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MttAnm ism umt IQL- LY.-XO. 17.143. PORTLAND, OREGON. ffimxFsn xox ,tt,t . Rrl'CALL IS AHEAD IN BAY STATE Republican Has Majorit in Close Election. PROGRESSIVES FADE AWAY Candidate for Governor Has Total Vote Only Little in Excess of 6000. KENTUCKY IS IN DOUBT Democrat Ahead in Maryland. Republicans Gain in New Jersey Legislature. SIMMARV OP TESTERDAY'S ELECTION HESL1TS. Massachusetts McCalL Repub lican, apparently elected. New York Twelve Republic an, five Democratic Mayors elected in larger cities. Three Re publican Representatives in Con gress chosen to fill vacancies. Kentucky Both sides claim victory for Governor. Maryland Democratic nominee for Governor probably elected by BO00. Pennsylvania Republican is elected Mayor of Philadelphia. Ohio Prohibition defeated by reduced majority. New Jersey Republicans gain seats in State Senate. Mississippi Democratic nom inations ratified. BOSTON. Nov. 2. The election of oamuel W. McCall, Republican, ex Representative in Congress, as Gov ernor over Governor David I. Walsh, Democrat, who sought re-election for a third term, appeared probable as the returns from today's state elec tion approached completion tonight. The vote was running close, how ever, and the Democratic candidates were not prepared to concede defeat. With 39 election precincts missing, McCall had 224,674 votes, Walsh 221, 787, a plurality of 2887. Rest of Ticket Republican. There seemed to be no doubt that the Republicans had elected the whole of the state ticket below Governor. Calvin Coolidge, the Republican nom- ... jvi i.icuicnam.-ijovenior, was running more than 20,000 votes ahead of ex-Lieutenant-Governor Barry, Democrat. ' In the Legislature, where the Re publicans had a working majority at the last session, they made decided gains. Progressive Vote Negligible. The Progressive vote in the state was almost negligible, late figures showing only a little more than 6000 votes for Nelson B. Clark, the candi date for Governor. William Shaw,, the Prohibition nom inee for Governor, polled one of the largest votes in the history of the party in this state. His vote was more than twice that of the Progressive ,iS nrl irlo . a J In the City of Boston. question of the recall of Mayor Cur ley was on the ballot, returns indi cated the probable defeat of the re call movement by a fairly close vote. DEMOCRATS CAKRY BALTIMOKK Indicated Plurality lor Governor Is 5000 to 7000. BALTIMORE. Nov. 2. Twelve" pre cincts out of 313 in Baltimore City give for Governor: Harrington (Dem 131$. Weller Rop. 12S. The indicated majority is 5000 tor Harrington in Bal timore City. No reports from the coun cil nave, oecn received up to 1 o'clock. Meajror returns from today's electioi in Maryland .'n.licated at midnisht th rUitioa of Kmerson O. Harringtoi tMcm.i. as Governor, over O. K. Welle 11 -AVV ' ,, " a majority of from 5000 to nuwever. only 40 out of 316 pre cintts in Baltimore Citv had made rc turns at that hour. Thev cave Har imston 5512. Weller 4646. Albert C. Ritchie (Dem.), for Attor .r,-viini.i, ran iar ahead of the tick in Baltimore city and indications we re been elected State Comptroller. Th legislature probably will be safe! Democratic. NEW VORK MAYOKS CHOSEN lirpublicaus Win 12. Democrats 5. In Larger Towns. iN?Vn X,ORK- Nv- f-Returna from IS of the larger cities in the state show (.Concluded on fafo ;;. Column 3.)" . ' - ' - --- xjuiitiii O. PROHIBITION IS BEATEN IN OHIO ADVERSE MAJORITY BELIEVED TO BE AT LEAST 50,000. Partial Returns Show Slight Gains for Temperance Forces In Some or Rural Districts. COLUMBUS, O, Nov. 2. Early re turns from today"s state election indi cate that the state-wide prohibition amendment was defeated, though last year's wet majorities in several of the large cities apparently were reduced. Prohibition was defeated last year by a majority of more than 84,000. Political observers