oats and barley, although the Increase in the wheat yield is more than for the other two crops. A greater wheat acreage than ever, has been planted this year. Oats and barley, as well as wheat, are also promising a much greater yield per acre than they did last year, as In 1913 the season was far dryer and none of the grains filled out as they now promise to do. The frequent rains have had a beneficial effect. Following is a table of the yield for last year and the estimated yield for this year for the three leading grain crops In Baker County. 1913. 1914. Bushels. Bushels. Oats 375.000 450,000 Barley 230.000 815,000 Wheat 125,000 155,000 Total grains 750.000 920.000 The corn and rye crops are not large enough to be considered. Vancouver Man Snot for Deer. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 15. (Spe cial.) Arthur Train, of San Francisco, who was mistaken for a deer and shot by Elmer Cox, Jr., Sunday, is a native of Vancouver. He was at one time a member of the City Council. Lloyd Du Bois, president of the Washington Ex change Bank, and James P. Clancy, proprietor of the Pioneer Printing Company, were his schoolmates. Grazing- Land Is Leased. OX.TMPIA, Wash, July 15. (Special.) Clark V. Savldge, Commissioner of Public Lands has Issued leases for graz ing purposes on 9680 acres of school land In Klickitat County. The land heretofore has - been used as public range without paying any revenue to the state. The new leases will bring In S3500. Olympla Purchase- Delayed. CLYMP1A, Wash, July 15. Special.) Doing One Thing Well Making Good Classes THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE 209-10-11 Corbett Bldg., 5th and Morrison. Portland's Oldest and Largest Ex clusive Optical House. The State Supreme Court has granted a writ of review to pass upon the de cision of the Thurston County Superior Court, giving the city of Olympia per mission to condemn and purchase the city waterworks plant, operated by the Washington Public Service Company. Acquirement of the plant was approved at a special election held March 3. The company asserts the city has exceeded its legal Indebtedness limit of 5 per cent of the total assessed valuation. STATE DR06GISTS BUSY DELEGATES USE TIME BETWEEN BUSINESS AND PLEASURE. Newport Sees That Few Leisure Honrs Are Left and Games, Clambake and Beach Outing Are Arranged, NEWPORT, Or., July 15. (Special.) Delegates to the Oregon State Phar maceutical Association Convention passed a busy fay. commencing with a business session at which committees were appointed. In the afternoon there were sports on the beach and at night there was a ball. Fifty appli cants for pharmacy licenses were ex amined in the morning. Delegates passed their spare time bathing and sightseeing. Tomorrow a baseball game between the druggists and the traveling sales men will be played in the morning, an executive business meeting held in the afternoon and a clambake in the even ing. Siletz Indians will dance at the clambake and a parade will form at dusk on Front street. The United States llfesavers will also give an exhibition drill. A display of 150 preparations made by Oregon Agricultural College students has at tracted attention. Sidelights on DruirK-ista. James G. McDonald, leader of the radical druggists, made a hit on Front street tonight with a company 'called the "starvation army." "Have you seen Dr. Wlthycombe?" asked a delegate. "Have you met Mr. Wlthycombe?" asked another. "Pro fessor Withycombe Is here," said a third. "Governor Wlthycombe made a in the store goes now at the reductions printed below. This is the only store where you can buy Stein-Bloch and Atterbury System Clothes for Men and L System Clothes for Young Men. $35 $30 $25 $20 $18 $15 Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits Now Now Now Now Now Now Only Only Only Only Only Only $28.50 $24.50 $19.85 $14.85 $13.85 $12.85 The above are genuine reductions from the normal, established prices. This store never makes reductions from "values." MEN, MAIN FLOOR YOUNG MEN, SECOND FLOOR BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER Morrison Street at Fourth good speech." remarked another. -Wlthycombe is O. K.," said a fifth. "Here comes Jim." added another, as Dr James Withycombe, candidate for Governor and late State Veterinarian and O. A. C. professor, approached. H. J. Frank, of Portland., will be much In the limelight If he eats the bushel and one-half of clams in Purola which he ordered for a meal by wire. C. W. 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