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) 6 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOYE3IBER 6, 1914. VVASHINGTQFJ DRY MAJORITY GROWS ; Estimate Now Is That Prohi- bition Will Carry by Approx ' X, imately 20,000. LAW BREACHES EXPECTED ; Satisfaction Expressed on Oregon Result Placing Both States on I Equal Footing With Regard A,, to Wet Territory. r SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 5. (Special.) i Late figures indicate that the major ity for prohibition will be closer to 20, D00 than 15,000. The majority for the Hrys Increases steadily as the returns re received from the . outlying pre cincts. With one precinct missing-, it Is indicated that Kins County gave the iwets a majority of 15,706. This is some what less than the anti-prohibitionists had figured, and saloon men feel that ,this county should have done better by them. The figures for 407 out of 08 precincts in King County on the amendment were 34,322 for and 60,028 against. Satisfaction is expressed here in many quarters that Oregon also nas carried for the drys, since, it is con tended, that puts Oregon at the same economic disadvantage as Washington In reference to adjacent wet common wealths. It is asserted here that the effect of the conflict between the word ing of the prohibition measure and the State constitution relative to the time of effectiveness of the act will mean that while, under the constitution, the act must be effective within 30 days sifter its passage, the clause in the bill providing that the measure is not to go into effect until January 1, 1916, sim ply has the effect of preventing the Imposition of any penalty for viola tions during the coming year. It is contended that the result will be the violation with impunity of the local option laws in the present dry com munities. The most decisive beating given any of the propositions put before the voters was administered to the proposed constitutional amendment to permit the ownership of land in the state by aliens. The vote against this measure ran nearly three to one all over the tate. One of the interesting features of the election was the Success of C. C. fill, former private secretary to Gov ernor Lister, over Rosenhaupt, Rep., and Corkery, Prog., for Representa tive of Congress from the Fifth (Spo kane) district. The Progressives made their best showing in King County, where Ole Hanson managed to run sec cad to Jones, losing by 4000 and beat ing Black 6000. Most of the county offices and almost all the members of the Legislature were captured in King County 'by the Republicans. The sole Moose survivor in the State Senate from King County is Dan Landon. i - An interesting feature of the situa tion was the fact that Judge Hum phries, King County candidate for the Supreme bench, ran last in his home county. The winners, Chadwlck, Hol comb and Crow, have long leads. The eight-hour law Buffered a crush ing defeat, running behind in almost every section of the state. Senator Jones will be eletced by a plurality of 30,000. t One comparatively unexpected devel opment was the disastrous defeat of ex Mayor Dilling in the Thirty-seventh Senatorial District by ex-Representative Palmer, a prominent Republican. JOXES LEADS IX KLICKITAT Returns of 23 Precincts Mark Stevenson for State Senator. GOLDENDALE, Wash., Nov. 5. XSpecial.) Complete returns from 23 utof 38 precincts in Klickitat Coun - ty give Wesley L. Jones for United States Senator 1245, W. W. Black 551, Adam H. Barth 174 and Ole Hanson U47. Congressman, Fourth District, William L. La Follette 1248, Roscoe M. Xrumheller 527, John Storland 165 and M. A. Peacock 96. State Senator, Klickitat and Skamania counties, J. M. Stevenson, Rep., 1142; F. E. Flynn, Dem.. 918. State Representative. Avery R. Hayes, Rep., 236: John E. Chappell, Hera., 780; John C. Crawford, Ind.