early tonight esti mate that the majority against prohi bition would be at least 50,000. Partial returns showed that the temperance forces made slight gains in many rural districts. DENVER. Nov. 2i? Miss Anna Gor don, National president of the Woman's Christian. Temperance Union, passing through Denver tonight, expressed gratification over early reports show ing reduced majorities of the "wets" In Ohio over the preceding vote on the liquor question. "It was a plucky fight." she said. "We shall stay in the fight until we win." Universal woman suffrage, she said. was bound to come, in spite of today's returns. CHICAGO, Nov. 2. Beard stow n and Mounds, the two wet towns of the 11 in Illinois where local option lections were held today, voted to continue wet. Of nine dry towns, two. Percv and Willisville. voted to let saloons return. "BLIND" PIGREAL BLIND Man at Ro.-cburg Tells of Deal With Unseen Bootlegger. s. ROSE BURG. Or., Nov. 2. (Special.) Officers and newspaper men assem bled in the Reeoidts Court here yes terday heard the recitation of a tran sient chimneysweep of how it was pos sible to obtain liquor in Roseburg without seeing or even knowing the bootlegger. The fellow said he learned the method through overbearing a con versation, applied the instructions and found that it worked. William Castle was arrested Satur day, charged with drunkenness. Castle said he placed 50 cents behind a bill board stationed on a side street of the city and went away. Ten minutes later he said he returned and found two flasks of whisky. The money was gone. Castle declared he did not know the bootlegger, but simply followed the directions of those who were conver sant with the game. Castle was fined $3. OCEAN TOYS WITH MAIL Newport Carrier and Team Caught in Surf Have Narrow Escape. -NEV PORT. Or., Nov. 2. D. E. Hurst. the Newport-Waldport mailcarrier. nar rowly escaped being drowned in the surf this morning about eight miles down the coast. He was en route to Waldport with mail and got caught by the surf at what is known as the Grant nlace. where high bluffs make escape imoos- iuie. till nacK was unset hv tha waves, and the mail and other goods swept into the sea. Hurst in his struggle to save him seir and his team had two Angers broken, and all would have been drowned but for the timely arrival of Lee Doty. Only after great difficulty and danger of losing his own life was Mr. Doty able to effect a rescue. Most of the mail was recovered later along nits ueacn. TEUTONS CAPTURE MINES Serbian Copper and Anthraeitn I'ields Conquered. LONDON. Nov. 2. Germany and Aus tria are likely to obtain ample supplies of copper from Serbia, according to t-nedo Miyatovich. ex-Serbian Minister 10 London. There also are anthracite mines in the Timok Valley. M. Miyatovich, in a statement to the Standard, says the Serbian armv can hold out in the mountains a month longer, and that the invaders are likely to find little booty in a country ex hausted by years of warfare, except wnat they take from the copper and oia nelds. MINERS . DIG FOR VICTIM Rescuers Work All Night in Slide to Find Buried Foreman. PITTSBURG. Nov. 2. Rverv nv-il. able miner in the Curtisville district near here was summoned today to the -- - uuipany where I n I n vncta.i. I." 1 - r . - . v. . ' i iviursan. the foreman, was entombed bv a fail r slate Rescuers u-npVinn tn . : i , throughout the night, digging toward .nc point wnere Morgan was believed to be buried, and fresh men relieved them at daybreak. There was no evi dence that Morgan was alive. BEAVER CREEK DAM READY Construction Completed of Storage Reservoir Near La Grande. LA GRANDE. Or.. Nov. 2. Sn,rial 1 Except for some finishing touches here and there, the big dam acros. Beaver Creek, which will store Win ter and Spring flood waters for dis tribution to water users during th. Bummer, has been completed. The main bulk was finished thin morning, according to