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K ? VOL. I,VI.-yo. 17,460. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1916. 1'IUCE FIVE CENTS. WORKERS' ELECTION TUSKS COMPLETED Nothing Remains But . to Get Out Vote". LAST FORECASTS ARE ISSUED Several States to Ballot on Lo cal Amendments. FAIR WEATHER INDICATED Women to Hare Voice in Quarter -of States, Polling Sixth of Elec toral Vote -Eight States to Vote on Prohibition NEW YORK, Nov. 6.- On the eve of the President.1 election general confi dence In the result of the balloting tomorrow -was expressed In the camps of the rival Republican and Democratic forces.' Political workers had completed their tasks, their leaders had issued the usual final forecasts and nothing remained but the work of bringing out the vote. The standard bearers of the leading parties remained quietly at their homes tonight. President Wilson at "shadow Lawn and Charles E. Hughes at his hotel in New York. Surrounded only by immediate members of their fami lies, the candidates plan to receive the election returns at their homes. Mr. Wilson will go to Princeton tomorrow and vote at the old fire engine house near the Princeton campus. Mr. Hughes will vote in a laundry on Forty-fourth street. New York, near his hotel head quarters. , Fair Weather Predicted. The weather man has promised gen erally fair and moderate temperatures in most parts of the country for elec tion day. Officials to be elected follow: President and Vice-President. Thirty-three United States Senators. Pour hundred and thirty-five mem bers of the House of Representatives Thirty-five Governors. Legislators and other- minor state officers. Several states will vote on certain amendments, chiefly of local interest The states of Michigan. Idaho, Mis souri. Mofctana, Utah. Nebraska, South Dakota, California. Maryland and Ar kansas will vote on the prohibition question, an Issue that has - loomed large on the political horizon for some years past. The territory of Alaska also will vote on this question. In Arizona an amendment for the aboli tion of capital punishment will be up for popular decision. Woman's, Vote to Be Factor. Woman's part In the Presidential election is one of the outstanding fea tures. In one-quarter of the 48 states women have the vote this year. The 12 states are Wvomlno- pma, i tt. , Idaho, Washington, California, Arizona. Kansas, Oregon. Nevada. Montana and Illinois. The women in the last six states have the vote for President this year for the first time. The interest political leaders take in this vote can be appreciated when it is seen that the states Involved have 91 electoral votes, a little more than one-sixth of the' electoral colleges' total vote. Three women. Miss Jeanette Rankin of Montana. Republican; Mrs. Josephine Fernald. of California. Democrat, and Mrs. Frances Axtell. of Washing ton, Democrat, are running for Congress. If either Is elected her state will be' the first of the Nation to send a woman to Congress. The Progressives of the First Colorado Congressional .District also nominated a woman, Hattle K. Howard, but she has since withdrawn! NEW YORK CAMPAIGN EXDED Candidates for, Governor In Field Almost TTntil Polls Open. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. With Governor Whitman and Samuel Seabury, Repub lican and Democratic candidates for Governor, respectively, making final appeals to the voters. In this city, the New York State campaign closed to-r-isrht only a few hours before the polls opened. Because New York Is regarded as a pivotal state In the Presidential elec tion, chief popular interest in" tomor row's voting centered in the contest between President Wilson and Charles K. Hughes. Forecasts tonight of the result to morrow depended upon whether the person -who made the prediction was a Democrat or a Republican. Both side? agreed that the tide would be turned for the National ticket by those who voted as Progressives four years ogo. The combined Taft and Roosevelt vote in 1912 was 845.580. as compared with 655.573 for Wilson. In Greater New York, which the Republicans con cede will return a Democratic plurality this year, the Taft-Roosevelt vote to gether exceeded by 3092 that cast for President Wilson. While the Republicans contend the greater part of those who supported Roosevelt four years ago will swing to Hughes this year, the Democrats scoff at their claims. BAY STATE FILD TO BE BIG Falr-AVeather Expected to Bring Out 525,000 Voters. BOSTON. Nov. 6 Political leaders agreed tonight that If the weather Is (Concluded oa Pago 2, Column 1.) ! . . . i : : I m TP in niiinmn a r-t A a m ' -. . I i . 