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8 THE MORNING OEEG ONTAN, WEDNESDAY, - NOVEMBER 8, 1916. DRYS GUUM 6NN ;. OF FOUR STATES Michigan, Montana, South Da : kota and Nebraska Are Declared Certain. . MINOR VICTORIES CLAIMED Detroit Gives Big 3Iajority for Pro - blbitlon and Baltimore Votes to- Remain Wet Thousands or r Saloons to Pass Out. CHICAGO. Nov. 7. (Special.) Pro hibition made noteworthy gains in to day's contest. Its greatest victory was In Michigan, where it is aeserted on the returns at hand that all the re maining wet spots in the state have teen eliminated. This Includes the city of Detroit, the grea.t lnduscrial center, which votea to wipe out the saloons by a. majority of 25,000. Figures are not available on the rest of the state. This puts out of business 3208 saloons and 79 breweries. The wet and dry issue was up in eight states: Michigan, Montana, California, , Missouri, Nebraska, Florida and South TJakota. The prohibition leaders as serted they were - certain to win in four of these, Michigan, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska, with excellent chances of making gains in the others, principally Florida and parts of Mis souri. , Drys Claim Two States. . Montana has 15S7 saloons and 19 fcreweries, which will retire from busi ness if the early returns are borne out by the complete vote. South Dakota has 200 saloons and three breweries, while Nebraska has 892 saloons, 15 breweries and one distillery. The drys eay they carried in these Btates. In Minnesota the wet and dry Issue was fought out in the Seventh and Kleventh districts, but the result is not known, although the drys seemed con fident of success and are claiming a victory tonight. Baltimore defeated prohibition by "5,000 to 30,000 votes, but Frederick County, including Frederick City, went dry. The vote in Havre Desrace. the f I 'r i v - - ' 1 V f ' - - S; - ' ! f Ik-':"- - - j I m I v- 4 - ' V 1 t - I Wf 1 ' re i i r'A ; 1 , n If i , n I !i I 'v' " " i ' I " 1ft- - . "ff-v-S ' A ' 1 i isi . ,1 ... - rJy r r : - L y"'-1 -'.v. - - Si; " ' Vfl,, ' " '.' 1 .:" ..:: ' - - . Uf. -i ' . s :' : S' . ' " i !.?. 1 . f - . - - ' . .v . i i t . it . . . . f ' I ' , ' " S . . ' - ' av- -0 . , , fc - - 1 $ 4 - v V-; ? , , . ; :. :V.; . ' . " : . ..- v i " J , - r : ' k ' - . big racing center, is close and both sides are claiming victory. In Florida, as in California, the sen timent of the vast number of tourists was taken into consideration. . Hotel keepers and railroads, as well as all other concerns and persons dependent to a large degree on the tourist busi ness, fought prohibition vigorously, saying it would deprive Florida of its chief source of revenue. This has been a bitterly fought question for three or more years. For Florida It has been strictly a matter of business, for it counts heavily on the tourist patronage. 19 States Dry Previously. Nineteen states were dry prior to to day's election and in some of the others the wet area has been narrowed down to a few spots which a determined effort was expected to wipe out. No returns have yet been received from Nebraska or Missouri on the results in those states and South Dakota's result has been swamped in the field of mat ter pertaining to the' National result. Indirectly, the wet and dry issue was a" factor in Illinois, and thsreturns in dicate that the wets have lost their hold on the Legislature. There is no chance that any "wet" legislation . can be put through, as the Senat4 stands in the -way. Of the 26 holdover Sen ators 12 are dry. In nine of the 25 districts voting today, both Democratic and Republican candidates were dry. That gave the anti-saloon forces 21 votes, five short of a majority, as a flying start. They easily ijpn their list of Senate adherents up to 30, and there are indications tonight that the dry majority might reach 34 on a show down. In Arkansas the electorate voted on a proposed constitutional amendment to substitute local option for the ex isting state-wide prohibition, and in complete returns indicate that the proposition was overwhelmingly de feated. St. Louis, in which the name of Annheuser-Busch is prominent, gave an overwhelming majority against the proposed prohibition amendment. In other parts of the state it was more kindly received, but It has been de feated, according to the data now available. - Although G. Frank Hanly, Prohibi tion candidate for President, is a resi dent of Indiana, his state - was too busily occupied