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THE JlOHMiNG OllEUOMAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1910 7 N TRIPLE ALLIANCE Radical Organization Loses Even in Farming Districts. TEST FIRST IN STATE Railroad Workers Support Radi cal but Cities and Farms Are Strong for Conservative. SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 8. (Spe cial.) Complete returns from the city and from 95 out of 143 country precincts give W. S. Lincoln a plural ity of 4448 over John A. McCorkle, the triple alliance candidate in the port commissioners' election Saturday. The 48 missing country precincts are email and are not expected to make any material change in the result. Country returns show that while McCorkle made a strong1 showing in the coal mining districts and ran well ahead of Lincoln in Auburn, where there is a big railroad men's vote, the farming communities voted for Lincoln and against the "triple alli ance" nominee. The returns from the farming pre cincts are of particular importance In view of the fact that the leaders of the "Triple Alliance" claimed to have the support of Grange, and pre dicted that they would poll a heavy farmers' vote for their entire polit ical programme. This assertion was made in face of the fact that the National Grange repudiated the polit ical alliance with radical labor lead ers, and that at numerous grange meetings in this state the programme was turned down. - Country Districts Lost. The vote on Saturday was the first In thts state that would indicate whether the "Triple Alliance" had made any headway with the farming vote, and the returns indicate that aside from certain leaders the farm ers are not in sympathy with the movement. A significant result was that at Or illia, the home of Robert Bridges, former port commissioner, and also of Frank Terrace, this precinct gave Lincoln 26 and McCorkle 24. Bridges mads a hard fight for McCorkle in the country and was particularly eager to carry his own precinct. "When Bridges revealed his intention to fight the election of Lincoln, Frank Terrace, who has fought the political control of the farmers' grange for several years and who has been one of Bridges' most active political opponents in the southern part of King county, plunged actively into the port campaign. Terrace was out to defeat McCorkle and to do as much damage to the "triple alliance" as possible. He started things in his own home precinct. MlnlntC Districts Radical. Though Auburn voted against Port Commissioner Lincoln, the vote cast was surprisingly light. There is a heavy railroad vote in Auburn and some politicians who had checked it up asserted the railroad men would vote for McCorkle. The returns, how ever, indicate that the railroad men must have taken very little interest in the fight, for the results in t'.ie five Auburn precincts stand: Lincoln, 42; Doyle, 3; McCorkle, 70. Twelve hun dred were registered. Following are the results reported from a group of King county mining towns which followed the "triple al liance" programme; Lincoln. Doyle.McC Black Diamond 38 U 90 Cumberland I 1 34 lsaquah ....... 37 5 6y Itavendule 6 3 20 Kenton 96 2 374 The result of the election in the coal mining districts was surprising to Lincoln's friends, who had not campaigned In those towns and had permitted the triple alliance to work its programme as effectively as pos sible. Inasmuch as the miners are not working, a much heavier vote was expected and it was believed Mc Corkle would make a stronger showing. WIFE HINTS AT PARTIES HISBAXD REPXSES TO BCV CRIB FOR BABY, SHE SAYS. X ii equal Division of Family Funds and Work Also Irritates Woman Who Files Cross-Coiuplaint. For the first year of their baby's life, the youngster slept on two chairs because of the refusal of H. G. Epton to buy a crib. Mrs. Mayme Kpton related in a cross-complaint .to the suit for divorce filed by her husband in the circuit court. Dur ing their seven years of married life. Kpton would "ride around In auto mobiles with his chauffeur, while compelling his wife to keep house on J 15 a month." she complains. The appearance of a drunken wom an who inquired for her husband under the familiar sobriquet of "Ep," is also related by Mrs. Kpton, who declares further that her husband had come home .at midnight with his face scratched by finger nails. Dur ing her married life the wife said she was compelled to split all the wood and cultivate their garden. Pivorce suits filed yesterday were: Nellie B. against Kmrie Jacques: Kmma K. against George C. Cooper; Gracla B. against George G. Stewart: Jeanette against William Vincent and Thomas H. against Kthel M. llorni-brook. tional bill; to the advisability of submitting- to the people the question of capital punishment; to possible neces sary amendments to the bill provid ing for the state guaranteeing pay ment of interest on Irrigation dis trict bonds; to the question of the ratification of the national suffrage amendme.it, an to any other vital emergency which may arise. "The last special session of the Ore gon state legislature convened here on March 15, 1909, pursuant to a proclamation issued by the late Gov ernor Frank Benson on March 5 of the same year. The purpose of this session,- as set out in Mr. Benson's call, was primarily to correct a defective appropriation bill passed by the pre vious regular session of the legisla ture providing approximately $350,000 for improvements and betterments at the state hospital for the insane, state training school for boys, state school for the blind, home for the feeble minded and old soldiers' home at Roseburg. "Another defective bill corrected at this session had to do with the ap propriating of $70,000 for salaries and expenses of the supreme court. In all 15 measures were passed at that ses sion, which lasted until late in the afternoon of March 6. "Another special session of the leg islature, which will probably be re called by many persons residing in Oregon at that time, was convened by ex-Governor George Chamberlain on December 21, 1903. This session was called for the purpose of vali dating acts previously done with re lation to the assessment, levy and collecting of taxes, and declaring an emergency. 