7pTTnp,0.nc UHhliUN htUAKUbU 41 EACH SIDE MAKES BTG BOOKMAKERS ESTIMATE MILLION'S ARE WAGERED. O'Deary Believes Republican Nomi nee Will Carry Illinois by Majority or 300,000. CHICAGO, Nov. 6. (Special.) Hughes continues the favorite" in Chi cago betting at odds of 10 to 7, and Jim O'Leary, biggest of the bookmak ers, said he estimated that between $4,000,000 and 9S.000.000 had been wagered on the outcome. O'Leary han dles the Presidential election only. . At Righeimer's. where bets are also placed on state and city candidates, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been wagered. Rlgheimer simply acts as thi agent and custodian and makes no book. O'Leary, on the other hand. takes all bets offered at big odds. He is the best qualified to give a close estimate on the aggregate betting, and his figures are probably nearly correct. He admits this election is the hard est he has ever attempted to "dope out," but believes Hughes will carry Illinois by 300.000, although he is ac cepting bets only on the general re sult. The leading hotels in the loop nave big. wagers placed in their safes, but will give no information as to the amounts or identity of the bettors. PRISON REFORMER TO TOUR Thomas Mott Osborne Plans Coun try-Wide Campaign for Ideals. NEW YORK. Nov. 6. Thomas Mott Osborne, former warden of Sing Sing prison,, will make a tour of the United States In a country-wide campaign for 'prison reform and the furtherance of a self-government principle in prison management," It was announced today. The campaign will be under the aus pices of the National committee of prisons. Mr. Osberne, it is said, has given assurance that he will go Into every state of the Union to explain the systems that have been introduced In Sing Sing and Auburn prisons. SHACKLETON ON COAST Antarctic Explorer at San. Francisco, En Route to South Pole. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 6. Sir Er nest' Shackleton. Antarctic" explorer arrived here today. He will take passage Wednesday for Australia on his way to the. South Polar regions to rescue 10 men of ills shipwrecked expedition there. .With Shackleton is Captain Frank Worsley, of New Zealand,, captain of the wrecked Polar ship Endurance. PUGILIST LEAVES $58,000 Will of Ben Hogan, Near Champion, Filed In Chicago. CHICAGO. Nov. 6. Ben Hogan. former prizefighter, who once fought Tom Allen for the heavyweight championship of America and lost, left an estate valued at $58,000. Hogan, who died several days ago, for years conducted a soup house and lodging place for "down and outs" on the West Side. His will, filed for probate today. leaves his estate to relatives in the East. ITALIANS PRESS ATTACKS Austrian Repulse Reported in Ad vance on Trieste. ROME, via London. Nov. 6. Austrian attacks - on Italian positions on the Car sor front were beaten off at the point of the bayonet, the War Office announced today. The Italian lines In this district, where the advance against Trieste Is being pressed, were straightened out at several points and a few prisoners taken. CITY HALL HEAT DEARER Increased Price of Fuel Oil to Cost .$400 3Iore. Increased price of fuel oil will neces sitate the City Council authorizing the appropriation of $400 more to keep the City Hall warm during the rest of this year. The increased cost of oil has eaten up the year's appropriation. Under the old contract the city got its oil for 90 cents a barrel u to Sep tember X. The price is now $1.35 a barrel. RUNAWAY TRAIN KILLS 4 Sixty Curs Crash Into Engine, Bring ing Death and Injury With Them. '" ALTOONA. Pa.. Nov. 6. Dashing, un controlled, down the ten-mile grade of the new Portage branch of the Penn sylvania Railroad near Hollidaysburg today, a coal train of 60 cars crashed Into four light engines standing near New Portage Junction. Four railroad men were killed, two are missing and three were Injured, one of them seriously. $600,000 OF POLES BURN Eight Companies Fight Flames In ' Midway District of St. Paul. ST. PAUL. Nov. 6. Fire in the Mid way district this afternoon destroyed telephone poles valued at from $600. 