trying to choose be tween two of Its other son for Vice President to pay much attention to pro hibition and the vote was unexpectedly light. ' ' Drys Lead in ' Nebraska. OMAHA, Nov. 7. Scattering returns of the state and Incomplete returns from Omaha indicate the prohibition amendment carried in the state by a small majority. California Wets Confident. - SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 7. George M. McDowell, executive manager 'of the United California Industries, whlch have fought against prohibition at 11 FLASHLIGHT. OF PART OF THE CROWD o'clock tonight claimed that the pro hibition amendment had been defeated by a majority of approximately 100, 000 votes. "Partial returns from 500 precincts in Northern California," said Mr. McDowell, "show a vote of about two to one against both the prohibition amendments. Returns indicate they will at least break even in the south." Nebraska Drys' Lead Bis. - OMAHA. Nov. 7. The prohibitory amendment has carried Nebraska by a substantial majority, belated returns from the state indicate. One hundred precincts have given the amendment a majority of 6000, with "dry" terri tory unheard from. The Omaha World Herald declared the amendment car- Arkansas Will Stay Dry. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Nov. 7. Big majorities against the proposed consti tutional amendment which would sub stitute local option for the ' present statewide prohibition were reported to night in early returns from today's election. Detroit Drys In Lead. DETROIT, Nov. 7. The amendment for state-wide prohibition in Michigan with 244 precincts in 41 counties heard from had a majority of more than 12.000. California Vote Close. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7. Meager returns at 9:30 P. M. on prohibition showed a slight majority against both complete prohibition and the liquor re striction amendments and indicated a sharp contest. : t ELECTION CROWD AT FIRE s $500 Blaze Starts In Paring Com pany's Storeroom. Fire last night broke out in a store room In the plant of the Independent Paving Company. 208 Alder street, and did about J500 damage to the building and its contents. The flames were wit nessed by a crowd of several hundred election sight-seers, -who forsook the bulletin boards for the new attraction. The flames were not at all spec tacular, but heavy volumes of smoke, acrid with the fumes of burning paper, rolled out of the building ami well nigh suffocated both the firemen and the spectators. The cause is unknown. Creates Ambition. Philadelphia Ledger. "I tell you, a farm is the only place to . bring up a boy. I was brought up oft a farm myself." "But you left it the very first chance you got." "That's just it. Living on a farm gives a boy an incentive to get out and hustle for something easier." THAT WATCHED TKE OHUGOMAX WILSON IS CERTAIN WASHINGTON Lister, in Late Spurt, Passes McBride for Governor. Poindexter Has Lead. MACHINES HINDER VOTING Initiative Bill. to Permit Serving of Liquor in ' Hotel Rooms Is De cisively Defeated, as Well as Plan for Manufacture. S BATTLE. IV o v. 7. Upturns from 80S preelnctH of 2385 In TVanhlngtoD rl Hushes 60,743, Wilson 67.B07. Six hundred and fifteen preelm"s for Senator Poindexter (Rep.) 61,374, Turner (Dem.) 35,074. Six hundred and forty-four precincts for Govtrnor Mc Bride (Brp.) 47,41, Lister (Dem.) 48,195. SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 7. (Special.) With returns in from Seattle and the principal cities of the state covering one-fourth of the total 1385 precincts, the success of the Presidential electors pledged to vote for the re-election of Woodrow Wilson is assured. The es timated plurality of the Wilson vote based on the returns at hand is 14,000. but this probably will be cut down by the returns from the country, frag mentary returns from which indicate strong Hughes tensencres, out not enough, it is believed, to swing the state to the Republican standard bearer. . The surprise of the vote so far is the strength of Governor Ernest Lis ter, Democrat, who in a late spurt passed Henry McBride, Republican. Re turns from 41S precincts out of 2385 give Lister 35,262 and McBride 32,193. Poindexter Victory Likely. United States Senator Miles Poin dexter will be re-elected by about 35, 000 plurality over his Democratic op ponent, former United States Senator George Turner. .Defeat overwhelming is Indicated for both initiative No. 18. the so-called hotel liquor bill, and in itiative No. 