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Newspaper Page TextPL. I. VI. NO. 17,462.. PORTLAND. ORRr.nv. TTTnpcnv x v-v, - ' ' ., kjy jniiiit ;i, luiti. i?tttt? rrvra RESULT MAY Til HUGHES LEADING IN NEW MEXICO 1 1 J 1 1 P 1 1 F 0 11.1110 1 1 WASHINGTON VOTF limn urn innrnn lorrniiMT oim I .... . . HUUIILO V.li.0 MAY GO TO HUGHES fllMW VlulUtl N tiFw hampquirc H iHrN Ffl S I I- - I - - .... . . B S i I K V THE SMS Race Close in Minnesota, California, North Dakota, WILSON'S LEAD CUT DOWN West Virginia, Mere Than Two Thirds Complete, Given to Hughes by 2500. NEW MEXICO REPUBLICAN Hughes Can Win With Two Larger States or One and Two Smaller Ones. NEW YORK, ov. 8. At midnight returns, such as -were complete, or so far complete as to be regarded as in dicative, gave President Wilson 251 votes in the electoral college; Hughes 247 and left 33 votes doubtful in four states. It requires 266 votes to elect a .resident. Although California still showed a lead for the President and his cam paign managers were claiming it, the President's plurality was only 4470, with 570 precincts missing of a to tal of 5347. Minnesota Figures Fluctuate. In Minnesota, too, the Wilson lead which was as high as 10,000 early in the day, steadily decreased as the vote from the rural districts came in. Dur ing the evening Hughes took the lead with a small margin and then the President shot ahead again, but with less than 1000 votes. The " Repub lican managers claimed the. state on the final returns. Idaho was estimated for the Wilson column with a majority of 10,000. Kansas, while incomplete, with a lit tle more than two-thirds of the dis tricts reported, showed President Wilson leading with more than 27,000. Washington, a little more than half reported, was giving the President a lead of 7000. Hughes Leads in New Mexico. New Mexico at a late hour, with re turns from a little more than half the precincts in, gave Hughes a lead of 258. West Virginia, more than two-thirds complete, was showing Hughes a ma jority of more than 2500. North Da kota was close, two-thirds complete, showing a Hughes majority of less than 1000. Delaware and New Hampshire, (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) Vote in Electoral College on Basis of Late Returns. Doubt ful. Alabama .Arizona Arkansas California 13 Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas ' ... Kentucky ... Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota 12 Mississippi Missouri Montana . . Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire. ... New Jersey New Mexico 3 New York " North Carolina North Dakota... 5 Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota... .... Tennessee Xexas . ... Utah Vermont . . . Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Totals 83 Wil son. Hughes, 12 3 9 6 14 29 15 13 10 13 10 18 15 10 18 4 8 3 4 14 45 12 24 10 5 38 5 12 20 4 12 7 8 13 251 247 MARGIN IS 258 IX LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF VOTE. Neither Party Admits Defeat Dem ocrat Leads for Senate and Republican for House. ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Nov. 8. Charles E. Hughes led President Wll son by 258 votes on the face of unoffi cial returns from slizhtlv more than half of the 638 precincts in New Mex ico at midnight. Returns from 366 precincts gave Hughes 14.794. Wilson 14.536. With this as a basis, leaders of neither party admitted the possl- blity of defeat. A. A. Jones. Democratic Senatorial nominee, led HubbelL. Republican, in 426 precincts with 19.055 votes, as compared with 18.489 for Hubbell. Democratic leaders said they expect ed President Wilson to lead Jones in the final count. Hernandez. Republic an Congressional candidate, led Wal ton, Democrat, in 426 precincts by 890 votes. PROM LEADS IN FLORIDA Democratic Candidate for Governor May Be Defeated. ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. 