000 to $700,000 belonging to the Valentine-Clark Company. Eight fire companies from Minneapo lis and St. -Paul fought -the flames. OREGON REGARDED SORE FDR HUGHES Majority Depends on Vote in Multnomah. REPUBLICAN SWING IS NOTED Lead of 25,000 Predicted by G. 0. P. Chairman, s PORTLAND FIGHT CENTER Democrats Declare They Will Carry State by 10,000, Basing Claims on "Silent Vote" Re-election of Representatives Indicated. ELECTION INFORMATION. Polls open 8 o'clock A. M., close 8 o'clock P. M. Total state registration Is 292. 670, divided as follows: Repub lican, ' 189,937; Democrat. 77,703; Progressive, 1435; other affilia tions, 23,593. Multnomah County registration is 94.000, ' divided as follows: Republican, 64,631; Democrat. 22,434; Progressive. 724; other af filiations. 6211. . Today's weather forecast: Probably fair; westerly winds. Estimated Multnomah County vote about 65,000, approximately 70 per cent. At the close of the hottest Presiden tial campaign this state has known since the McKInley-Bryan fight of 1896. an unbiased view of the political situation leaves little doubt that Oregon today will vote for Charles Evans Hughe for President. The majority may not be large, but It will be safe. - How large It will be depends to great extenf on Multnomah County,' which Is claimed by both the Republicans and Democrats. Swing to Hashes Pronounced. Up to three weeKs ago the trend in Multnomah County appeared Demo cratic But in these three weeks there has been a pronounced swing toward Hughes. On the eve of election It does not look as if the county will go heavily either way. with the probabilities Etrongest that It will go Republican. This will be disputed by strong Wil son partisans, but impartial straw votes, such as the poll of the New York Herald, have shown it to be the trend, nevertheless. Wilson supporters are depending on a solid labor vote to carry the county, but no person or combina tion has ever yet been able to deliver the labor vote solidly, and there is no reason to believe ' that this year will prove an exception. This fact stands out indisputably: The Republicans can lose Multnomah County and still carry the state bv a (Lo.lud on Page 3o.Cc.lumu 1 stgedledjn Loncnjtoday. UMIMMcnP.t Column 177 VOTE TO KEEP THE FLAG FLYLNG. X fjC NATIONAL HONOR : JgdZ GOOD TIMES Vi - . . . --TTttt....,.j..,. '- ' t ' OREGON! AN ELECTION RE TURNS. Electric Signals In Residences of Portland, Salem, Oregon . City and Vancouver, Waah. The . Qregonlan has arranged with the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company for a code of signals to announce the result of the Presidential election to night In residences of Its electric llgit patrons In Portland.' Salem, Oregon City and Vancouver. Wash. . The signal will be given by the turning out of the electric lights as soon as the-result is Known, according to the follow ing code: Two dashes (two successive five-second Intervals of dark ness) will Indicate" that Wilson has won. ... Three- dashes (three successive five-second Intervals of dark ness) will Indicate that Hughes has won. . Four dashes (four successive five-second Intervals of dark ness) will Indicate tha the re sult is still In doubt. The first signal will be given as soon as the result is known, if the returns are -decisive, before 11 P. M, but at any rate a signal will be given promptly at 11 P. M.. or as near 11 P. M. sLarp as possible. Bulletins nt Sixth and Alder. A complete oulletin service oT election ret--ns will be flashed by The Oregonlan tonight on the Sixth-street front of the Wonder Millinery Store at Sixth and A1--der streets. The" count In .the different states wiU be shown as rapidly as It is. reported b- the Associated : Press, which has urf equaled facilities for assembling news. Because of the difference In time between Portland and the East, it is probable this service will begin by 6 P. M. or earlier. Reports of the count In Portland and Oregon, including contested offices In Multnomah County and Initiative measures, will be fla- hed at frequent Intervals after "he polls close at 8 P. M. The Oregonlan has ide ar