-Rep., 1283; Sam T. Shell, Soc, 123. The entire county ticket elected is Republican- with the exception of Kate Nye for Clerk who is the first woman to Ibe elected to county office in Klickitat outside of the School Superintendent's position. Miss Nye was the candidate on the Democratic ticket. Republican officials elected are: rheriff, F. A. Smith; Auditor, R. M. Spoon; Treasurer, John A. Miller; Prosecuting Attorney, John R. McEwen; Assessor. R. E. Nichols; School Su perintendent. Mabel H. HInshaw; Engi neer Lyman W. Ward; County Commis sioner, First District, W. Scott Coe; Second District, A. R. "Youngquist. For Judges of the Supreme Court, Chad jwlck received 806, Crow 627 and Hol comb 723 as the three leading candi dates. State-wide prohibition received 1286 votes for and 849 against. A sur prise in the vote was the easy victory of John C. Crawford who ran on stick, ers as an Independent-Republican can didate for State Representative against State Senator John E. Chappell on the Democratic ticket. Crawford was op posed to county division. The White Salmon County division forces made an eleventh-hour switch from Avery R. Hayes, the regular Republican candi date, to Chappell. TWO PROGRESSIVES RETURNED Cowlitz County Tow n s Vote to Stay in Dry Column. v KELSO, Wash., Nov. 5 (Special.) Complete returns from all the larger precincts in. Cowlitz County show that Republican candidates generally were elected although two Progressives and one Democrat were returned. This is the first time In the history of Cowlitz County that so many offices have been lost to the Republicans. The contests in most of the races were close. On the Question of the removal of the county seat from Kalama to Kelso this place fell about 250 votes short of the neces sary three-fifths vote required, although the city had a majority of all votes cast. The City of Kelso remained dry by a majority of 234, the vote being 533 against the saloons and-299 for them. Castle Rock remained dry by a majority of 85 and Kalama by a vote of 92. DRY MAJORITY IS SURPRISING Vancouver Interested in Prohibition and Sheriff's Race. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) The leading topic of conversa tion in Vancouver and Clarke County since the election. Is the big majority for the drys. and prohibition in Wash ington and Oregon. Many of the "wets" feel a keen resentment because the drys forced a local option election here. making Vancouver dry a year before Oregon or any other section of the state. The drys reply that they would have consented to this, had they known Ore gon was going dry, but there was a possibility that Portland would remain wet, so they desired to have Vancouver dry, anyway. The fight for the office of Sheriff was the closest in the history of the county, see-sawing back and forth on one or two votes for George E". Thomp son. Democrat, or E. S. Biesecker. Re publican. Btesecker is said to have a majority of 3. That a recount will be necessary to decide the bontest is cer tain. Friends of Thompson are sure he will win out on the recount as one or more election boards say they failed to count a vote for Thompson, on the Demcratic ticket, when there .was a cross at the head of the Republican ticket. WAHKIAKUM MEASURES LOSE Prohibition Alone Carries by 164 Majority, Say Official Returns. CATHLAMET. Wash, Nov. 6 (Spe cial.) Complete official returns of FRIF.VI) OF OREROV PIONEER MISSIONARY DIES AT ORIC GOX CITV. If s 'i , ' t t - - Av ' V T , ft " f - - 4, ; t i x " t I - A it 4 x " - 4 J : 1 x Mrs. SInry LaForest. OREGON CITY, Or, Nov. 5. (Special.) Mrs. Mary LaForest, widow of the late Eugene LaFor est, of this city, a prominent pio neer of Oregon, died at her home here Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, after an illness of five years. Mrs. LaForest was born at Baden Baden, Germany. April 29, 1834. In 1852 she came West from Philadelphia. Mrs. LaForest died in the house which had been her home for 61. years. She was a member of the Oregon Pioneers' Association. She was a personal friend of the late Dr. John Mc Loughlin. She leaves three children Emile LaForest, Wells-Fargo Company, San Francisco; Eugene LaForest. Southern Pacific Com pany; Portland; Oscar LaForest. of Mexico. Mrs. LaForest leaves also five grandchildren. Wahkiakum County show all the In itiative and referendum measures de feated except prohibition, which car ried by 164 majority. Fpr Senator Jones 386, W. W. Black 142, Barth 56, Hanson 112, Caton 18. Representative Johnson 424, Drury 221. Aller 54, Warburton 49, Harlan 10. McDowell 16. State Senator Kleeb 269. McGowan 458. The county ticket, except Superin tendent of Schools, was entirely Repub lican. For Representative, Robert Bow. man; Sheriff, D. C. Butler; Clerk, Wln nlfred Cooper; Auditor, Blanche Heron; Treasurer, Enoch Elde; Prosecuting-At-torney, George