Morning Oregonian., November 08, 1916, Page 7, Image 7

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VOTE TREMENDOUS;
.WOMEN'S VOTE BIG
COLORED WOMAN, FORMER SLAVE, 70 YEARS OF AGE, CASTS FIRST
. VOTE FOR HUGHES.
SINGLE TAX, BEATEN,
TO COME UP AGAIN
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1916.
NOMINATED
AND ELECTED
Returns are all in; it's a landslide for
Hart Schaf fner 6? Marx
Varsity Six Hundred
The young men of . the country have given this remark
able Overcoat their unqualified support. It's a born lead
Hundreds Are Sworn in at Polls
and No Disturbances
Are Reported.
Proponents of Land and Loan
Measure Say Fight Will Be
Continued Each Erection.
NO CHALLENGES EVIDENT
SCHEME OFTEN DEFEATED
Clerks and Judges Who Supplied
Themselves With Heading and .
Fancywork rind. Hones
Rudely Shattered.
The tremendous vote was due large
ly to the fact that the enfranchised
women of Oregon were casting their
first ballots for a Presidential candi
date. "Women predominated among the
early voters and maintained a large
representation at the polls during the
day.
Hundreds, of voters who regretted
failure to register were sworn In at
the polls, many chairmen of experience
declaring the number appearing with
eix freeholders to be far in excess of
any previous elections they had known.
Women's Vote Heavy
Canvass of the day's voting showed
that before night women had been
casting the greater percentage of the
vote, but during- the early evening hours
the chief portion of the labor vote and
many business men drifted into the
polls.
The Intense Interest which has char
acterized the closing weeks of the cam
paign culminated yesterday in an en
thusiasm which made it difficult for vot
ing bbards to prevent political discus
sions In the booths. Many were cen
sured for wearing campaign Insignia
Into the polling places.
Ko Challenge Reported.
No challenges that had resulted In
the refusal to allow persons to vote
were reported to County Clerk Coffey,
and the voting, though extraordinarily
heavy, was rushed through In an order
ly manner by boards who found early
hours of the day unusually busy and
unusually dull periods crowded.
Chief argument during the day came
from a misunderstanding of election
laws by chairmen in charge of some of
the precincts. In No. 114, No. 34. No.
268. No. 56 and others the chairmen de
manded to. know the politieal affilia
tions of those asking- for ballots. This
is in direct violation of law, though
in several Instances the ballots were re
fused voters who would not comply
with the request until County Clerk
Coffey and Chief Deputy Bush took
Immediate steps to stop the practice
of the chairmen.
One Precinct Opens Late.
All election boards were organized
promptly yesterday morning. It was
reported, with the exception of No. 68,
where a judge's failure to appear held
tip matters until nearly 10 o clock.
Clerks and judges who brought read
Ing material in the masculine case
and sewing In the feminine instance-
to the booths under the impression that
there would be many dull periods of
waiting soon put the books or sewing
out or sight, for their hands were full
in attending to the rush.
In some of the precincts one-fourth
the registered vote had appeared in the
first three hours of voting. In virtual
ly all, more than 30 per cent of the
total registration of the precincts had
voted before 3:30.
Many Change Precincts.
If the ratio of voting of the first few
hours the polls were open continued,
90 per cent of the total registration
would have been a conservative esti
mate. The voting lagged in the early
evening hours, directly the 5 to 6:30
labor vote had been cast.
Prospect that the vote yesterday was
the greatest in the history of OreKon
is not unlikely and may be explained
by the fact that the enfranchised
women of the state'are voting for their
first President.
A force of seven clerks was kept in
the registration office by County Clerk
Coffey to untangle the troubles of
steady line of electors who had moved
from one precinct to another since reg
istering, who had forgotten in which
precinct they 'had registered, or who
wanted advice on one or another o
voting intricacies.
Telephone Calls Numerous.
The main office of the County Clerk
was closed to the public, but three
clerks were on hand all day, engaged
in answering the steady stream of tele
phone calls which came into the office,
from voters desiring advice. There were
not two consecutive minutes durin
.-everal hours of the day that one c
the three telephones in this office" was
not busy, said the clerks.
One of the heaviest rushes in the
early morning came in precinct No. 202,
in Laurelhurst, where in the first hour
and a half 118 men and women of the
total registration of 318 had voted.
$40,000 Flume to Be Built.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Nov. 7.
(Special.") Stockholders of the Selah
Moxee Canal Company, in their an
nual meeting yesterday, authorized
the directors to proceed with recon
struction of old flume at an expense
estimated at $40,000. - The funds are
to be raised either by assessment on
the stock or by reorganization as an
Irrigation district, and issuing bonds.
Railroad Orders Rolling Stock.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Nov. 7. An
nouncement was made today that the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad has
placed orders for $10,000,000 worth
rolling stock. It includes 5000 gon
dolas, 18 coaches and baggage cars an
eierht locomotives.