telephone com munication from the works. i - . SUFFRAGE LOSES III THREE STATES Adverse Majorities Are Shown in Returns. WIDE MARGIN IS DECISIVE Pennsylvania 250,000 Against, Say Opposing Leaders. MANY OVERLOOK ISSUE Antis Say Issue Is Defeated bj 100,- -00 In MassachusettsNew York Also Opposes Vote of Me tropolis Is Delayed. BOSTON, Nov. 2. Returns from 941 precincts out of 1140 in the state, in cluding more than half of the City of Boston, give for woman suffrage: Tes, 86,282; no, 158,303. , Basing her estimate on about 60 per cent of the vote, which had been tabu lated at 8:15 o'clock, but which did not include the City of Boston, Mrs. Kath erine T. Balch, president of the Massa chusetts Anti-Suffrage Association, es timated that the state had voted against woman suffrage by a majority of 100,000. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 2. Anti-suffrage leaders in this city assert the suffrage amendment was defeated in Pennsylvania by approximately 250.000 votes. In Philadelphia the majority against it was about 100.000. The amendment was printed at the bottom or the largest ballot ever used in Pennsylvania and many voters over looked it. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Returns from approximately one-third or th eii districts outside New York r-it i-i cated the defeat of the suffrage amend ment by about 78.000 in the nt-.st. districts. The count of the vote in New York City was much delayed. Returns from S15 election districts out of 8979 In New York City on suf frage give: Yes 85.745; no 121,078. The defeat of the suffrage amend ment by a majority of 200,000 was predicted and the defeat of the re vised constitution conceded at the Re publican state headquarters shortly after 10 o'clock. FOE TO USE FRENCH CRAFT Submarine Turquoise. Cnptured by Turks, Nearly Intact. BERLIN. Nov. 2. (By Wireless to Sayville. N. Y.) According to the Overseas Agency, the Turks captured the French submarine Turquoise near ly intact and probably will utilize the vessel themselves. A dispatch from Berlin Monday said the Turquoise had been sunk by Turk ish artillery fire and that her entire crew, comprising two officers and 24 men, were taken prisoner. -.1.1...X., , I IT'S BOTTLED GOOD AND PLENTY I 1 : 1 2 - Snaoe in J 143' . I 2 "Q f"0 3-tc y"S8 ' ' ' 1 , , , ' ''''' ... . . 4 INDEXf OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTURDAT'S Maximum' temperature. S3 degrees: minimum, ol degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain: light, variable winds, becoming southerly. Elections. Republican leads for Governor irf Massa chusetts; both sides claim Kentucky. Page 1. i Prohibition defeated In Ohio. Page 1. President votes In New Jersev. Page" 2 Woman suffrage defeated In three states. Page 1. War. Premier Asqulth urges every Briton to do . . , uici ouiuuirizing war. fage . Whltlock say no official promises were made by Germans !n Cavell case. Page 3. Mexico. Mexican' bullets endanger General "Funston. Page 1. National.. Arbitration of steamer Hocking case with British Is likely. Page 3. Domestic. - Oregon helps celebrate San Francisco day. Page o. Inspectors behind In physical tests for sall--ors under new seasen's law. Page 5. Sports. Bill Rodgers being considered as manager of Angels. Page 12. Three big games arc in store for Saturday Washington-Berkeley, Aggie-Idaho and Oregon-"S. C." Pago la. Oreson athletes, after final scrimmage, are confident of victory In California. Page 13. Pacific Northwest. Schooner Annie Larsen Is reported help lessly adrift on open sea. Page 14. Albany College endowment contributions or $201,000 approved by banks. Page 1. Protest filed against change in lumber rates. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Reduction in barley supply causes flurry in Northwestern markets. Page 17. Sharp advance in wheat at Chicago, owing to bullish foreign advices. Page 17.