24, the brewers' bill. Representatives in Congress Albert Johnson, in th Third District; Lin Hadley, in the Second, and W. L. La Follette. In the Fourth, will be re elected, all Republicans. The RepulS- Itcar.s win have two more in John F. Miller, from the First District, and Tom Corkery. in the Fifth. Voting opened wjth a rush In Seattle Tuesday. The earlymorning vote was very heavy. A lull came in the after noon. It was followed, however, by increasing crowds toward evening in every precinct. With fair weather, Se attle and King County voters were ready to cast the largest vote in his tory. Rain Threatens Damper. The skies were overcast much of the day. A little sunshine, however, re lieved the procession of black- clouds. ltain threatened but none tall. Un the whole, the day was one of the mildest that election officials recall. - It was reason enough for a huge vote. Manipulation of the. county's new voting machines provoked both sorrow and anger. In many cases the machines were operated in quick order. In oth ers the voting was'slow. Many voters, vexed at the great length of time which others took to record their votes, left the precincts with disgust written all over their faces. In some precincts only one voting machine was used. No printed ballots were used to supplement them. Many Complaints Are Made., Failure properly to operate the ma chines and to enforce the election laws limiting voters to two minutes was blamed by the Auditor's office for the trouble. Scores of complaints were made. "The precinct officials did not prop erly qualify themselves or else the voter was careless." said Deputy Audi tor James W. Dutton. "Tha machines have not failed to operate properly. It has been failure to understand the machine on the part of either the 'of ficials or voters that caused trouble." The election did not pass without its humorous incidents. One precinct In spector failed to op'n the books In his i : ? ( : ELECTION BLLLKTIAS l. 11X111 AMD polling district at 8 A. M. as required. "I simply overslept," he explained. Machines Bother Men, Toex Women were not alone in fividlng trouble with the big green mach-tnes. A number of men had to be helped" out by the officials. Down-town precincts reported the least trouble with the mechanism. Where the paper ballot, with pencil, wera used as of yore, n complaint was made at all. Voting split tickets was tha rule. rather than the exception. This addd I the use of the machines. An accurate check on the voting waa kept by watchers of all parties. Re publicans and Democrats both had ward headquarters, from which they assisted In getting out a big vote. Poll lists were kept and a tally made on all voters registering. Candidates Rush to Vote. At the city rerlstratlon bureau not a few voters, refused permission to vote, questioned wliy. Most of them were Informed that they had lost their franchise because they failed to vote at the cit;r general election in the Spring. A. few voters were under the impression they could still register. Candidates for office Joined ie rush to vote early. Governor Henry Mc Bride, Republican nominee for Govern or, cast his ballot just before 10 A. M. Governor Ernest Lister, accompanied by Mrs. Lister, left Seattle for xacoma about 11 o'clock. He went by automo bile Intending to return to Seattle im mediately after voting. Miles Poindexter, Republican nom inee for United States Senator, and George Turner, Democratic nominee, both voted in Spokane, their home city. John F. Miller. Republican nominee for Congress in the First District, and George K. Cotterlll. his Democratic op ponent, voted in the morning, the for mer at 9 o'clock and Cotterlll at 10:30. County candidates also swung Into line early, voting a straight ticket for the most part. tetnrns la From 546 Precincts. Returns from 566 precincts of 2385 in Washington give Hughes 46.329. Wil son 61.3U3. Four hundred and one pre cincts give for United States Senator: Poindexter (Rep.). 