rangements to cover every coun ty in Oregon. The bulletins will be continued until midnight, or later. MAJOR GILBERT CONFIRMED Government Will Send Check for Excess Oyeruptain's Pay. After a wait of several months the War Department has sustained Major W. 8. Gilbert's commission. He is one of the few chaplains of the Army who bears the commission of major, most of them stopping with the captain's com mission. When Major Gilbert was mustered into the Federal service he was mus tered In as a major and when mustered out he was refused a major's pay, the War Department allowing him only captain's pay. The office of the adju-tant-generafof the state took the mat ter up and a few days ago Major'W. W. Wilson received ' word that Major Gil bert would soon receive back pay. Mrs. Dion Boucicnult Dead. LONDON, Nov. 6. Mrs. Dion Bouci cault, the British actress, who has ap peared many times on the American stage, died In London today.' MURDER CHARGES Women Held for I. W.W. Riots in Jail. WORKERS' FACE PROSECUTION Attempts to Identify Men as Being in Everett Fight Fail.' MOB VIOLENCE IS FEARED Court Refuses - to - Send - Prisoners - From Seattle to Snohomish - County 1. W. W. Accuse Committee of Citizens. SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 6. Announce ment by Prosecuting Attorney O. T. Webb. ' of Snohomish County. that charges of murder would be filed against all members of the Industrial Workers of the World who could be Identified as actually having partici pated In the gun fight at Everett yes terday; refusal of Judge King Dyke man, of the King County Superior Court, to release on - writs of habeas corpus three women held in jail here in connection with the riot, and the statement of Secretary-Treasurer Her bert Mahler, of the Industrial Workers, that the organization would seek to prosecute the members of the Everett citizens' committee on murder charges. marked today's developments In Seat tle In the aftermath of the riot at Everett yesterday, in which seven men were killed and 50 wounded.' Women Are Held In Jail. Local counsel for the Industrial Workers of the World applied t"b Judge Dykeman for release on a, writ of habeas corpus of Mrs. Lorna Mahler, wife of Secretary Mahler; Mrs. Edith Frenette and Mrs. Joyce Peters, who were arrested last night upon their return from Everett. The women are held in the city jail without formal charge, pending further investigation of their activity by the Snohomish County authorities. Judge Dykeman, however, -ordered that the Seattle police produce them in court Wednesday, and meanwhile see that they are not removed from Seattle. Mob Action la Feared. In announcing his decision Judge Dykeman said: "I have been informed by the Prosecuting Attorney of Sno homish, County that charges of murder In the first degree against these or others now. In custody here will be placed as soon as Identification is made. "I do not think It advisable at this time. In view of the Inflamed condition of the pubic mind, that these persons should be released so It could be pos sible to return them to Snohomish County, where they might fall into the hands of a mob. In order that their full constitutional rights may be pro tected, I think they should remain In custody here until . their rights are fully defined. I believe It is in the in- FAIR WEATHER FOR ELECT10NF0RECAST COXDniOS WILL BE GENERAL, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS. Some Rain or Snow Indicated, but Most Sections Will HaveVMod erate to Warm Temperatures. WASHINGTON. Nov. 6 The Weather Bureau's special election day forecast. Issued tonight, says: "The Indications are that on Tuesday the weather will be generally fair In all parus of the country except that rains or snows are probable In the North Rocky Mountain region, extreme North ern Minnesota and Upper Michigan. The weather will be warm in the Southern states, the great Central and the region of the Great Lakes and moderate temperatures will prevail throughout the Eastern states and in Far Western districts." WINTER HATS ARMY-LIKE Women Will Wear Texan Sombrero Type Instead of European. NEW YORK. Nov. 6. (Special.) To please American women, who demand hats In harmony with the patriotic spirit of the time, leading milliners or this city are following the military mode in creating a design suitable for Winter wear. The chic steel helmet effect, turbans and pompoms, reminis cent of the trenches and -worn by many fashionable women, are to be super seded by the more utilitarian Texan sombrero in a smaller design, closely resembling the campaign hat of the United States marines. In the effort of the New York de signers to establish a distinctively American style devoid of. foreign sug gestion, the headgear of the "soldier and sailor too" has proved a desirable model. 