8. With the solid South giving President Wilson the usual - Democratic majorities, in terest In this section centered In state issues. In Florida, S. J. Catts, Independent Prohibitionist candidate for Governor, had 22.231 against W. V. Knott, Demo crat, 19,090, in 453 precincts out of 946 in the state. Incomplete - returns In Arkansas In dicate defeat of the amendment to substitute lor. 1 1 nntinn for thM nre.en state-wide prohibition. Later returns from 50 out of 52 coun ties give Catts 26,610 to 21,963 for Knott. SOLDIER VOTE MAY DECIDE Seat in House From Pennsylvania Is Hanging in Balance. PITTSBURG. Nov. 8. While returns from the Thirtieth Congressional tls trlct indicate the re-election of Ren. resentative Coleman (Rep.) by 20 and the defeat in the Thirtv-seeond nitrio of Representative Barehfeld fRan 19. the result in each instance maw ha cnangea ty the soldier vote In Texas. in .eighteenth Infantry, the First Artillery and squadron of cavalry., all "lttsburg troops, have cast thalr hoi b e ' n K made tonight to secure the ra turns at the earliest possible moment WYOMING IS FOR WILSON Democratic Nominee 4500 Ahead on Almost Complete Returns. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Nov. 8 A La or 4500 votes with only 20 of the 588 pre cincts missing- olacMi Wmmin o- rfei nitely in the Wilson column tonight on the face of unofficial returns. Com plete unofficial figures were not ex pected appreciably to change the totals. With 40 precincts missing. Governor Kendrlck, Democrat, led Senator Clark in the Senatorial race bv skbk These precincts give Mondell a lead of 131 votes over hla Democratic opponent. John D. Clark. DELAWARE IS FOR HUGHES Republican Beaten for Congress by Only 4 7 Votes. WILMINGTON. Del.. Nov. 8. The complete vote in Delaware, according to unofficial returns, follows: Wilson 22,525. Hughes 23.683, a plurality of 1158 for Hughes. United States Senator Josiah O. Walcott. Democrat, 21.979; H. A. Du Pont, Republican. 20,110. I Representative in Congress A. F, PolK, Democrat. 21,262; T. W. Miller, Republican. 21.215. IDAHO IS WILSON BY 13,262 Republican Cuts Down Governor's Lead to Only 1237. BOISE. Idaho. Nov. 9 At 1 -rtn -,-!i. this morning 552 of the 743 precincts in Idaho gave Wilson 59,467 votes against 46.205 for Hughes, a nlumHtv of 13.262 for Wilson. The race for Governor win hnv. be settled by official count, for Alex ander, Democrat, has now a lead of only 1237. Alexander has B2.4SS against El. 221 for Davis. Republican. WILSON CARRIES KANSAS Plurality Is Nearly 25,000 In 1718 Out of 24 74 Precincts. KANSAS CITY. Kan.. Nov. 8. Re Kansas 223,396; turns -from 1718 out of 2474 precincts give: Wilson. Hughes, 197.809. In the race for Governor returns from 1536 Kansas precincts' eiva Governor Capper (Rm V 5ns vni Lansdon (Dem.). 123.388. NEW HAMPSHIRE IS G. 0. P. Complete Returns Give Hughes Plurality of'161 In State. CONCORD. N. H," Nov. 8. Complete Returns from the state gives Hughes a plurality 01 lei. according to an un official announcement tonight by Ed win C. Bean, secretary of State. inn nil iiii i h i i rii in in i Tiinn i n . HllltHCdUIALUU Margin of 639 Is Held by Republicans. j : CALIFORNIA FAVORS WILSON Bear State Gives President Plurality of 4410 With 570 Precincts to Report. BOTH STATES DOUBTFUL Rival Leaders See Cause for Hope in Latest Re " turns on Election. ST. PAUL, Nov. 9. Hughej took the lead in Minnesota early this morning. Bit by bit the Wilson lead in Minne sota, which at one time yesterday reached 10,000, faded away until early this morning it had been wiped but entirely and a Huehes lead of 639 sub stituted, with 2470 precincts out of d0J4 in the state reported. The count then stood 160,309 for Wilson and 161,048 for Hughes. All day the steadv chonnin or the Wilson lead continued, and Re publican leaders who earlv Wednes day had despaired of overcoming the big lead began declaring by nightfall that . their candidate would win and by early this morning their predic tions seemed likely to be fulfilled. . Democratic Losses Continue. The outstanding vota is said to be largely in the Northern ' nart of tha state, and Democratic leaders declared that this favored their candidate, as they said the outstandine vote there would favor Wilson, but. as returns came in last night from these sec tions, they continued to show's stead ily decreasing lead for Wilson, al though at times there were spurts for the President. At one time Wilson's lead was wit. to as low as 360 votes, but the tide turned before midnight, giving the President a lead of 712. onlv later tn be wiped away entirely. Soldiers' Vote May Decide. When the closeness of th vnta in the Presidential contest in this state (Concluded on Page 18. Column 3.) DEATH OF DESIOCRATIC ELECT ' OR, MAY CCT WILSOX