Morning Oregonian., May 23, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

THE SIOIHSTKG OREGOXiATT, " TUESDAY, 3LTAY 23, 191C.
DEMOCRATS AT LOSS
COREY LEAD FOR
PUBLICSERVICEJOB
FOR COUNTY CLERK
NOTICE
To School Teachers
You can secure
Special Tickets at
5c for all your
pupils by phoning
Majestic Theater
Marshall 234
Wo One Knows Who Nominee
IsApparently Party Is '
' i ..." Without Any. '
PRESENTS
Special Children's Programme
Official Moving Pictures 1
60OO School Children
Late Count on State Vote
Gives 4213 to 3898 for Ed
Wright, Next in Ra,ce.
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MR. COFFEY CAN'T ACCEPT
Te Has Most Votes, but Is Barred
y rteimbllcan Pledge Mar
thai I N. Dana May Be JN'amcd
by Central Committee.
Who Is the Democratic nominee for
County Clerk of. Multnomah County, If
there In a Democratic nominee? And
If there Is no nominee, as seems prob
able, how can th.e Democrats go about
it to get one?
These interesting questions nave
arisen to plague voters and annoy can
didates, to say nothing of the- Demo
crats, who apparently have become a
party without a nominee for the office
of County Clerk. Which in these par
lous times of A. P. A. agitation is next
worse to being a man- without a coun
try. Here is the situation: John B. Coffey
is technically the Democratic nominee,
because more than 500 voters wrote in
his name for County Clerk, on the Dem
ocratic ballots. Some 200 votes behind
are Joseph W. Beveridge, who defeated
Mr. Coffey for the Republican ' nom
ination, and Marshall N. Dana, whose
name the Jackson Club had urged Dem
ocrats to write in.
Pledge Ban Mr. Coffey.
Tn becoming a candidate for renom
ination at the hands of the Republic
ans, Mr. Coffey, as required by a law
passed by the last Legislature, had to
take a pledge that if defeated he would
not accept the nomination of any other
political party..
On the other hand, the election laws
of the state, adopted for the most part
long before such a pledge was ever
thought of, take no official cognizance
of what is to happen, in such a case.
They don't pcovide that the next man,
who may be Mr. Beveridge or may be
Mr. Dana, shall- become the nominee.
And apparently they don't provide any
means for "putting, another nominee
into the field.
On the whole subject, to the con
trary, they maintain a discreet and re
served silence. The result is that this
nomination is kicking around unat
tached, for Mr. Coffey, who has it, can't
use it, nor can he hand it along to
somebody else to use.
Committee May Have Power.
There is just a possibility that the
Democratic County Central Committee
In such case has the power to name
the nominee. However, even this is not
certain. District Attorney Evans gave
as an off-hand opinion yesterday that
the county committee probaly could
make the nomination if it called 100
electors together to do it. as provided
in section 3345, Lord's Oregon Laws,
though Mr. Evans was not- sure.
Apparently the f ramers of the law
never thought of such a contingency as
is now presented, or else sidestepped
the issue. Anyway, the election statutes
Bo not seem to contain anywhere a mode
of procedure by which & primary party
may put a new nominee in the field
if the candidate voted for at the pri
mary declines to accept or withdraws.
Contingency Not Considered.
True, if he dies or withdraws be
cause of removal from the state or dis
trict, the State or County Central Com
mittee of the party has authority to
name a candidate - in his place. But
the contingency of his declining to ac
cept, or withdrawing from any other
reason than removal from the state pr
district, is not provided against.
In all probability, if left to the Demo
cratic State or County Central Com
mittee; Marshall N. Dana, the only
Democrat of the three whose names
were written in by Democratic voters.
Would receive the nomination.
Friends of Dana say that, in any
event, whether as a Democratic candi
date or as an Independent, he will be
in the race against Mr. Beveridge.
There is nothing to prevent Mr. Dana
from becoming an Independent candi
date, even if he does not get the Demo
cratic nomination on account of the
ambiguity of the law.