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MRS AMANDA GARVIN, 520 EAST TWENTY-SIXTH STREET NORTH.
Although 70 years of age, Mrs. Amanda Garvin, a Missouri negro, formerly
slave, cast her first vote yesterday. And she cast it for Hughes. Mrs. Oarvtn
has been a resident of this city for several years, ana. although unable toreaa
much herself, she has intimate knowledge of the political issues from wfcat
others have read to her. She is an ardent woman suffragist and her political
leanings always have been toward the Republican party, although until yes
terday she had never had a chance to express her opinions in a suDstantlal
manner. Mrs. Garvin is much interested in all questions that concern women
and particularly those that pertain to the women of her race. She lives
with Mrs. E. D. Cannady, 520 East Twenty-sixth street North.
CROWD FOR HUGHES
Thousands Cheer, as Returns
Favor Republican.
WILS0NITES DROWNED OUT
Interesting Cat-Calling Increases
Amusement One Laborer Says
Famijy Needn't Eat Corn
Meal In Next 4 Years.
CROWD AT THE OREGONIAN'S
BUI JLETIN BOARD RE
FUSED TO LEAVE.
The Oregonian's bulletin board
at Sixth and Alder streets was
still there thousands strong
until well onto a o'clock this
morning. It was a solid mass
sometimes cnangrng In personnel,
but always at capacity size
from 6 o'clock Tuesday night un
til the morning was well under
way.
Nor did the enthusiasm dimin
ish. At times Wilson sentiment
made itself apparent, especially
after the other bulletin ooard in
the city closed and the newcom
ers gathered at The Oregonian
corner to get the comprel nslve
and definite returns.
. The crowd simply refused to
go home. It was still there at
time of goir to press.
entire evening. A large number of
policemen were assigned to the task of
keeping order, but they had little to do.
The streets about the crowd were
closed to all vehicular traffic.
The returns were flashed by The
Oregonian as fast as they were gath
ered by an organization of workers all
over the United States. Outside re
turns were flashed in by the Associated
Press. In Oregon, The Oregonian re
ceived bulletins from every county as
the count progressed. In Multnomah
County a big force of men on motor
cycles visited the polls at half hour in
tervals and telephoned in the count
over special telephones installed in The
Oregonian election department. As
fast as the telephone reports were re
ceived they were turned over to the
decks for tabulation.
The bulletin canvas was stretched
on the upper story of the building oc
cupied by the Wonder Millinery Com
pany. Pacific telephones were used
and the returns were tabulated on Bur
roughs adding machines. The bulletin
projecting machine was operated from
a window in the office of William
Goldman, of the National Life Insur
ance Company, of Vermont
CHURCHGOERS IN RUNAWAY
Woman Hurt, but Babe to Be Bap
tized Is "Uninjured.
R1DGEFIELD, Wash., Nov. 7. (Spe
cial.) As a result of a team of horses
behind which they were riding getting
badly frightened at a couple of dogs
on the raclllc Highway near the Sal
mon Lutheran Church Sunday morning,
Mrs. Julia Grams, 64 years old, her
grandson, August Wendt, end an in
fant grandson were thrown out on the
hard pavement in the runaway.
Airs. Grams sustained a dislocated
arm and severe scalp wounds. Wendt
was bruised, but the infant was prac
tically uninjured. Toe party were on
their way to church for a baptism of
the infant, and young Wendt took the
child to the church, where Rev. W. G.
Biel performed lhat rite. " -
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It Was a Hughes crowd that packed
Sixth and Alder streets In front of The
Oregonian bulletin board, and therefore
it was an assemblage of Jubilation al
most from the Jump. Wilsonites made
a big noise in the beginning, but the
old adage. The world loves a winner
governed, and the crowd ooon became a
Hughes crowd, almost solid.
The crowd numbered well Into the
thousands, the mass of humanity being
solid on Alder street from midway be
tween Alder and Morrison to midway
between Alder and Washington, and In
Alder street from Sixth to Broadway.
The bulletins were started at 6
o'clock, at which time the streets were
well filled. From then uhtil 10 o'clock
the crowd kept growing larger, and
more jubilant as the Hughes victory
spread. Then when other bulletin
boards were closed, the crowd grew
even bigger, and at 1 o'clock this
morning was still as large as the space
would permit. It refused to go home,
and The Oregonian .continued the bul
letins until well into the morning.
The crowd was given the returns
as fast as they were flashed to The
Oregonian office from all over the
country, and were amused by poetry
written for the occasion and cartoons
drawn by Tige Reynolds, Oregonian
cartoonist.
Haghn' Picture Wins Applaaae.
The occasional flashing of Hughes'
picture brought great rounds of ap
plause. Wilson's picture brought only
scattered cheers and applause, particu
larly later in the evening after such
staggering announcements as the vote
in New York had been flashed.