34.355; Turner (Dem.), 23,632. Each side claimed Washington shortly after midnight, the Democrats setting their figures much higher than the Republicans. At Democratic state headquarters George E. Ryan, secretary of tha Wil son non-partisan committee, said: "We consider Washington safe for Wilson by between 20.000 and 30.000 plurality. We also -believe Governor Ernest Lister has been re-elected by a plurality of 5000." F. C. Harper, chairman of the Repub lican State Central Committee, said: "I think Hughes will pull through in Washington by about 6000 plurality. We can lose King Cojinty (Seattle) by 6000 and still win, according to meager reports we have received from other parts of the state. The indications are that we will elect ex-Governor Henry McBride Governor by a small majority." POINDEXTER KUSXIXG STRONG SIcCrido Aliead In Spokane and Wet Amendment Beaten. SPOKANE. Wash.. Nov. 7. (Spe cial.) Scattering returns from about 40 precincts in Washington show that Miles Poindexter has undoubtedly been elected United States Senator other George Turner (Dem.), that Henry McBride will succeed Ernest Lister as Governor and that the Re publican state ticket will go in with McBride. This Includes the House and Senate. These same precincts find the Presidential candidates running neck and neck. In Spokane County three rrecincts have been almost a tie on President. Only two small precincts outside of Spokane County on this side of the mountains have been heard from. Ex pansion precincts in Benton County Five Hughes 8 and Wilson 23. Re turns now coming in from Spokane County indicate the count will be for Wilson, but his majority will not be large. The agricultural counties should more than - overcome any Wilson strength. The anti-prohibition initiatives ap pear to be defeated. WILSON LEADS IN KLICKITAT Poindexter Is Ahead of Turner In Returns of 1 1 Precincts. GOLDEXDALE. Wash.. Nov. ". (Special.) Eleven precincts in Kllck itat County give: Hughes 426. Wilson 487. Poindexter 504 Turner 337. McBride 377. Lister 08 La Follette 221. Masterson 170. '- . Stevenson Favors Ilnghes. STEVENSON'. Wash., Nov. 7. (Spe cial.) Incomplete returns from five .. i . - I J . . 1 , 1 t (- TVtTaA 1 I 1 J I I Wlill I, ft, 1 A . L. ) . 1 ' .1 I 1 1 'IV" II . 1 J t McBride 125. Lister 105. Poindextrr 121. if' ' ALDEK STREETS, SHOWING PICTURE OF HXGHES PROJECTED OS SCREEN. Turner 77. Johnson 111, Flshburn 60. Shields and Cummings. for State Rep resentative, are running about even. The amendments are apparently . de feated. HUGHES AHEAD IN CLARKE Six Precincts Give 313 Votes to 228 . Counted for Wilson. , v. c VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 7. (Spe- Six precincts in Clarke County ouit of 61 give Hughes 313. Wilson 228. Poindexter has 392. Turner z4. aic- Bride 234. Lister 110. Castle Rock Republicans Dine. CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. Nov. 7. (Special.) The Republican campaign came to a nttlng close last evening. hen a banquet was served to about 100 of Castle Rock's leading Repub licans. J. E. Kalmbach. chairman of the Hughe.9 Club of this city, acted as toastmaster, and called on the follow ing: Banker O. L. Buland. W. M. Mc Coy. William H. Adams. Dr. O. K. Wolf. L. P. Brown, secretary of the Hughes Club, and T. W. Robin, treasurer; Delos Spauldins. Dr. K. W. White and Elmer Huntincton. The Castle Rock orches tra furnished music Wilson Has Lead In Crook. PRINEVTLLE. Or, Nov. 7. (Special.) Complete returns from five precincts of Crook County give: Hughes 70. Wil son 138: 306 Tea 4. 307 No 35: 314 Yes 12. 31S No 28; 31 Tea 30, "17 No 19. Vote at Morton Is Even. MORTON. Wash.. Nov. 7. (Special.) Morton precinct gives Hughes 63. Wil son 68, Poindexter 80. Turner 53, Jobs- son 82. Flshburn 51. McBride 7. Lis ter 73. OFFICES SEE BULLETINS SUPPORTERS OF CANDIDATES ARE 'HOUSED NEAR 5CHF.EX. Returns Prom The Orf gsvlaa An Re layed to County Chairmen and Other Leaders Over State. Nearly every office on the Sixth street front of The Oregonian and Sell ing buildings last night housed parti san supporters of either Hughes or Wilson and in many Instances the re turns thrown on The Oregonian bul letin board were flashed to political and club organizations over the city. Sixth and Alder streots was headquar ters for election returns. From the state headquarters of the Republican party the returns were re layed by long-distance telephone to the county chairmen and party leaders in various parts of the state. Many in quiries arrived ef en before the polls had closed. Supporters of Representative McAr thur gathered in Dr. Giesy's office on the seventh floor of The Oregonian to watch the returns. On the floor below. In Dr. R. J. Marsh'3 office, 11. H. Pearce, C. R. Meloney and other representa tives of the Young Men's Republican Club cheered the news of the apparent Republican victory. In several offices returns-were telephoned to Portland theaters. The information operators of the Home Telephone Company were sup plied