Hammigan; Assessor, N. P. Owen; Superintendent of Schools, W. W. Head; Engineer, Thomas R. All man, County Commissioners, William Lund and William Anderson. Judges of Supreme Court Chadwlck 267. Crow 214, Mills 184, Holcomb 115, Humphries 122, Pemberton 123. The J75.000 bond issue for building a road from Cowlitz to Pacific County through Wahkiakum County, was car ried by 5 votes more than the required three-fifths majority. MORTOX STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN Progressive Leaders Only Poll Two Votes and Prohibition Loses. MORTON. Wash. IMnv K (Oni.i In all probability Morton's record for voung a scraignt Republican ticket is the best in the state if not in the coun trv There wor. roct.. , . o . - - ... . j o per sons. Of this number, 136 voted Out Of thfi Inftsr niimho,- n 7 -"- - "-' 1 j i u per cent voted the straight Republican ticket jio uanson got two votes for United States Spnfltnp t n so nr - .- - - w .Ml L'Bicy 14 Jones. Stanton Warburton got two votes to 85 for Albert Johnson. xne non-partisan ticket was com pletely snowed under, no candidate on it getting more than 13 votes. rronipnion lost by 25 votes. LEWIS ENTIRELY REPUBLICAN Senator Jones Has Lead of Abont 1 0 0 0 Over Total of Competitors. CENTRALIA. Wash. N k clal) Republicans in Lewis County won every omce. indications are that Sena tor Jones has polled a vote of 1000 greater than that r,r Riov- xi.. combined, while Johnson will defeat Drury, his closest opponent, by over innn aii i... - - ... ii uui . icw crauying precincts have been heard from. Thia l.o thn nt tin., f that a complete Republican ticket has e eiectea. me opposition heretofore having been able always to work at least one candidate into office. BLIND MAN ENDS LIFE Thomas Downey, of Baker, Kills Self Dnring Despondency. BAKER. Or., Nov. 5. (Special.) Thomas Downey, a lifelong resident of Baker County, blind for the past .15 years, nded his own life by cutting his throat last night while despondent over his physical condition. Mr. Downey was injured when 21 years of age by the bursting of a gun. which later caused him to become blind. He practically had been help less since and had become morose over his helplessness. He was 53 years of age. Mr. Downey gave no evidence of his intention. He voted at both the Mon day and Tuesday elections and yester day was' about the house and city as usual. This morning, when the family went to call him, they found that he had ended his darkened life some time in the night." Mr. Downey never married. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. E. T. Voigt, of Princeton, B. C, and Mrs. John Brown, of Baker. CATTLE EPIDEMIC SPREADS RAPIDLY Federal Authorities Takingjf vigorous Measures Against'1 'A Foot and Mouth Diseajo. HOUSTON SEES WILSJ ; u Department Need Ehiergency Fun! to Pay for Increasing Nunfbers, Killed New Communities Soon to ' Be Affected. WASHINGTON. Nov. 5. Placing of a Federal quarantine on shipments" of livestock out of Ohio and Wisconsin and reports of the rapid spread of the foot and mouth disease in states al ready quarantined marked the day's developments at the Department of Agriculture in the fight against the worst epidemic of the infection ever known iri the United States. Scores of additional Federal inspect ors were rushed into the field to trace every shipment from Infected centers. Reports from inspectors already at work led Department officials to pre dict tonight that many other commu nities soon will be affected. The number of animals killed in in fected areas is rapidly mounting up and the unexpected demand on the Department to meet this loss and the expenses of Inspectors led Secretary Houston to confer with President Wil son regarding an emergency appropria tion from Congress. Coat of Recompense Divided. Under the present plan - the Depart ment is paying the salaries of apprais ers selected by the various states to fix the value of slaughtered animals and is bearing half of the actual meat value of the animals killed. The states pay the other half, leav ing the owners to bear, the loss of feed destroyed, of business and of the pe culiar value of the livestock killed. From Ohio the other day. came re ports of infected cattle in the Toledo livestock yards, Fostoria, Mollne and Norwalk. The outbreak in Wisconsin was discovered at Evansville. inspectors reported that the disease had quickly spread over several scat tered counties in Illinois. In Pennsyl vania and Michigan the infected areas were reported to have become ex tended. Milk Left to Local Officials. 