LEAD. Thousands of . Ballots Cast for ' Stream Are Expected to Be j Thrown Out. I TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 8. There an pears to be a possibility that, although rresiaem Wilson carried Washington. nugnes may get. one of the seven electoral votes of Washington. The death of A. Stream, a Democrat ic elector, shortly before election and the substitution of E. M. Connor as elector came . so late that In many counties the name of Stream, rather than Connor, appeared on the ballot. ; It Is said that thousands of voters voted for Stream and th; t t'.ese votes will be Invalid and the difference may be sufficient, according to local Re publicans, to . give' one' Republican elector a plurality. LEAD IN MICHIGAN GROWS One Congressional District Is Close, With Both Sides Claiming It. DETROIT. Nov. 8. Late returns In creased the plurality of Charles E. Hughes over President Wilson In Mich igan. Reports from two-thirds of th. voting precincts in the state gave nugnes 208.480 and Wilson .111.01 7 The Congressional contest In th. ond district between Rrnr.ii.nt.Mii. tteaaes, Democrat, and Mark R. Bacon was extremelv closn tnniriit . n k.k candidates, were claiming victory. CITY TO STOP PICKETING Charter Amendment In San Fran. dsco Seems to Have Carried. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 8. The amendment to the San- Francisco charter prohibiting picketing appeared tonight to have been idonKd Com plete returns from 644 precincts out of b snowed 66.743 for and 63 407 against. The amendment was fathered hv the law ana order committee of the Cham ber of Commerce In furtherance of Its nght for the "open shoD." to urrv on which a fund of 81,000,000 was pledged. Delaware; is for hughes Completed Count Shows Plurality of 806; Du Font Is Beaten. WIUMINUTON. Del.. Nov. Th- completed count of Delaware Hughes a plurality of SOS. For United States Senator Josiah O. Wolcott (Dem.) defeated Senator Du Pont (Rep.) by 20E3. Representative Miller was defuti for re-election by Albert F. Polk (Dem.) by SO votes. MAINE VOTE NEAR RECORD Poll TTeavlest Ever Eicent In Tht of "Greenback" Election of 1880. PORTLAND. Ma.. Not. II M.I.. i - - , ----- . .CLS recorded the heaviest presidential vote ever cast in this state with tha . ception of that at the "Greenback" election in 188u, giving Hughes a plu rality of B118. He had 68,545 against 63,427 for President Wilson. AFTER THE DIN OF THE BATTLE'S it TIIOIMH Lead in 330 of 375 Pre cincts Is 4605. FINAL MARGIN MAY BE 5000 McArthur Defeats Lafferty 6978 to Date, With Ad vantage Growing. MAJORITY NOW IN SIGHT Gatens Ahead of Grant 4711 and Beveridge Runs Away From Dana. Hughes leads Wilson In Maltnan.k County, on complete returns from S30 out of 375 precincts, by 4605 votes. The count at 2 .o'clock this morning stood: Hughes, 34,286; Wilson, SSSl. 1 " same precincts srlva McArthn. m plurality of 68TS votes for Rrnr.i.t. tlve In Congress. McArthur has 2!.r.nS votes, Laffrrtr S2.02O. JefTre-v kit Strclft (Soc.),1814. Other late returns are t Llreult Judge. ' Deoartment . W. N. Gatens (Dcm.l. lnpnn.h.. -i ' s. Urnnt (Rep.). ZSSto. Gatens' lead. 4711. ircnif JudKr. DrDarlmrnt IVn. 1 u. . Allen f Hem l M 'jdMi i Kavanaugh (Rep.). Incumbent. 84.780 Kavanaugh's lead, 8313. . County Clerk Joseph W. Bridr (Hep.), 33.7K5I Marshall X. Dana I-H k Z3.WOZ. Beveridare's lend. STR3- County Judge Cctncc 31. BfeR.rl.le (ind.), . Z3.239t George Tuwrll Mten.t. Taswell's lead. 13.6U.V felngle tax Yes. 13.1M na. Mi .-najorlty against, sa.OOS. o Repeal Sunday law Yes- 42"fw Majority for m..i. mjsi Urewers amendment Y.. iust. .. majority anlt. n.-f Hone-dry prohibition Yes, 25165 f , u,in. .majority against, S409. e count complete in 322 of the 875 precincts of Multnomah Countv Charles Evans Hughes has a lead of 4405 votes over Woodrow Wilson. Starting in the lead with the count. ihg of the first ballots in this countv Hughes has consistently maintained his ratio of votes over Wilson. His margin io siowiy out steadily Increasing. more man three-fourths at th. vote nas oeen counted. Tha vt. oo.voj to Z5,s ror Wilson, If the same ratio Is maintain vr,.h... A , l.-J . . . ... - buuuiu do aooui aooo. A peculiar fact in the Dolllne- of tha votes in Juuitnomah Countv la that v (Concluded on Pg Ii. Column !" O'ER. : DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE TO MAKE DEMAND. 