F. W. POWER, 0BENC0, DEAD
Nursery Mail Succumbs to Blood
" Poisoning at Salem.
SALEir, Or., May 22. (Special.)
Frank W. Power, of Orenco, died here
today of blood poisoning, which re
sulted from a cut he received in his
band five weeks ago.
Mr. Power was 47 years old. and was
associated with the Orenco Nursery
Company. Surviving him are his widow
and two children living at Orenco; three
brothers. Alexander Power, of Leb
anon, Or.; Leon Power, of Pendleton,
and Edward Power, of Portland.
Mr. Power was a public-spirited citi
zen and devoted much attention to edu
cational matters.
Union Boy Pases "Exam."
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU
"Washington, May 22. (Special) Mark
Crouter, of Union, appointed to Anna
polls Naval Academy by Representative
Kinnott, has passed the mental exam
ination for admission. He will take
the physical examination next month.
Portland's
Largest and Grandest Theater
Today and All Week.
EDNA MAY
"The Belle of New York"
mVATMJOAN'
A Superfeature of Heart Throbs and Diplo
matic Intrigue
BILLIE BURKE
THE SUNSHINE GIRL
! In Chapter 2 of "Gloria's Romance"
Special Motion Pictures of May
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURE S.
Majestic "Battle of Hearts."
Peoples "The Feud Girl."
PIckford "The Feast of Life."
T & D "Salvation Joan," "Glo
ria's Romance."
Columbia "Not My Sister,' "A
DIMINUTIVE . screen stars have
their own troubles which, accord
ing to Ann Pennington, the little
Ziegfeld "Follies" star who has recent
ly joined. the Famous Players forces.
are by no means commensurate -With
the avoirdupois of the respective lumi
naries. In her first picture Miss Pen
nington was called upon to enact a
scene with a little girl of about 12
years of age.
The director, in selecting his cast.
designated a clever child actress of
exactly that age to play the part. But
when the cast was gathered together
for the first rehearsal of the particular
scene in question, it was discovered
that the child actress was taller than
the star who was supposed to be a
full-blown young lady. That would
never do, of course. So the girl had
to be put in another picture which also
required a young girl of her age and
a very diminutive little youngster who
was small enough to pass for the given
age without spoiling the artistic effect
when she stood beside Miss Penning
ton, was engaged to replace her.
On the other hand, it was a simple
matter for the director to select two
actresses who were to supply comedy
relief by towering high above the little
star and to : awe her by the child,
austers disapproval of her conduct in
the picture of course. The problem of
selecting just the right leading man
for these little stars is a real one too.
for he must not be short that he will
look small in comparison with the
other members of the cast, but he mast
not be so tall that the star seems in
great danger of - being placed in . his
vest pocket and carried away. -
Do You Know Tliat:
Alice Brady! is Just entering her 20s?
There are 250.000 miles of film pro
duced in pictures yearly?
Jesse Lasky is not yet 35 years old?
Marcus Loew built a million-dollar
theater cn his birth site?
Censorship has never thrived where
censors are paid by the state?
Ivy Close is the most popular English
screen star?
Frank Sheridan writes -songs and
music under . the .name of John
Franklin?
It is against Federal laws to photo
graph currency?
A camera has photographed objects
six miles away?
It is almost impossible to photograph
the eyes of a cat?
House Peters always wanted to be
an outlaw until he grew up then be
became an actor?
"The Squaw Man" was the first film
to be reviewed by the daily press?
Broncho Milly Anderson is now in
New York resting up?
Charlie Chaplin likes to be addressed
as "Charles?"
Lee Shubert controls 11 New Tork
theaters, aside from his film interests?
Robert Warwick worked with Grace
George and at the Paragon Studios at
the same time yet found time to box,
golf, wrestle and-motor?
Mary Pickford is still with " the
Famous Players and will soon be pre
sented in "Hulda From Holland."