3 IN RUNAWAY CAR HURT Conductor Finally Halts Flight as Motorman Takes Cp Chase. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 6. A. muni cipal streetcar, chased by its motor man and the superintendent of the municipal lines, dashed down a hill for five blocks here today. Injuring three persons slightly and spreading panic among the other passengers. The conductor finally stoppedolt by strug gling through the car and operating the hand brakes. The injured, two women and a man. leaped from the careening car while men passengers Jusslcd with other women passengers to prevent them Jumping. The car started on its plunge from the top of a hill while the motor man was trying to fix his air brake. T. R. TALKS TO NEIGHBORS Nation, State, Nassau County and Oyster Bay Declared Republican. OYSTER BAT, N. Nov. . Theo dore Roosevelt delivered his uiual election-eve address to his friends and neighbors here tonight, urging them to vote the Republican ticket tomorrow. Referring to his campaign for Charles E. Hughes, he said: "It makes no difference whether I have been on a trip to the River of Doubt, or on a hunting trip, or a polit ical trip.' I have to tell my neighbors about It." Colonel Roosevelt predicted that the Nation, state. Nassau County and Oys ter Bay would "go Republican." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TE?TERD.U"S Maximum temperature. Bl minimum. 42 decrees. TODAYS Probably fair; westerly winds. rolltica. Tasks of election workers completed. Pace 1. Oregon Is apparently sure to go for Huzhea! Page 1. Generally fair election weather la forecast wi vuuiiiry touay. fage 1. Many labor leaders Join In appeal for votes for Hughes. Pago 5. Mrs. Hanley gets warm welcome at Med- ford. page 18. Hughes betting favorite in Clilcago. Page 1. Senator Works says Wilson election would be calamity. Page 16. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Wilson to vote early today. Page 0. Democratic parade marches to final rally. Pago 18, War. fierman-r say allies' drive la failure. Pago 4. Polish flag saluted by Austro-Hungartana at Lublin. Pago 4. Mexico. Capture of Torreon. and Villa atrocities, re ported. Pago 15. Domestic. New Join; war threatened In Los Angeles. Page 3. Railroads ask shippers to co-operate In car relief efforts. Page 3. bport. Agslo attack mlth freshmen out of gams Is weak. Page 14. Portland fans to see great boxer In Bob McAllister on Friday. Pago 14. Peace brings salary cuts for Ice hockey clay era. Pago 14. Pacific Northwest. Dl.et-lmlnotlrtn In distribution of cars Is al leged ugalnst Southern Pacific Pago 6. Each sldo at Everett accuses other of mur der. Page 1. Aberdeen Republicans have enthusiastic final demonstration. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Slow wheat market In November Is antici pated. Pago 13. Snow In Canada stiffens wheat market at Chicago. Page 1ft. Steel, copper and lrather stocks at new high records. Paico I. Drrdge Columbia assigned to SOO.OOO-ywrd fill. Paso IX ' Portland and Vicinity. Portland has close to $100,000 wagered on election. Pago 8. City tax levy set at mills. Page 1. Noted woman writer and former Wilson ad vocate spunks for Hughes. Pao 9. Thousands ol Armenians fjee starvation Page 11. - jicuphbit uoy hiiipq wnen Dicyeie aklds un der tri'ek. Pnge R. Weather report, data and forccae. Pass 19. Suffrage campaianrs civu Hughes 25,an maifiln in ure.utu l'ags 1, CITY TAX LEVY IS SET AT 8 JILLS Surplus Provided for Past Discrepancies. ARBITRARY CUTS EQUALIZED Mr. Daly Scheduled to Spring Surprise This Morning. MAYOR OPPOSED TO PRUNE Employes to Be Dropped in Every Department and Will Include Approximately 15 Police men and 12 Firemen. Fifteen or 18 policemen -and detect ives. 13 or 13 firemen, part of the street-cleaning