- Elghty per cent of sailors examined here likely to be passed. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Huge corn pageant of Land Show impresses throngs. Paze 1.1 Band concerts and playground dirertnra cut down by Council. Page 18. Steamer Santa Clara, from Portland, wrecked at Coos Bay; 13 reported lost. Page 1. Senator Brady, of Idaho, advocates canallza- Southern Pacific car famine duo to unex pected rush of business. Pdita r. A. J. Klngsley. president of Lanri ishnw dlr- r o - r Courtroom Is tense and mirthful during bat- i in arsun tnui. rage . Elks to observe founding of Portland lodge Thursday night. Iho Half-million Is yet to be lopped from school budget estimates T'rt r. 11 Japan will rule ai Land show today. Page 13. City to hold up pay of emDloves tn rt nvr. financial crisis. Papa it Weather report, data and forecast. Page IT. EX-OREGON PASTOR DIES Kev. K I wood Scott. Fnrau-rl' rr Salem, Passes at Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 2. (Special.) Rev. Elwood Scott, a minister in ik. Church of the Friends here for more man 40 years, well known In Oregon ami author of several books on relig ious subjects, died this morning at the Seattle General Hospital, following a surgical operation. Rev. Mr. Scott was visiting his chil dren in this citv when talon in u- formerly lived in Oregon, having held a pastorate in Salem for1 five years. He was 67 years old and had been pastor of the First Church of the Friends of Marion, Ind.. for 30 years, ifo n.4,1 ectured extensively both in thiQ - try and Europe. The body was sent tn VDirmnn , for interment. ' " Edward Carson's Successor Named. LONDON. NOV. 2. Sir Prul.rt tr ward Smith. Who baa han J;lI. General, has been appointed tn ceed Sir Kdward Carson as Attorney tictieral. Premier Asnnith .. - niuiUUIIVCU today. Cincinnati Mayor Republican. CINCINNATI. Nov 9 r: t,..i- ta (Rep.), was elected Mayor' or Cin cinnati by a plurality of about iKnnn . , , 1 v u 1 1 rrtKB .1. l.o nmn 1 A BULLETS SPRINKLE FUHSTOH WITH OUST American Generals En dangered at Douglas. UNITED STATES otlFTED Reinforcements Reach Bound ary and More Ordered. , WOMEN OF CITY , LEAVE Villa Artillery Again Shells Agua PHeta, but Damage Apparently Is Slight Intent to Attack American Town Rumored. DOUGLAS. Ariz., Nov. 2. With sal vos of artillery beginning at 5:17 to night. General Villa apparently began preparing for his fifth and possibly Jast assault on the Carranza stronghold of Agua Prieta. Three hours before. Major-General Funston. who arrived and assumed command in Douglas today, removed the American troops from their trenches on the international boundary. This move, couplea with reports that Villa intended shelling Douglas, and that General Funston was preparing to interfere in Mexico, caused wide spread apprehension. Many Women Leave City. Many women whose homes were spattered, with bullets during the ter rific firing around Agua Prieta last night, left the city. It waa said, however, that no move was contemplated against the lighting Mexican factions unless .iih guilty of an overt attempt to endanger lives and property. General Funston, in a ride along the united btates border line, was himself c..udn0-erea py stray Mexican bullets. Funston la Reinforced General Funston earlier in the day ordered all civilians kept out of a zone -.11. ,u range or the firing. inianiry Dattalions were shifted to "lrt8'en lne Lnned States Army nosi tion facing the Mexican battlefield Four troops of cavalry, ordered from Naco. Ariz.. arrivnH 4-Anf.i.. - - "'"ft" i. i iiree other troops of the Thirteenth Cavalry urucreo. irom Columbus, ' N. M.. further to reinforce the American mounted troops. Bullets from the Carranza and Villa lines KicKeu ud dust rin u., General Funston and Brie.nlifr.r:. 1 nomas ju. uavta as they strolled through the dana-er znno in . 1. 