6ecrctary of State Says Hughes Leads by 161, and Unofficial Figures Give II I in 32 4. -u.iv,uku, .n. h.. Nov. 8 A re count of the vote for Presidential electors In New Hampshire will be demanded by the Democratic Stale Committee, according to information received tonight. It was learned th me committee had been directed by the National Committee to call for a recount at once and to obtain the best available counsel. The National Com mittee is said to have guaranteed ex penses of the recount aside from those which regularly wouid fall on the state. As far as known no charge of iraud has been made. Complete returns announced by Se retary of State Bean tonight give Hughes a plurality of 161. the smallest Plurality ever returned In a Preslden tial contest In the state. It Is under stood the figures are based on official returns. George E. Ferrand. chairman of the Democratic State Committee, gave out ngures Indicating a small plurality for iisom cnalrman Ferrand s statement said that with 13 small towns missing Wilson had 42.464 votes. hk. 42.326. Newstwcer fic-nre u-itH rn small towns In the White Mountains missing, gave Hughes a lead of 524 NEBRASKA IN WILSON LIST Lead of 23,000 Grows as Further ' lieports Are Sent In. OMAHA. Nov. 9 Belated rt..rn. early today Indicated that President Wilson bad a majority of 25.000 votes in Nebraska with Incoming returns In. creasing this majority. RerubM,-n leaders conceded the state to Wll.nn Including Douglas Countv (Omaha aus precincts of 1759. representing 29 scattered counties of the state, give Wilson 89.095. Hughes 72.487. Th... figures represent approximately sn r,.,- ceui or tne vote of the state. 1 " LIMITED TRAIN DITCHED Several Injured in Kailroail Aooi. dent In Kansas. TOPEKA. Kan.. Nov. 8. Tha State Limited, of the Chicatro. nv island & Facifio Railroad. w.nt inn the ditch near Newman. Kan., lata to day, injuring several Dersons. So far no fatalities hava k,.n ported to railroad officials here. MADRAS IS COUNTY SEAT Culver Loses In Jefferson ft.- Strenuous Fight. MADRAS. Or.. Nov. 8. (Sn.nl.l 1 Madras wins the county seat of Jef ferson County by over 66 per cent of the votes cast. The present county seat Is at Culver. There was a strenuous flsrht. ii in rri W LS0M IM WORTH FIA kTlTA - " ' 1 " Count Shows Lend of 1218. With 170 Precincts Missing. FARGO. N. D.. Nov. 8 With lean precincts in North Dakota, out of 1859 received, the count stands: Wilson. 50.30d; Hughes. 49.057. San Francisco Prohibits' PlrlMinr. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. - I dlnance prohibiting street inuvino It. I San Francisco without a permit was de feated, according to election ratum. available tonight. An anti-plcketing oramance prevailed. The two-nlatnnn system ior tne rire department waa INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th- Weather. YESTERDAY detrrera. Maximum temperature, 64 TODAT-S Ocraslonal rain; southerly winds Election. Hushes victor In Multnomah County. Pace 1. mujiu Vi nson. uoy,mor u.tcr and gena- '"r r-oinunr isr aneaa ta Washington. Pass B. Hughes may set one Washlnrton clan.r.i Drys claim Mlnourl. and -win four other. ana apparently Alaska. Pin Hurhv has bla lead In W..t Vlr.1.1. Pas. 7. Hurhf-s receives returns la his apartments. PaK 10. Result max turn nn - a.... n. . Kuithra irads In Minnesota and is behind in Oresots Sundav-cloalna lav iDurntir ... pealed. Pace 11. Republicans have SOS scats In Houaa. "Pac C D"psatr rtcount ,n New Hampshire. Hushes leads it at . kv avi aaaa -e. . Tumulty says Wilson la elected. Pace 8. Pacific -VerthweKt. J. B. "vTclllnsrton. Bit Cltv aditnr . vin by tral Pas . Sports. Jeffemon def'sts Franklin. T to o ... championship. Par 16. Pacific C:t hockey men tn meet at Vsn- ' x. r riuay. Fir. is Commercial and Marine. -Vorthwertem wheat hlrher In sj-mpathy with Chics so. Pass ai Jupamy F"pJn buying lifta Chlcaco wheat market. Early rains la stock market are swept asav Paits 21. Great Korthem Paelflo Una nartfv embargo. Pace 17. Portlaad and Tldaltr. Dollar day for Armenian sufferers win be tomorrow, pass 17. Jitney ordinance not renea t. Sixteen officials of Pacific Coast ni. CO m D. n e indicted In trust - t u Attorney absolves lrl of blame for visit to hi. ronm. Tmrm 1 . I Revised city fcuds.t for 11T totals 