The war college and the groups of
individuals who have taken greater de
light in the last six months in argu
ing politics on the streets than in eat
ing were on the Jot), along with the
hecklers, and some interesting cat
calling added to the general amuse
ment
'He kept us out of war!" shouted
some leather-lunged individual, as some
of the New York returns were flashed.
Hurrah!" shouted somebody else
"he kept us out of work."
Thank God, said a working man
standing in the crowd. "It looks as if
we 11 be treated a little better than
Chinamen in foreign countries now.
w ell, growled an elderly Wilsonite,
"this means that Hughes will have us
in war within five months after he
takes office.
"I'd rather be shot in war than
starved to death in peace," retorted
hearer.
Laborer to Eat Chicken Now.
"I told the kids I'd call them up at
11 o clock and tell them how the elec
tion is going." said another working
man. I told them if Wilson is re
elected we'll eat cornmeal mush fo
four years more. But it looks now like
we'll have a.chicken dinner Sunday.1
"We can change the old song back
to We 11 rally round the flag, boys,
remarked another man in the crowd.
"We've been singing it 'We'll dally
round the nag, boys. long enough.
i The crowd was orderly during the
HOOD RIVER ROAD FAILS
Macadam Laid Ileccntly lias Gone
to Pieces.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Nov. 7. (SneciaLl
The excessive traffic over newly-im
proved portions or the East Side mac
adam road have caused portions of the
highway to go to pieces. Although
workmen completed the improvement
only several weeks ago. holes Beveral
feet deep have been cut in a long stretch
and the highway, used more than any
other in the valley is fast becoming
impassable.
G. H. Stanton, supervisor of the East
Side road district, who thinks the new
work was not given time to settle, has
recommended that the chuckholes De
filled with crushed rock.
Plans for Exemptions on Household
Goods, for Gi-adnated Tax and
for Other Measures of Ilk
Often Before People.
Although the single tax law on yes
terday's ballot, better known as the
Land and Loan Measure. Initiated by
the Central Labor Council, was de
feated by the people of the state, those
actively behind the single tax propa
ganda in Oregon declare the work for
such a law will go on unceasingly until
final success shall crown their efforts.
Single tax measures, or proposed
bills going In that direction, have
been pressed in this state since 1U0S,
when the first single tax bill was pre
sented to the voters. It was initiated
by a croup of workers for this theory
of taxation, including H. D. Wagnon.
C. E. S. Wood, IT. W. Stone, Alfred D.
Cridge. George H. Himes and others.
The measure exempted household
furnishings, manufacturing machinery
and buildings on farms. It was fought
u a single tax measure, as it was go
ing in that direction. At the polls it
received 30.000 votes out of a total cast
on the measure of 90,003.
Land Values Amendment "Won. Lost.
Two years later, in 1910. the county
home rule tax measure, known popu
larly as the land values home rule tax
easure. came up and was carried oy
a majority of 2000 out of 92.000 votes.
Among other things, the law abolished
the poll tax. It was launched ny w.
S. U'Ren. other single taxers. the Cen
tral Labor Council, of fortland, ana
the State Federation of Labor.
It was fought as a single tax raeas
ure and supported by advocates of sin
gle tax as going, in that direction.
In 1912 the county home rule tax
amendment was repealed in part by
a majority of between 7000 and SOuO
votes.
In that same year. Joo. graduated
single tax was proposed, but it was
beaten by a vote of three and one-half
to one, with a total vote on the meas
ure of 112.000. " , .
It was in 1914 that Alfred D. Cridge,
George Orton, W. S. U'Ren and others
initiated the 11500 home exemption
measure, which proposed to exempt
dwellings, livestocks machinery, mer
chandise and implements on farms up
to an assessed value of $1500 for each
taxpayer. The measure received 66,000
votes out of 200,000 cast.
Graduated Tax Loaea.
H. D. Wagnon and some others put
on a modified form of the graduated
single tax that had been submitted in
1912. This bill got a vote of 56,000
out of 200,000.
The submission of the land and loan
measure is too recent to need repeat
ing.
Campaign funds were as follows for
the single tax measures at the various
elections:
1908. $2000; 1910. $20,000; 1912. $40,
000; 1914. $1000; 1916. $2000.
In 1910 the single tax campaign was
coupled with an anti-Assembly fight,
and part of the money was used for
this purpose.
In 1912, the Fels fund contributed
to the Oregon single tax campaign. In
that year there were three county
measures, one In Multnomah, anothe
in Clackamas and a third in Coos
County.
MOCK ELECTIONS HELD
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE FOR
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TWO DREADNOUGHTS HIT
British Report Scoring Against Big
Gerrdan "Warships.
