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VOL. IVI. NO. 17,403. PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS WILSOtl ELECTED W 22 VOTES California Ballot Turns Seals to President. DEMOCRATIC WINNERS IN ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PRESIDENTIAL CONTESTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE NATION U IS CHOICE OF CAL1FDRHIA Republican State Chair man Concedes State. V V NEW MEXICO IS DEMOCRATIC Hughes Maintains Lead in Minnesota, but This Does Not Save Day. NORTH DAKOTA DEFINITE State's Five Votes Go to Presi- Dent-Lead in Bear State - Continues to Grow. NEW YORK, Nov. 9. President Wilson has carried California and has been re-elected. Without New Mexico this gives him 269 votes in the electoral college, or three more than he needs. New Mexico is believed to be as sured to the Democratic column, mak ing a total of 272. California Ends Suspense. Fifty hours after the polls closed in f California, Republican , Chairman Rowell conceded the state to the President. Thus the 13 needed to as sure the President a majority in the electoral college dropped into the Democratic column and apparently ended the suspense and anxiety of an election which has been unparalleled in American political history. Republican Chairman Willcox, when Informed that the President carried California, only replied: "I have noth ing to say." President Informed by Wireless.' : Secretary Tumulty, at . the . Sum mer White House at Shadow Lawn, sent the wireless to President Wil son on board the yacht Mayflower cn route to Rhine Cliff, N. Y. The California returns showed that with only 48 districts, missing the President's plurality in the state was 2965. Barring some wholly unexpected turnover in the incomplete states leaning toward Wilson or a chn on a recount, California's acquisition to tne democratic column gave the President 269 electoral votes without New Mexico's three. In New Mexico at midnight the President was lead ing by 2639 votes, with 158 districts missing, and it was believed this ad- 'Concluiitd on Fan 2. Column 2.) Vote in Electoral College on Basis of Late Returns. Doubt ful. Wil- son. Hughes, 12 3 9 13 6 Alabama Arizona Arkansas ....... California ...... Colorado , Connecticut Delaware ....... Florida , Georgia ........ Idaho Illinois Indiana . Iowa Kansas ......... Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts . . Michigan Minnesota ..... Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York: North Carolina.. North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania ... Rhode Island. . . . South Carolina.. South Dakota. . . Tennessee ...... Texas Utiah Vermont Virginia Washington .... West yirginia. . . Wisconsin Wyoming 6 14 4 29 15 13 10 13 10 18 15 12 10 18 4 8 3 14 45 12 5 24 10 5 88 '5 12 20 4 "i2 7 8 13 Totals- 16 272 243 Hughes in lead. " I S.-fzZz. J f - 3 - r OREGON MAY . BE . ABSOLUTELY DRY EAKIiY INDICATIONS ON . MEAS URE ARE REVERSED. Majority of . 9775 Against Measure ' in Moltnomali County Almost . Wiped Out to Date. Early indications as to the fate of the bone dry , prohibition amendment have been reversed by -the -returns from. the rural districts. Whereas it at first seemed that the adverse vote in Mult nomah County would not be overtaken It now appears that the Multnomah vote will be wiped out and that' the measure will have. carried by about 2000 majority. Multnomah County figures' are com plete. In this county the measure lost by a majority of 9775. Incomplete fig ures from the other counties grive.it an affirmative majority of 8998. While there Is a majority against-the bill of 777. when these total figures are -considered maintenance of the present ratios upstate will bring; the measure up to Multnomah. County with a favor- ble total majority of about 11,800. These figures are based on . the as sumption that the same percentage of the total registration that voted on the measure in Multnomah County voted on it in other counties.