Scholars to See Festival Film.
Manager Jamesj of the Majestic The-
NINE ARE ARRAIGNED
Pacific County Night Rider
Cases in Federal Court.'
FOUR STILL AT LIBERTY
Names of Others Involved in Old
Charge Are Not 'Announced but
Are Supposed to Be Same ;
as in Previous Case.
TACOMA, Wash., May 22. Nine resi
dents of Pacific County were arraigned
today before Judge -Cushman in the
.United States District Court on indict
ments returned by the Federal grand
Jury last Saturday, charging conspir
acy against Mrs. Margaret Ross and
sons. -
The defendants are the alleged night
riders who are accused of having forci
bly restrainedMrs. Ross and her sons
from exercising their rights as settlers
on the public domain.
John N. Howard, the elderly settler
who, according to his own story, was
forced by masked night riders to haul
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ater. has -made special arrangements
for Portland school children to view
the feature pictures of the May Fes
tival programme of May 17 on Mult
nomah Field, which he will exhibit all
week at his theater.
Ten thousand special tickets have
been printed,-which may be secured for
students, at a charge of .6 cents each,
by teachers or principals, by applying
at the theater. ,
Six hundred feet of film was taken
at the Festival spectacle, in which 6500
school children took part. This film
is to be used later as a part of a big
all-Oregon production to be filmed
during the Summer. .
Hazel Enjoys Herself.
"No it wasn't serious," said Hazel
Dawn to the camera-man, after she
had hurt her foot in the Georgia moun
tains, where the Famous Players sent
her to obtain "atmosphere" for her
Paramount Picture, "The Feud Girl."
"It only brought back to mind those
good old happy days, when I would
coax and coax my mother to run bare
footed and romp about the home with
the other children," she continued.
"Never did I imagine that I should, be
in a Georgian mountain, stubbing my
toes for the sake of. atmosphere for
a photoplay.
"And getting my feet dirty was part
of the work. Washing them was a sec
ond consideration, for they had to be
made dirty over and over, again so as
not to lose the illusion."
' . Screen Gossip.
Mae Murray, the Lasky-Paramount
star, is playing the part of a street waif
in the new picture which is just being
written and directed by Cecil De. de
Millc In this Miss Murray has an
opportunity to display her wonderful
dancing ability to the tune of a hand
organ in the gutter of a Bowery street.
Theodore Roberts is also prominent in
the cast.
Henry Kolker, who heads the cast
-which supports Billie Burke in "Glo
ria's Romance," is one of the few actors
who saves his money. Mr. Kolker is
investing his surplus funds in real es
tate. Douglas Fairbanks has made a real
hit with the cowboys at the Fine Arts,
for he always is prepared to try any
thing once. Aa one of the old timers
expresses 1, "That lad has the stult in
hlrn." When he came to the Fine Arts
studio first He was a virtual tender
foot, although, well schooled in East
ern athletics. Now he can ride ahorse
with the- best of them and do all the
stunts of horsemanship. Director
Dwan promises to put his knowledge
to good use in forthcoming releases.
"With a clear sky overhead, a warm
sun and a delightfully cool breeze from
the ocean, more than 100 bathing girls
from the motion picture studios of Los
Angeles, all clad in the latest bathing
creations, paraded last Sunday before
a throng of more than 50,000 people at
the Santa Monica beach.
The first prize was unanimously
awarded to Mabel Johnson, Thomas H.
Incc's "Civilisation" girl, a typical mer
maid in, a creation of silver cloth.
Courtaney Footo has. joined the Se
lig Company and will play leads oppo
site Kathlyn Williams In some coming
big feature productions. Mr. Foote's
last connection was with the Morosco
Company.
Henry Otte. who directed that fa
mous Blue Bird aquatic phantasy, "Un
dine," has Joined the Metro staff and
will direct the features of Harold Lock
wood and May Allison.
the Rosses out of Pacific County, was
released on 92Q00 bond.