1 ..l """tsn "idiers were wounriort day. Agna Prieta Little Damaged. With reference to possible interven ..i .ii me abus frieta battle, it was pointed out that an attack on either Mexican faction probably would mean fighting both, with a large chance that me combined artillery across the Doraer would seriously damage Doug las, nouses on the exnoseri , GIFTS TO ALBANY COLLEGE APPROVED BANKS PASS OX CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENDOWMENT ITNB. Amount Is $201,000 and Conditions Believed as Named by J. J. Hill, AVho Offered $50,000. ALBANY, Or., Nov. 2. (Special.) A committee representing all Albany's banking institutions tonight passed fa vorably on Albany College's endowment fund of $201,000. and their findings will De forwarded to James J. Hill for his inspection. Mr. Hill offered Albany College $50, 000 conditioned on the raising of J200. 000 in cash, or its equivalent, for a per manent endowment fun The fund collected consists of cash. Donas and interest-bearing notes. In order to make certain the collection of the notes. Mr. Hill required that they be secured by mortgages or other security that would make them ac ceptable at the bank. It was on these securities that the bankers passed this evening. With J1000 more than was required by Mr. Hill stipulated, the college au thorities feel sure of Mr. Hill's dona tion or 150.000. The greatest enthu siasm has prevailed in college circles here since the verdict of the bankers was announced. The completion of plans for moving to the ne.w campus and erection of new L.u.iu,ii63- wii now De taken up. and It is expected that the college will open for work on its new campus next Fall. REPUBLICAN MAYOR WINS Party Sweeps Bridgeport. Conn., in Four-Cornercd Contest. BRIDGEPORT. Conn.. Nov. 2. The Republicans swept Bridgeport in the four-cornered Mayoralty election today. Mayor Clifford B. WilBon, who also is Lieutcnart-Governor of Connecticut, being returned to office for the third time. The unofficial figures: Clifford B. Wilson (Rep,), 6587; Henry Lee (Citi zen). 4363; Daniel P. Walker (Dem.), 3164; Jasper McLevy (Soc), 1400. The voters favored the commission form of government by an estimated majority of 2000. MANY BRITISH TRQOPS ILL Seventy-Eight Thousand Hemovcd From Dardanelles. LONDON. Nov. . That stories of excessive sickness among the troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula had not been overdrawn was revealed today in the House of Commons by Harold J. Ten nant. Parliamentary Cnder-Secretary for War. He informed the House that ap proximately 78.000 officers and men had been removed from the peninsula on account of sickness between April 25 and October 20. DIVER SINKS305 FEET Captain Evans Says New Mark Is Set on Three-Hour Swim. NRW YORK. Nov. 2. Capfain Thomas H. Evans, a master diver ot Brooklyn, today announced that he had set a new world's record for depth in diving in the waters of Long Island Sound off Stamford. Conn. Kvans said he went down 305 feet and remained in the water more than three hours. He wore a metal suit. Tuesdays War Moves PREMIER ASQUITH S speech In the llniic. . , . - in w it zi jceieruay on the policy and plans of Great Britain, concerning which h iM nut much more than already was known, monopolized the attention of Europe ..urn s, ii Bna in? ngntlng. although it has been severe on some of the fronts, is receiving little thought. The Austro-Germana. an.l Rni.nri.n, continue tneir advanp. In fi..ki. j are daily drawinsr rinsoi- t vie, ... i ins tne position of the Serbian army u me norm more precarious. It is oeiieved here. hnwovor i Serbians will be able to withdraw to tne mountains and resist the invaders until the assistance which th nton powers have promised draws some of i.iie pressure irom them. The British and Pmnh which were landed at Saloniki already are doing this in the south, and news of a Russian contingent, which is va riously reported as having landed at Varna or to be approaching Bulgaria through Roumania. is