'So far the Government has taken no steps to interfere with the transporta tion of milk across state limes. The Department officials hold that the dis ease is easily communicated to hogs through milk and even to human be ings, particularly children. The policy now In force, however. Is to leave to the local health authorities supervision over the milk supply to the various communities. Farmers were advised that two months would probably elapse before they would be, able to ship livestock out of quarantined states. CATTLE PENS DISINFECTED Regiment of Workers Required to Prepare for Stockyards Shutdown. CHICAGO, Nov. 5. Disinfectants to day were sprayed over the 640 acres of cattle pens at the Chicago Union Stock Yards, preparatory to a complete shutdown of the yards to begin Satur day and to continue until November 15 because of the prevalence of foot and mouth disease among cattle. The mag nitude of the . work Is shown by the fact that 800 men are required to dis infect thoroughly 13.000 pens, 725 chutes and 25 miles of water troughs before business at the stock yards, the world's largest cattle market, may be resumed. Supplementing the Federal quaran tine against Interstate movement of cattle from Illipois, the state livestock board ordered a quarantine also to take effect Saturday, when no cattle ship ments are to be permitted between points within the state, until all cattle pens are- disinfected and pronounced usable by the state. This action puts an absolute embargo not only on the stock yards but also on all the livestock depots of the big meat packers. The meat packers, however. Bald there would be no tie-up of their in dustry, no scarcity of meat except in the killing and some mechanical de partments and no laying off of help, as the present supplies of cattle, were sufficient to keep the plants busy'dur ing almost all the quarantine period. Few new cases of the disease were reported today. The 600 Infected cattle, valued at 40,000. which were held to blame for the presence of th rifonno in Chicago, were dstroyed. Eighteen prize came oul or a lot or 1000 exhibited last week at the National Dairy Show were also destroyed. B. J. Shanley State Veterinarian, said the remaining prize cattle brought here from 20 states and Canada would be held for devel opments, and if they were found In fected all of them would be destroyed even though It might entail a loss of several million dollars. Dairy show exhibitors of fancy stock today organized to protect their inter ests. They said the pedigree value of their herd is $2,500,000. The state It is said, will pay them only the actual meat value of slain animals, thereby entailing a heavy loss to the owners. The national livestock exhibition, the largest livestock show in the world was to have been held in Chicago be ginning November 28. but probably will be called off this year. j Buffalo Stockyards Closed. BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 6. After Fed eral authorities had refused to modify the foot and mouth disease quarantine, the East Buffalo stockyards were closed today and turned over to an army of men for disinfection. Busi ness will be resumed on Monday for the receipt of stock from New Tork state, unquarantlned states and Can ada for immediate slaughter. BANKING LAW REVISED Present Statutes Called Cloudy In Meaning and New One Needed. SALEM, Or., Nov.' 5. (Special.) In order that the banking laws of the state may be clearer and more work able under the Federal Reserve Act, State Bank Superintendent Sargent 1b preparing an act for submission to the next Legislature. Mr. Sargent was asked to prepare the bill by the State Bankers' Association. The bankers say certain sections of the present laws are conflicting and others are not plain as to meaning. It also Is the intention to define in the bill such terms as "commercial paper," "business paper," "gross prof its" and "net profits." Columbia County Teachers Meet. ST. HELENS. Or., Nov. 6. (Special.) The annual Institute of Columbia County teachers opened at St. Helens yesterday with an attendance of 102 out A Mile in Travel for a Dollar in Trade will enable