- - - The earlier-indications that the. up state vote in favor ' of the. bill would not be so large were probably due to the fact'that the first returns received were from small city precincts. The farmer vote, it Is indicated, was much stronger in favor of the measure, and as outlying precincts came the earlier ratio on which previous announce ments were based, was upset, i There is no leeway In the amendment fo further Importations of intoxicating liquors vfor beverage purposes. If it has been adopted it Is in effect now. Question, however, will probably arise as to its enforcement without supple mental measures from the Legislative Assembly. Some lawyers assert that inasmuch as the amendment prohibits only importation for beverage purposes liquor may be imported for any other purpose. Herein is a loophole for vio lations of the amendment, it is asserted. pending further enactment. It is argued that a person may import liquors and that it is up to the local authorities to prove that he imported them unlaw fully that Is, that he imported them for beverage purposes. If he should do so and drink them in the seclusion of his own home it is pointed out that no one is likely to be the wiser. Whether importations will continue until the Legislature has had oppor- (Continued on Fags 9, Column 1.) i A WOODROW WILSOX, PRE5IDEST. f THOMAS R. MARSHALL, VICE-PRE SIDEXT. HUGHES AHEAD 5592 Multnomah County Complete . Gives Him Majority, Too. I M'ARTHUR'S LEAD 8241 Single-Tax in Disguise Gets Another Body Blow and Beer arid Prohi bition Amendments Reject ' ::' " ed ' in 'Portland Area. Hagfhea' plDrallty In Oregon, it la es timated, will reach 850O. j Multnomah County, on complete un official returns from all of its 375; pre cincts, has given- Hughes a plurality over. Wikson of 5593 votes. Moreover, - Hughes . has a clear ma jority of all votes cast in the county for President. His majority over Wil son, Hanly (Proh.), Benson (Soc. ) and Emmett Callahan, -who was on the bal lot as a Progressive elector for Parker for Vice-President, is 2466 votes. Hughea Gets 41.460. The complete vote - Is as follows: Hughes, 41,460; Wilson, 35.868; Hanly. 1082; Benson, 1897, and Callahan. 147. Callahan is- one of five Progressive electors nominated at the primaries. After Colonel Roosevelt had declined the Progressive . nomination for Presi dent ' and the Progressive National Committee had indorsed Hughes, Calla han alone of these five Oregon Progres sive ' electors declined to withdraw from, the ballot. He announced that he would vote for Wilson. Secretary of State Olcott ruled, however, that as the Progressives had no candidate for President. Callahan could remain on the ballot only as an elector for Parker, Progressive Vice- APresidential nominee, who did not fol low Colonel Roosevelt a action in de clining the nomination. Tie infinitesimal vote for Callahan is interesting as an indication of how Multnomah Progressives felt about his attempt to split the Progressive vote away from Hughes. . McArtbnr'a Plurality 8241. Clifton N. McArthur. Republican, has been re-elected Representative In Con gress from the Third Oregon District, comprising Multnomah County, by a plurality of 8241 votes over A. W. Laf ferty. Independent. McArthur defeated Lfferty for the Republican nomination In the primaries, but Lafferty prompt- (Concluded on I'ag. 4. Column I.) ill! ' , v t 1 t WILSON'S LEAD IN NEW MEXICO 1410 RETCRXS RKCKIVEO FROM ALL, SAVE 99 PRECINCTS. Returns Slow in Coming In, but Hughes Cuts Margin on Vote From Socorro County. SANTA FEr N. M.. Nov.' 9. Returns from 639 of 638 precincts in New Mexi co give Hughes 30,996. Wilson 32,406. Twenty-three precincts in ' Socorro County, not - previously reported, re duced Wilson's lead to 1410. - . The Clerk of Roosevelt County, 21 precincts, gave no "figures, but an nounced that Wilson had carried the county' by 425. Roosevelt county was not included In the 539 precincts tabu lated. The remaining missing precincts are scattered throughout the more remote sections of the state. Additional re turns slowly filtering in give no. indi cation of any! change in the general trend. ... . '. Because of .the sparse -population scattered over a large area, much of which Is without railroad and wire fa cilities, many County Clerks were un able until late today, to secure pre cinct figures and complete their unof ficial tabulations . , Returns' from 15 out of 26 counties in New .Mexico, . many complete, give Jones (Dcm.), 20,972; Ilubbell (Rep.), 16,696 for Senator. DIVISION FAILS IN CROOK County Remains Intact by 7 Votes; District Attorney AVirtz Re-elected. PRINEVILLE. Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.) The official count show, the' proposed division of Crook County failed to pass by seven votes. District Attorney Wlrtz has been re elected. Returns on the initiative measures have not been canvassed yet. Woman Elected to Congress. HELENA, Mont., Nov. 9. As returns were received late tonight the lead of Miss. Jeanette Rankin (Rep.), over Mitchell (Dem.), for Congress grew rapidly. On reports from nine-tenths of the- state vote she has 55.507, Mitch ell 52.517. Gold Is Going to Japan. - NEW YORK. Nov. 9. A telegraphic transfer of 12.otio.000 gold coin was made by the sub-treasury today to Sn Francisco for account of the lokoham Bank. Tne gold will be shipped from i . . -7 v. ... i " OLD LEGISLATORS 111 Few Seats Are Won by Demo- cratic Candidates. 1 WOMAN IN LOWER HOUSE Some Oregon State Senators For- ' mcrly Representatives AM but Four, Possibly . Five, 1 Are Republicans. Both houses of the next Oregon Leg islature will contain many experienced members. A' large, proportion of Senators and Representatives elected Tuesday have had previous service In legislative work. Next to experience the next Legisla ture probably will be characterised most for the promises of "economy"," and "efficiency" made by the successful candidates.' If it Is possible for them to live up to promises, Oregon doubt less will benefit from the perform ances of its lawmakers next Winter. One Woman In Hoiw. One woman will have a' seat in the lower house. She is Mrs. Alexander Thompson, of The Dalles. She is ' a Democrat. Mrs. - Thompson was active in the - recent campaign in Oregon on behalf of President Wilson. The Senate will have among its 30 mem bers at least four Democrats, and pos sibly Ave. This Is an unusually large proportion of that political persuasion, as In- many districts the Republican Legislative candidates are bermitted to have the office by default. Two Hold-Over Democrats. Two of the Democrats are hold over Senators Colonel Samuel M. Gar land, of Linn County, and W. IL Stray er. of Baker County. The newly-elected Democrats are George R. Wilbur, in the Hood Rlver-Wasco Joint district, and Walter Pierce, in the Union-Wallowa joint district. H. A. Lewis was eletced in Multnomah as an independ ent, but doubtless will rank as a Re publican. , It is possible, too, that W. Lair Thompson, of the Crook-Jefferson-Lake-Klamath district, who waa presi dent of the last Senate, has been de feated by George T. Baldwin, Democrat. Baldwin was running ahead In Crook. Klamath and Jefferson Counties but reports from Lake. Thompson's own iCuucludvd uu i'i b, C'olumu i. 3 . 5! . . .- DRY LEADER SAYS MR. HUGHES ERRED NEGLECT TO ADVOCATE PnOIII BITION HELD COSTLY, Party Chairman Declares Enough Votes Could Have Been Won to Swing Doubtful States. INDIANAPOLIS.1 Nov. 9. Oliver W. Stewart, chairman of the Prohibition National Campaign Committee, today Issued a statement . in which he said the Prohibition vote would reach 350. 000. and that had the Republican party and its nominee said anything apralnst the liquor traffic, enough Prohibition ists would have voted the Republican ticket to have assured Mr. Hughes' election in earlier returns. Mr. Stew art said: "Returns from our vote are slow In coming In, but we- have heard enough to Justify us in expecting the final to tal of votes polled for Mr. Hanly, the Prohibition candidate for President, to reach 350.000. Mr. Chafin. our candi date four years ago. polled 20S.O0O votes. "So close was the race between Wil son -and Hughes, that the Increased votes which Hanley received In several states. If given to the loser, would have changed the result." -WASHINGTON. Nov. 9. The legis lative committee . of the Anti-Saloon League of America issued a statement here tonight commenting on the prohi bition victories Tuesday, when Michi gan. Nebraska. Montana and South Da kota Joined the list of state-wide pro hibition states, and declaring that Con gress this Wlnttr should pass the Fed eral amendment resolution, muke the District of Columbia "dry," and deny the malls to liquor advertising- CLATSOP MILL SHUT DOWN About 100 Cars Are Needed to Carry Shipments Immediately. ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.) As a result of the car shortage, the Clatsop Mill has been compelled to shut down temporarily, and about 200 men are out of employment. . This Is the first serious effect of the car shortage locally, and every effort will be made to relieve the condition so that this plant can resume operations. The Astoria Box Company has been shipping a large amount of green lum ber recently on flat cars, and thus has been able to relieve the congestion in Its yards. The Hammond Lumber Company is about 100 cars Fhort of the number ItnceUd immediately. LEAD IS HEAR 3000 MARK Late Returns Turn Tide When an Official Count Had Seemed Necessary. FEW PRECINCTS MISSING Outstanding Ballots Are Not Enough to Turn 13 Elec toral Votes to Hughes. SAN FRAN'CISCO, Nov. 9. Except in the event of some exceptional hap pening: Wilson has carried California, conceded Republican Chairman Row ell at 8:25 P. M. tonight. Mr. Rowell conceded the state after reviewing- returns showing a plurality of 2970 for Wilson, with only 43 scat tered precincts in the state incom plete. Lead Grows to 3131. These returns showed 42 of 56 coun ties in the state completed. In all but 10 counties in the state returns had been back-checked and corrected. The possibility of error was thus re duced to a minimum. Later returns from 5834 of 5870 precincts gave Wilson ' 465,669 and Hughes 462,538, -putting Wilson's plurality at 3131, with only 3G pre cincts yet to report. Conference Held With Perkins. After making his first statement to the Associated Press, Chairman Row ell carried on a conversation by wire with George W. Perkins, who was in the office of the National Republican committee in New York. Later Mr. Rowell made this added statement to the Associated Press: "While the face of the returns as compiled by the Associated Press show Wilson ahead in California, so many startling changes have happened in the count during the past 1L hours that it will not do to reach final con clusions on anything less than final in formation. The official count begins Monday, and we shall watch the counting of every vote in every coun ty seat in the state. Split Vote Held Possible. "I estimate that there will be a dif ference of 4000 or 5000 between the high and low man on tho electoral tickets, and this is greater than any possible majority in California. Thi3 means a split electoral vote." Efforts continued through the night to bring in the few remaining isolated INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The cat her. lESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. decrees; minimum. 4S desnem. TODAV'd Fair, cooler; northwesterly wlnris. Klection. Wood row Wilson l elected. Ps I. President Wilson carries California, l'ags 1. Many I-Illtors re experlenc-d. PK I. Uovernor Ai.-xnder only ha plurality o 8oU ill Idaho. Paso o. Wilson ta.W:f bis lead In New Mexico. 1. Prohibition leadt-r says Mr. Hushes erred tn not advocating dry cause, page I. Oregon likely to so -bone dry." Pass' 1. Multnonslt County Is tor Hushes by OoSi Paue 1. President leaves to set as godfather to prar.dchtlil. wita election result In doubt. Paso 3. Washti (ton voters kill all mmurcj i u Uallot. Paso 0. Huchff spends day studying returns. Pago S. Electors regardel as state oft leers. Page J. Associated Press praises men of big news survlcu tor splenukl nonpartisan work. Paua J. Hughes' plurality In Oregon S460. Page S. Indiana casts heavy vote. Page S. Imports. Pullman team badly cilppled. Page 14. Parsons Ineligible, to play for Oregon aiaiust Ag.lck. Pago 14. Commercial and Marine. C'r-tr-ago heal market htgher again en ex port bujlng- Paso 1U. Government Enrlne. r promises survey ot Willamette cnuimcl next month. Paso Jj. Fortland and Vicinity. Everett man held on serious charges. Pag . Couch School principal ays O.IK0 arly js wasted through absences of Portland pupils. Pago B. Teams get ready to work for X100.000 for Christie Home. Paso S. Christian Science lecture heard. Page. l.. lcander H. Wells, oldest reporter of Tha Orvgonlan. dead. Page la. Canvass to rmlst funds for Armenians mill bo held today. Page 13. Increased freight charges are announced. Pag 30. tanla company buys majority Interest iu AstorlK shipyard. Pago lo. Colonel WooJ to defend Everett I. YV. V. Page St. ' School tax ly Is ma.le r. S mills. Page '.. Weather ri.ju:t, Ou;a a:id furvcasu i ae U. X