The other eight, including one gray
beaded, almost deaf settler, and a
sprightly young Deputy Sheriff, ob
tained their liberty on $1000 bonds
each.
Four more men accused vyith the
nine men under arrest are still in
large. Government officials refuse to
make known their identity. However,
the four additional men named in all
former prosecutions growing out of
the rajd on the Ross home are Ernest
Burke, Walter Burke. Joe Axford and
Verge Dolan.
The nine men arrested in. Pacific
County yesterday and arraigned and
released before Judge Cushman in Ta
coma this morning were: Homer Blaine,
Trenton Twidwell, John E. Howard,
his son Ralph N. Howard. Claude Van
derpool, Mike Hanrahan. Enoch Dillard.
Earl Timmons and James C. Simmons,
the latter a Deputy Sheriff of Paciftc
County. Simmons and Hanrahan are
the added entrants into the series of
prosecutions, neither having been
named by Mrs. Ross when she first
made complaint and .swore out war
rants for the alleged night riders
immediately following the night raid
on her and her home.
The probability is the cases will not
come to trial till November. It is al
leged by the defendants that the Rosses
had jumped the claim of Mrs. May
VanderpooU who had filed on so-called
scrip land.
Sliedd to Have New Paper.
SHEDD, Or.. May 22. (Special.) J.
D. Davis, recently of Toledo. Or., will
start a newspaper, entitled "The Shedd
Monitor," here this week. The Mon
itor will have four pages weekly.
OTHER RESULTS STAND
Reports From Several Counties. Arc
. Still Incomplete, However, but
Can Affect Standings ' In
Commissioner Race Only.
Wnlle figures are still incomplete on
the state vote, the standing of the
leaders for Republican nominations.
with one exception, is so pronounced
that no doubt exists as to the results
heretofore forecast.
The one exception is the nomination
for Public Service Commissioner in
Eastern Oregon. Unusual importance
is lent to this contest because the suc
cessful nominee, it is understood, will
be appointed immediately by Governor
Withycombe to the post on the Com
mission made vacant by the resigna
tion of Clyde B. Altchlson.
Returns so far received indicate that
H. H. Corey, of Baker County, has won
the nomination. The incomplete vote,
as tabulated from The Oregonian's re
turns, give Corey 4213 and Ed Wright,
the next in line, 3897.
These figures are based on complete
returns from Hood River, Jefferson,
Sherman, Morrow, Union and Wasco
counties, also from Wheeler County,
with the exception of two precincts:
Umatilla County, with the exception of
11 outlying precincts. Less complete
returns have been received from all
other Eastern Oregon counties except
Lake, where the result is wholly un
known. Corey is leading over Wright In
Baker, Grant, Harney, Klamath, Mal
heur and Wheeler on incomplete re
turns. Wright is leading in Gilliam,
and the two are almost tied in Wallowa.
It Is, therefore, almost certain, unless
Lake has gone strong for Wright, that
Corey is the nominee.
The standing of the other candidates
follows: . '
Kyle 220S. McCulloch 3240, Rusk 2019,
Service 2070.
Another close contest exists in the
Western Washington district over one
of the delegates to the National Re
publican convention. With a fairly
complete vote reported from all coun
ties, except Polk, Albert Abraham, of
Douglas County, and W. W. Calkins,
of Lane County, are only two votes
apart, this slight lead being in favor
of Abraham. C. P. Bishop, of Marion
County, has the other place on the
delegation by a good margin. The
vote on the several candidates stands.
Incomplete:
Bishop. 20.572: Abraham. 18,286:
Calkins. 18,284: Steves, 10.158.
COXIEST IX BAKER IS CLOSE
Iiast IJallots Decide Nomination lor
County Commissioner.
BAKER, Or., May 22. (Special.)
Not until the last ballot was counted
in the -official count of the Republican
vntH tndav was J. L. Dodson declared
winner over W. J. 'Welch, the incum
bent, for the nomination lor uountjr
Commissioner. The final result was
won his present office by one vote over
Henry K. Fisher.