LONDON. Nov. 7 A claim that two
dreadnoughts were hit by the British
submarine, which yesterday was re
ported as launching a torpedo at and
striking a German dreadnought in the
North Sea. is contained in a further
report received from the commanding
officer of the submarine, it was offi
cially announced today.
The two dreadnoughts claimed to
have been struck: were battleships of
the Kaiser class.
A Bathe. Me., stable keeper was surprlned
to receive a check for horse hire of four
years ago. The man apologised for hlff
delay.
Brewen' Amendment la Beaten. Total
Prohibition Carries and Single
Tax Proposal la Buried.
President Wilson and Representativ
McArthur were the favorites in a moc
election conducted at the James Joh
High School yesterday. The student
also upheld prohibition, the Pendleto
Normal School and the law forbiddin
compulsory vaccination, but protested
against the single tax bill by a vote
of nearly two to one.
The election was held for its educa
tlonal value, each student being In
Btructed how to mark, and fold his
ballot.
For President the vote stood "Wil
son 126, Hughes 83; for Representa
tive in Congress. McArthur vl. Lat
terly 73, Jeffrey 43: for the Brewers'
amendment 41, against 129; for prohi
bition 108. against. 64; for single tax
57, against 105; for the proposed Pen
dleton Normal School 124. against 62;
for the proposed bill forbidding com
pulsory vaccination 132, against 40.
At Washington High School the vote
gave Wilson a majority of 16. The
vote on the other candidates and on
measures was not taken, nor was the
total vote tabulated.
At Lincoln High School the vote
stood Hughes 637 and Wilson 610,
while McArthur won by a big majority.
The Etudents at Franklin High
School did not conduct a mock election,
because they haw. no assembly and
because no sample ballots were avail
able for their election.
The vote at Jefferson High School
was not available.
Some Cash la Fixed at 3 to lTfct
HuKhea "Will Carry Elec- '
-. tlon In Orrson.
Election betting waned" yesterday as
the polls were opened and the shower
of ballots began to fall.
Some there were, however, who
sought out those of opposite political
belief on the last day remaining be
fore the result became known and
waged varying sums in support of
their political Judgment.
At a Broadway cigar store, nere
many bets of considerable size have
been laid upon the election result, ap
proximately J2000 wax put up yester
day. The bulk of this was on the
general result, as between Hughes and
Wilson, at even money.
Some, bets were made at 2 to 1 that
HuKhes would carry this state.
At the Imperial Hotel perhaps 2500
was wagered in varying sums ranging
from-$100 up to $600 at even money
that Hughes would be elected. Tht e
were many heated politl- il arguments
at the Imperial yesterday and elect n
returns were sought eagerly by' the
crowds that remained about the place.
At another cigar store in the down
town district, where perhaps more
money has been placed by bettors dur
ing the pre-election period than at any
oth,er. only a" few bets of any size Wi r
placed yesterday, amounting to only a
few hundred dollars.
RIDGEF1ELD LIGHTS OUT
Accident at Power Plant Also Closes
Sum mill Early.
RIDGEF1ELD. Wash., Nov. 7. (Spe
cial.) Ridgefield was in darkness
Monday night as a result of the ma
chinery at the light plant Deing dis
abled. The crosshead on the engine
that drives the large dynamo broke and
the cylinder-head blew out. No one
was injured.
The .tiers hurried to Portland,
where a new enjriro will be purchased
for the plant and will be Installed as
soon as it arrives here.
The H. J. Totter sawmill here, which
depends on light from this plant, is
now forced to close down at 5 o'clock
instead of 6 because of not being able
to secure light.
been unable to pay a fine of $25 imposed.
Cliehulis to Have Censors.
CHEIIALia, Wash, Nov. 7. (Spe
cial.) The City Commissioners have or
dered the City Attorney to draw up an
ordinance to create a board of censors
for the moving pictures of this place.
The establishment of such a board has
been urged by the ministers.
Woodland Dancers Get Returns.
WOODLAND. Wash, Nov. 7. (Spe
cial.) The Cowlitz County Fair Asso
ciation gave a big dance and watch
party at their grounds tonight, while
special reports on the election by wire
were read to the assembled crowd.
XatioB and Individual.
Relnbold N'lebuhr. in the Atlantic.
The crime of the Nation against the
individual is, not that it demands his
sacrifices against his will, but that it
claims a life of eternal significance
for end that have no eternal value.
Petty Thief Is Sentenced.
HOOD RIVER, Or, Nov. 7. (Spe
cial.) Charles Erickson. who has been
engaged in the East Side apple har
vest, pleading guilty to a charge of
petty larceny, was sentenced last night
by Justice of the Peace Huck to twelve
and a half days in Jail, the man having
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Yakima Sugar Factory Started.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash, Nov. 7.
(SpeciaL) Excavation for the foun
dations of the $1,000,000 sugar fac
tory to be erected here, was begun
yesterday.
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