82.S25.44S. Inconstant e-owd cheers both for Murhss and Wilaon k-alns. Pasa B Hot PraaMentlal rac recalls other cloaa cle-tlui:a. Pass 10. STATE By 6272 Plurality Over Wilson May Be 8000. ELECTORAL VOTES SAFE Returns From Upstate Give Hughes 105,898; Wilson Has 99,626. STATE OFFICERS CERTAIN Estimated Vote Already Count ed Represents 93 Per Cent of the Total Cast. Oregon's five electoral vntaa win r. to Charles E. Hughes. He will carry the state over iresldent Wilson by a plurality of approximately 7500 votes. The figure may be as high as 8000. but not more. Returns from everv countv In tha state, excepting Harney County, give Hughes a lead of 6272. The present figures are: Hughes. 105.898. Wilson. 99,626. 3 rrr tent of Vole Counted. These returns represent innrniinut,. ly 93 per cent of tha vote nut TV... missing precincts are in the outlying districts of the state. Including some in .Multnomah County, and are not ex pected to affect the result much either way. Hughes haa carried the nutM. nn. ties by a plurality well over 2000 and is maintaining his early lead In this county. Hanley (rrohi.) and Benson (5o seem to have polled their normal party vote. Ha-rrlcy's Vete Decisive. Hawley (Ren.), for Renrsaentative in Congress In the Western Oreenn hi.. trlct, has been elected over Weather ford (Dem.-Prohl.) by a decisive vote, although Weatherford has carried Linn, his home county, and Jackson, which is strongly Democratic. blnnott (Rep.-Projr.-Dem-i wa re elected Representative In Cotirrm in the Eastern Oregon district over Bark- ley (SOC). McArthur (Rep.) was re-elected Ren. resentative in the Multnomah district over Lafferty (Ind.) and Jef- irey (jjem.) and Streiff (Soc). Mate officers, all Republican-. k. been elected as follows: Secretary of State. Ben W. Olcott; Justices of the Supreme Court, George H. Burnett and r rank A. .Moore: Dairy and Food Com missioner. John D. Mickle: Public Serv ice Commissioners. 1L 11. Corey anJ Fred G. Buchtel. Dry Measure Defeated. The "bone dry" or absolute prohibi tion bill will lose by a comparatively narrow margin. The measure will run behind In Multnomah County by 10.000 or 11.000, and carry in the state outside by 7000 or 8000. It will lose the gen- , eral election if the present ratio is maintained by 2000 to 3000 votes. Had this measure passed it would havo prohibited the importation of ' liquor "for beverage purposes" and. working with the present prohibition bill, would have made the state "bone , dry" or "air tight." It was placed on the ballot by the prohibition people after the brewery supporters had of fered their measure on the ground that it was illogical to Derm It the Importa tion of liquor and not permit its man ufacture. Brewers BUI Deafen Badly. The returns show that the absolute prohibition bill was far more popular than the brewers' bill, as the latter measure was ingloriously and decis ively overwhelmed with negative votes. The hrewerv hill Ha h..n h.Hv snowed under In every county in the state but three. It Is running nearly even in Multnomah, but the lead Is narrow. Lake and Columbia Counties have returned favorable malorltlea on the face of the returns, but it is be lieved that the figures may be In error, as it is considered improbable that either of these counties should vote in favor. On the basis of present return, the bill will be defeated by about 30.000 votes, which approximates the negative majority given by popular Judgment prior to the election. Vets Carries ly UMMK. The sinarle Item veto amendment i - carrying in Multnomah County at the ratio or live to two. It will carry, on this basis, by upwards of 60.000. Thr. measure will give the Governor power to veto, at his discretion, any single item in an omnibus annronrlation kih passed by the Legislature, without af- tecting tne other appropriations. The ship tax exemption haa urri.j In Multnomah County three to one. and In other countlea by a substantial ma. Jority. It will win. It Is estimated, bv nearly 50.000. This measure will exempt from local taxation all ships owned or registered In Oregon harbors and Is designed to encourage the shipping Industry. Simi lar lawa are In force In Washington and California. The negro suffrage amendment, whihs carrying in Multnomah County by a comfortable margin, will lose uD-stata Wilb:r rvjrl. Uata and frscat. 1'a.e 21.