anxiouslv awaited. On the western front, except for soma fighting in Champagne, there in ntti or nothing doing, but on the eastern front, at least three or four big battles are in progress. The Germans contimiA timip refnr. approach Riga from the west, the Rus sians are attacking west of Dvlnsk and among the lakes south of that citv while attacks and counter-attank. almost continuous on the Styr River in voinynia and along the Strina in riaii- cia. Both sides are claiming ih. vantage. The offensive of the Italian ,r,i.t the Austrians also continues, although Vienna reports that it is meeting with no success. -ovember 3, 1914. rnree British warships lost in battle off Chilean coast with Germans. Great Britain and Turkey at war. Triple entente subjects held as hostages PRICK FIVE CENTS. SHIP LOST WITH OREGON PEOPLE Passenger Steamer Santa Clara Wrecked Off Coos. 16 ARE KNOWN TO BE DEAD Lifeboats Are Capsized by Heavy Sea Sweeping South Spit. ' RESCUE WORK DIFFICULT Captain Lofstedt Loses Life. Portland, Hood River, Wash ington Persons Aboard. LIST OV KXOWN' DKAD. Mrs. Bridgett Dunn, Butte. Mont." Mrs. D. H. Thorne. Hood River. Two unidentified women about 35 and 50. Eugene Gillenwater, 7. Thirteen-months-old child of J. C. Crowley, of Mills City. Gale Graham, Portland. Madeline Rooney and Mrs. Hale, of South Bend, Ind. Crew. Captain Gus Lofstedt. Portland. Boatswain Manning. Norman Edwards, waiter. First Assistant Engineer Walla. Thlrt Assistant Engineer Lov etu Sailor Handloss. Oiler, messboy and watchman. Names unknown. MARSH FIELD, Or Nov. 2. (Spe cial.) From Shoreacres, the country home of L. J. Simpson, a report was received saying 25 survivors are there -and that in the list is Captain Lof stedt. The lifesavers have a line on the Santa Clara and say someone is still on the ship. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Nov. 2. (Spe cial.) Alice Church, a Marshfield girl who was aboard the Santa Clara, said: "I was in the first lifeboat that went over the Santa Clara. It got only a short distance and then was swamped. There were about 20 in it. I think only a few got ashore." MARSHFIELDTor., Nov. 2. (Spe cial.) Sixteen lives are known to have been lost early tonight when the passenger steamer Santa Clara, from Portland to San Francisco, went aground on the south spit near the entrance to Coos Bay. The dead may number 25. There, were 48 passengers aboard and the crew numbered 24. Captain Gus Lofstedt. master of the vessel, who resides in Portland, was among the dead. Other victims were from Oregon and Washington. Lifeboats Are Capsized. The greater number of lives were lost when two small boats, trying to leave the foundered steamer, were capsized by the heavy sea. ' Several thrilling rescues were made, while others died within view of per sons engaged in rescue. The North Pacific Steamship Com pany, owner of the Santa Clara, gave out a passenger list last mVht. Kut- was unable to give the home addresses of most of the passengers. Several Portland people were known to have been aboard, and two from Hood River. The Santa Clara left Portland Mon day morning. She is a wooden ves sel 223 feet long and was built at Everett, Wash., in 1900. Vessel Not Grace Liner. She operates between Portland ana San Francisco, via Coos Bay and . Eureka, and is not to be confou with the W. R. Grace liner, which also bears the name Santa Clara. A complete list of passengers is as follows; For Coos Bay H. H. McCarn. Mrs Jennie Bogue and three children. Wil bur, Henry and Delmar; Mrs. H. A. Morris, Mrs. B Cullen, A. C. Martin, J. W. Larson, Mr. and Mrs. J. J : Crowley and their infant son, Alfred; KODert Marquard, R. W. Anderson, A. Gillinwater and two children r:no and Hugh; Mrs. Bridget Dunn, with son and daughter, Ray M. Dunn and Margaret Dunn; Charles Holgert. E. A. Sykes, Fred Jones. Ja mes Havpa J. A. Cramer, Charles E. Kincaid, (Concluded ua page 14. column 1.)