with the election news from Dr. J. D. Fenton's office on the fifth floor of the Oregonian building, II. 11. Higley being in charge. One of the prominent Democratic strongholds in the Oregonian building was on the second floor in the offices of Edgar W. Smith, manager of the Equitable Assurance Society, and of Dr. Morrow, next door. TONG WAR JNOT EXPECTED Portland Chinese Not Likely to Be come Involved, Say Several. Influential members of the local Chinese colony last night expressed the belief that the Portland Celestials would not join in a tong outbreak, even though Hop Sing and Suey Sing tons men became involved with Bing Kung gunmen in the south. Louie Chung, president of the Chinese Peace Society, last night said that no meeting of that tribunal was held yesterday, but that there was no immediate danger of an outbreak. Sergeant Van Overn. head of Captain Inskeep's Chinatown squad, said he saw no symptoms of an outbreak, which. he says, is generally forecast by the disappearance of Chinese likely to be .... 11' - . - " - I picked out as victims 5 J r a i i il , V i t 'W V. FLASH BRINGS NEWS Election of Mr. Hughes Indi cated to 185,000 Patrons. RESULTCERTA1NAT 11 P. M. Three Pcriotls of Darknes, Each of live Seconds, Carries Message to Portland, Salem, Oregon City and Vancouver Residents. "F-L-A-S-H Hushes wins." "Within live minuter after it became evident from comprehensive reports that Hughes had won. this message was signaled at 11 ""clock last nlsrht to more than 183.000 electric light patrons of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, in Portland. Salem, Oregon City and Vancouver, Wash. The Hughes victory was indicated earlier in, the evening, but The Oregonian flashed th sinal when it beoame rea sonably certain. Homes usinsr this light service were suddenly plunsred into darkness, which remained for live seconds. The lights flashed on again, then went out for five second, on a third time, and out for live more seconds the pre arranged sisnal indicating the election of the Republican standard-bearer. The co-operation of The Oreponian and Portland Railway. Light & Power Company in getting the final result of the National campaign luto thousands of homes hours before the detailed ac counts of the election would-arrive in the morning paper, proved an entire success. The news was telephoned from Tho Oregonian to iv. It. Kobley. operating ensiueer of the LiKht Company, and relayed to th stations of the company at First and Jefferson streets. Twenty- first and Nicola!, Knott and Rodney, the foot of East Lincoln. East Six tieth and Ftark. Vancouver avenue and Columbia boulevard. Lombard and Ma crura, Lents Junction. East Thirteenth and Ochoco. Oregon City, Vancouver, Wash., in. Salem. From thesa stations oil switches were operated pn 3 circuits 30 In Portland, one in Oregon City, three in Vancouver and five in Salem. These switches opened and closed in oil. which "killed" the arc. in electrical parlance, and "doused" the lights on the circuit. Lights in the business district were not signaled, but all residence districts received the cod3 message. All the territory covered by the Portland Rail way. Light &. Power Company's servico wss flashed with the exception of the downtown district bordered on the south by Jefferson street, west by Fourteenth as far as Dumside and Broadway as far as Kearney. Kearney was the northern boundary and the river the eastern. LOAN DEFEAT EXPECTED LABOR SECRKTART SATS PRICIP1.E WILL COME IT AtiAIX. Sise of Fnad of Opponents and Attack. Jlea.inre Provoked Are Blamed for I'ssacccMf ul Effort. The adverse majority on tho laud and loan measure registered by the people of the istate was rot unexpected by proponents of tha measure, and last night they made the best of th situa tion, saying that without question a somewluat similar measure will be pro posed at tho next general election in two years. E. J. Stack, secretary of the Central Labor Council, of this city, said late last night: "In view of the thousands of dollars spent by the opponents of the measure and the eampaicn of misrepresentation made against the bill it is not surpris ing there would bo such a small vote, comparatively, in its favor. "No measure on the ballot attracted so much attention and brought out so much and such bitter opposition. "It will win finally, even those who are fishtir.g it so strongly admit that. We are coir. g to keep at it. until finally everv man will have an opportunity to work." 1 .1 J