you to see the world free on tKe money you spend. SCRIP is exchangeable for first-class Railroad or "Steamship tickets on presentation at any American Scrip Company office. A family that spends a hundred dollars a month for groceries, meats, clothing, shoes, etc., will accumulate twelve hundred miles of travel in a year. Can you see its possibilities the San Fran cisco Fair, Honolulu, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Alaska? The following high-class progressive merchants will give you SCRIP on the basis of a mile in travel for each dollar you spend with them. Make your week-end purchases and all purchases iii their stores. This list is being added to every day. Watch the papers for additional SCRIP Merchants. Cloaks, Suits and Millinery. PORTLAND'S EMPORIUM, 124-6-8 Sixth St. Gloves and Knit Goods. PORTLAND KNITTING COMPANY, 150 Third St. . Furrier. N. M. TJNGAR, 17i Broadway. Portrait Studio. EUSHNELL'S, Columbia Bldg. ' 1 Kodaks and Photo Supplies. PORTLAND PHOTO SUPPLY CO. 149 Third St. Cleaners and Dyers. EAST PORTLAND AND EAST SIDE CLEANING AND DYE W'KS. Main Office. 148 Grand Ave. Works, E. 10th and Lincoln. PORTLAND FEATHER DYE WKS, 306 Merchants' Trust Bldg. Sewing Machines and Supplies. S, S. SIGEL, AGENT WHITE SEW ING MACHINES, 383 Alder. 243 Alder Household Furnishings. W. M. TAYLOR, Grand Ave. and Oak St. Shoes and Shoe Repairing. BOSTON SAMPLE SHOE CO., 129 Fourth St. GOODYEAR SHOE CO., 146 Fourth St Ice and Coal. ICE DELIVERY COMPANY. 353 Stark St. Wood and CoaL WILLIAM ECHLEPP, First Ave. and Foster Road. Lents. Delicatessens and Confectioneries. TIP TOP DELICATESSEN, GRO'RY 13th and Morrison Sts. J. F. THORNE, 591 E. Morrison St. Coffee. MARTIN MARKS COFFEE CO. 252 Third St. Fish and Poultry. JACK ELI A, Foster Uoad and Main, Lents. J. C. GREEN, 251 Morrison St. FULTON MARKET, Aider St. Men's Tailors, TOM GALLAGHER, 285 Washington St. ' 382 Washington St. CROWN TAILORS, 245 Fifth St. F. F. EHRLICH. Foster Koaci, Lents, Or. Clothiers and Men's Furnishings. PHEGLEY & CAVENDER, 4th and Alder Sts. Men's Hatters and Furnishers. C. C. BRADLEY, 352 Washington St. Barbers' Supplies. LEWIS-STENGER BARBERS' SUP PLY COMPANY, Tilford Bldg. Auto Supplies and Gasoline. JOHN A. WALTER'S FILLING STATIONS, Broadway and Ankeny. H'ourth and Taylor. Union Ave. and Mason St. Klrteenth and Broadwav. Forty-tilth and Sandy Blvd. TMrtv-ninth and Beimont. East Eleventh and Sherman. Cigars and Tobacco. CARPENTER & EDWARDS, 309 Washington St. 110 Fourth St. RICHARD P. O'CONNOR, 430 Hoyt St.- NOBLE & LOESCH. 39a E. Morrison Su WURZWELLER BROS., Lobby of the Morgan Bldg. Roller Rinks and Dance Halls. ROSE CITY SKATING RINK, 320 E. Morrison St. MERRYMAKERS' DANCING CLUB, 2 Fourteenth St. Meat Markets. WASHINGTON MARKET, 653 E. Stark St. EAST END MARKET, 804 Alberta St. TERMINAL MARKET, 148 Second. St. Grocers. WASHINGTON GROCERY CO. 553 E. Stark St. TERMINAL GROCERY & MARKET, 148 Second St. J. B. KING. 610 Alberta. E. E. HOPE, 1084 Belmont. M. H ALP ERIN, . 633 First St. E. S. HOCKMAN, 387 E. 39th St. L. MERIWETHER, 1276 Hawthorne Ave. Druggists. SKIDMORE DRUG COMPANY, 151 Third St. G. S. .FREEBURGER, Tremont Pharmacy. 5908 72d St. S. E. ORLANDO PHARMACY, 369 Washington E. P. ROEBER, 1054 Corbett St. . Lighting Fixtures and Electrical Sup plies. M. J. WALSH COMPANY, 311 Stark St. LENTS ELECTRICAL WORKS. Lents. LA GRANDE. Department Store. THE GEO. A. ANDERSON do., 1110 Adams Ave. Men's Furnishings. THE TOGGERY, 1214 Adams Ave. Furniture, Carpets and Draperies. J. C. HENRY FURNITURE CO. 1315-17 Adams Ave. Hardware and Sporting Goods. F. L. LILLY, Cor. Depot and Adams Ave. Drugs. NEWLTN'S DRUG CO., Cor. Adams and Depot. Wall Paper and Paints. JAS. A. BUGG, 1214 Adams Ave. Books and Stationery. NEWLTN'S BOOK AND STA. CO. 1114 Adams Ave. Meats. THE LA GRANDE MEAT CO., 1110 Adams Ave. . Cigars and Confectionery. GEO. YOUNG, 1113 Adams Ave. Jewelry. G. S. BIRNIE, 1212 Adams Ave. . Coal and Wood. EASTERN OREGON PRODUCE CO. New Foley Bldg. Automobile Accessories, Oils, Gaso line, Etc. LEIGHTON"S GARAGE, 1315 Washington Ave. Optical Goods. O. M. HEACOCK, New Foley Bldg. Electrical Supplies. LA GRANDE ELECTRIC CO., 1113 Adams Ave. Moving Picture Show. THE ARCADE, 1108 Adams Ave. Cleaning, Pressing and Dyeing. WTLSON BROS., New Foley Bldg. 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