In today's count Mrs. Eliza M. Pear
son defeated L. J. Garbutt for the Re
publican nomination ior uumy i reins
urer by six votes, the totals being 793
to 787.
All the other Republican contests
were decided as announced. The of
ficial count of Democratic votes will
be made tomorrow and will decide the
close race for the County Commla
sionership of B. H. Pratt and John
Rohner. now 80 votes in the lead.
1IS SHERIFF AWAITS COTJXT
Incumbent Loads by Five Votes in
Vnofiicial Returns.
ALBANY, Or.. May 22. (Special.) It
will take the official count to determine
the Republican nominee for Sheriff of
Linn County. On the complete unoffi
cial returns, T. H. Bodine, the present
Sheriff, is leading C. M. Kendall by
five votes.
This is one of the closest races Linn
County has ever seen. From the time
returns started coming in the two men
were never far apart in "Votes reported.
Bodine had led by a few votes most of
the time in early reports, but Saturday
afternoon Kendall jumped into the lead.
He was 41 ahead with only four pre
cincts to hear from. In two of these
the two men tied, but in the other two
Bodine gained 46 votes.
SMITH LEADS FOR SENATOR
Seven "Washington County Precincts
Seal Returns by Error.
HILLSBORO. Or., May 22. (Special.)
Election boards of seven Washington
County precincts again made the error
of sealing copies of posted returns and
that many precincts will be incom
plete until themeeting of the canvass
ing board Wednesday. No material
changes will be made, as approximate
figures are known. Complete returns
on Joint -Senator give Edwards 996,
Handley ,1085. MIchelbook 802, Smith
1134.
Legislative candidates are Cornelius,
Bowman and Meek, Fernsworth losing
by 53 votes.
Jackson Prosecutor's Race Close.
MEDFORD, Or.. May 22. (Special.)
With two precincts to hear from the
count in the Republican contest for
Prosecutor stands: Carklns. 1419; Rob
erts, 1471. For the same place on the
Democratic ticket, with nine precincts
to hear from, the vote stands: Kelly,
333: Borden, 368.
Silverton Totes $15,200 Bond Issue.
SILVERTON, Or., May 22. (Special.)
In a SDecfal elertinn horA a xr ml
voters as against 52 voters announced
memscives in lavor or issuing bonds
to the extent of $15,200 to construct
and equip an auxiliary water r.nem.
MR. M00RES FOR RIVAL
Congratulations and Pledge of Sup
port Sent Mr. Olcott.
SALE M. Or., May 22. (Special)
Congratulations and assurances of his
support in the general election next
November were received today from
Charles B. Moores, by Ben W. Olcott,
Secretary of State. In his letter to
Secretary Olcott, Mr. Moores said:
"As it is apparent that you are nom
inated by an unnecessarrily comfort
able margin, the man who fell outside
the breastworks tenders you his kindly
congratulations, with . assurances of
support in November next,-:
May Fes
William Fa
Battle- of -Heart
Majestic Novelty Trio
VOTIIIGGOSISUO
Republican Proportion Will Be
Least of Three.
SCATTERING VOTES DELAY
Task of Recording Democratic and
Progressive Choices Is Dig One.
Candidates Thank Friends
for Support Given;
So far as can be estimated at this
time, the cost to Multnomah County
of the primary election will be between
118,000 and 120.000. The proportionate
cost of the Democratic and Progres
sive primaries will be relatively much
higher than that of the Republican
party.
The reason for this is that so few
Democrats or Progressives were candi
dates that for most of the offices the
voters, if they desired to express a
choice, had to write In the name of
someone or other. The counting of
the resultant large number of scatter
ing votes, and recording them on the
tally sheets, made a vast amount of
extra work for the election officials.
Some idea of Just how big a job this
was may be gained from an illustra
tion. In one precinct where the num
ber of Democratic voters was only a
little more than 30, 105 names were
written in on the ballot for various
offices.