crews and crews that operate the city's Incinerator, about 40 of the present arc lights on street cor ners, employes drawing about $7000 la salaries in the Public Works Depart ment, about $10,000 worth of the ma terials for public Improvements and several employes In the. Park Bureau will be cut off December 1 under the 1917 budget arrangement definitely de cided on yesterday by the City CounciL In spite of these cuts, which mean a big and important curtailment of the service in almost every line given by the city, and the cutting out of prac tically everything in the way of spe cial appropriations for next year, the city will have by far the heaviest tax levy in its history.-. Levy Set at Mill. The Council definitely decided to fix the levy at 9 mills, which is .7 of a mill more than the levy for the present year. The Increase will be necessary to make up a part of the deficit the Council ha,s created in the last two years by making annual tax levies aimed to look good to the taxpayer and voter, but insufficient to provide ample funds to keep the city's head above water f i-. nancially. The cuts in all lines were announced at a meeting of the Council yesterday at which each Commissioner presented his budget of estimates with 5 per cent trimmed out in accordance with the order of the Council majority at Its meeting last Friday. Another meeting will be held this morning to check over the figures. Mr. Daly to Spring Somet-lng. At the meeting this morning Com missioner Daly will attempt once more to gain the title of champion economist by trying to put through still more cuts. The title was grabbed from hiin Friday by Commissioner Dieck when the latter got advance Information that Mr. Daly had an elaborate programme of economy which he intended pushing" against departments other than his own, but lost out when Mr. Dleck beat him to It and proposed the general 6 per cent cut all around. On leaving the Council chamber yes terday afternoon Mr. Daly unfolded his plan to a friend and said he purposely had the meeting of today arranged for this morning to favor an afternoon newspaper which is striving to "pin the economy title, so essential in pre-elec-tin times, on Mr. Daly. Mr. Daly's at tack this morning will be directed against Mr. Dieck. Segregation Is Made. The 9-mlll tax will raise a total next year of $2,565,000. This will allow something like $200,000 to apply to the fund for getting the city partly out of the hole financially. The rest will go to tbo payment of operating expenses and Interest and sinking fund as fol lows: General operation. 7.3 mills; in terest on bonds. 1.2 mills; bonded In debtedness sinking fund. .4 of 1 mill; firemen's relief and pension fund. .1 of 1 mill. The 9-mill levy was adopted by vote of all the Commissioners but Mayor Albee. who voted no on the . ground that the crippling of the dis service should not be tolerated. The levy provided nothing at s'l for the O.-W. R. & X. grade crossing elimi nation work on -the East Side. Plans are being considered for financing this in some other way. Commissioner Dleck said at yesterday's meeting that he thought possibly it might be done, but It is only passing the burden of pay ment to the next city administration: but the Council left all appropriations for this purpose out. Arbitrary Cut US.OOO. The departmental cuts as reported yesterday by each Commissioner -under the 6 per cent pruning- plan totaled $113,000. Mayor Albee had $55,000 to cut out of the fire, police and health bureaus. He says he has cut as deeply as possible Into the Item of supplies and materials In each bureau and left the rest to be trimmed off of the salary roll. Between four and six detectives will be put In their places as policemen, thus cutting down the number of de tectives. Possibly a few more regu larly classified detectives will be cut off. Then policemen will be cut off in the order of juniority, the last men employed being the first to go. Ths Mayor will go down the line on this uasis. cutting out policemen and detect ives as long as cuttlnir Is necessary. He estimates there wli; be 15 or IS men dropped. Mayor Oppon.es Cut. The tame order leaves $11,700 in salaries for firemen to be dropped. This means 12 or 13 of them, and also means tCuu;lu-;u on Pgo 15, Colutuu o.