It actually took as long in some pre
cincts to count and record these scat
tering votes aa it did to count the
entire Republican ballot. Tn many of
the precincts an extra shift of election
officials, at 13 each for the five mem
bers of the board, had to finish out a
count that otherwise would have been
completed by the night board.
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"'I wish to express my appreciation
of the warm support of my friends.
Only Two Days More
Positively No Longer
CLARA
KIMBALL
YOUNG
The Queen
of the Screen
In a Thrilling:
T
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FEAST
This immense Five-Part Production is seething; with
romance as it is lived in the Latin lands. Overflowing:
with real life. Picturesque to the extreme. Produced in
Havana and Santiago, Cuba, in an atmosphere supreme
and exquisite
And With the Funny Cartoon Comedy
MUTT and JEFF
You Will See the Best Show You Have Ever Seen.
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Df)e Always Good Pictures
ICKFORD
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MULTNOMAH FIELD
Also
In
Pathe News
to which I attribute my successful can
didacy for the Republican nomination
for Constable." said Mark W. Peter
sen last night. "I was confident from
the first that I would win. though I
did not expect such a large plurality.
Especially. I desire to thank the peo
ple who have known me for years and
who worked hard for my success."
The following telegram was received
yesterday by Postmaster Frank 8.
Myers from Thomas R. Marshall. Vice
President of the United States: "Please
convey to all Oregon friends my deep
appreciation of their confidence in my
successful desire to serve whole-heat-edly
the party whose illustrious head
is the President and next President of
the United States."
RESCUE BOAT MAKES PORT
Survivors of Disaster Keuclt Land
Without Injury.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. May 22. (Spe
cial.) The Sea Dog. the fishing boat
which went orrsnore yesterday after
rescuing Charles Baker and Thomas
Patterson near Sunset Bay, came into
port this morning with the survivors,
neither of whom was injured.
Mr. Bakr is looking about for an
other craft and expects to resume flBh
lng this week.
PAVING CONTRACT IS LET
Montague O'RcUIy Company Gets
Kast Gllsan-Strect Job.
The Montague O'Reilly Company is
to get the contract for paving East
Glisan street from East Seventy-fifth
street .to East Eighty-seventh, street.
The company submitted the lowest bid
for the work in the sum of $5700, with
a unit price of $1.23 a yard for bltu
llthlc pavement.
This is the first contract to be let
since the new paving price-cutting
campaign was started by paving com
panies. Prior to this time contractors
have been asking $1.49 a yard or bet
ter for bltulithic. This rate has stood
for several weeks. .
Shedd Class Has Seven Members.
SHEDD. Or.. May 22. (Special)
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The fourth grraduatin? class of
the Shedd IIlKh School will re
ceive their- diplomas June 1. The
address will . bo given by Profes
sor Dunn. of the University of
Oregon. Miss Helen Satchwell has been
chosen valedictorian. The seven mem
bers of the class are Helen Satch
well. Edith Bryant, Gladys Conner.
Wilms Porter. John Push. Harold
Coney and lister Jacobs. The bacca
laureate sermon will be preached, ilay
28. in the Methodist church.
Read The Oreconian's classified ads.
HAZEL
DAWN
Last
Day
at the
Peoples
West Park
at Alder
6
Coming
Tomorrow
4 Days
Ear
MBE3
In
Pasquale
Great American
Photo Drama
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Building a Business
A certain store which is being
re-established by new owners has
specialized on famous trade-marked
lines in many of its departments.
The figures of the store sales
show that the departments which
have been able to secure such goods
and push them are growing far
ahead of those which have no fa
mous brands to help them.
Responses to the advertising of
this store evidence the fact that the
public is more eager for well-known
trade-marked goods than It is for
articles whose names mean nothing.
In several instances there is di
rect co-operative advertlfin in the
local newspapers between the man
ufacturer and the store and this
has brought splendid results in dol
lars and cents. "
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