40 BI1U Passed In 1903. "In other words, the legislature, at its previous regular session, so con fused the tax law that no money was available under their acts to provide funds for the conduct of the various institutions. Disregarding the wishes of ex-Governor Chamberlain, the leg islators at that session passed more than 40 bills, and it was only by the concentration and hard work on the paj-t of the conservative forces that a measure destined to badly cripple the larger and more important cor porations of the state was defeated. This session lasted three days. "The 1909 session cost the state ap proximately $5000." Although Governor Olcott would not discuss the special session at any length tonight, his closeset friends intimated that he was desirous that only necessary legislation should be considered. If the legislators are willing -to abide by the governor's desires in the matter it is not be lieved that more than three or four days should be required to wipe clean the legislative slate. , ROAD BONDS ARE CARRIED GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY ROLLS UP BIG MAJORITY. Port Commission Members Are Chosen Without Contests; Vote Comparatively Light. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 8. (Spe cial.) The bond issue of $1,200,000 proposed to make possible consumma tion of a $4,000,000 road building pro gramme in this county during the next five years was indorsed by the electors Saturday by about a three-to-one vote. Overwhelming sentiment In Aber deen, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis in fa vor of the bonds was responsible for the success of the project, overcom ing a strong adverse vote in Monte- sano. Satsop, McCleary and Fairview. The port commission election held at the same time resulted in the elec tion of Frank H. Lamb, Hoquiam. as commissioner from the third district for three years, and A. J. Vance, of Malone. as commissioner from the first district for two years. Neither candidate was opposed, Mr. Lamb suc ceeding himself and Mr. Vance suc ceeding A. C. McNeil of Montesano. The bond and commission election vote was light In almost all pre cincts, a total of 1482 ballots being reported In 50 out of 77 precincts. The unreported 27 precincts are all small, and returns from them are not con sidered as likely to affect the result. OLCOTT TO ISSUE CALL (Continued Krom First Page.) of $300,000 to meet a deficieiu-v whioh is certain to arise in the not far future in connection with the soldiers', sailors art) marines educa tional bill. Whenever it becomes necessary to issue warrants against the $300,000. the warrants will im mediately start bearing interest at 6 per cent. Soldiers Aid to Come I' p. "At the most conservative estimate this interest would amount to from $9000 to JIL'.OOO by the time the legis lature could regularly convene in January. 1921. At the special ses sion next month it will be possible for the legislature to make a direct appropriation to cover any money that may be necessary to tide over the soldiers and sailors in obtaining their education between then and the time that the regular session convenes. By so doing the interest will be saved, and this saving, I am satisfied, will more than cover the expense of the extra session. "At a special session it will be pos sible also to give consideration to further necessary amendments to the eoldiers'., sailors' unii marines' educa- WILBUR APPEAL OUSTED Sentence of Ex-Proprietor of Friars - Club Stands. SALEM, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) The mandate of the United States supreme court dismissing the ap pealed case of the state of Oregon against Julius Wilbur, ex-proprietor of the once Friars' club at Mllwaukle, was received at the offices of the attorney-general here today. Wilbur was originally convicted in the Clack amas county circuit court on a charge of bootlegging and was fined and sentenced to a term in jail. He afterward appealed tine decision to the Oregon supreme court with the result that the verdict of the lower court was affirmed. Appeal was then taken by Wilbur to the United States supreme court. Because Wilbur failed to make an appearance or file a brief in the United States supreme court and had left Oregon before the appeal was set for hearing. Attorney-General Brown asked that th action be dis missed. Grand Jury Called at Astoria. ASTORIA, Or, Dec. 8. (Special.) At the request of the district attor ney. Judge Eakin will issue an order directing the circuit court grand Jury to convene at 9:30 A. M. Monday, December 15. The gr..nd jury will take up the case against William Wilson and Parila Axel Branner, charged with the murder of Frank Gowan. as well as other criminal matters. 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A geological examination of west ern Oregon to determine the possi ble occurrence of commercial oil and gas has been one of the major activi ties of the Oregon bureau of mines and geology during the past six months. This Investigation has been conducted in exactly the same man ner as the big producing oil com panies carry on such work. The firm of Harrison & Eaton of Denver and Fort Worth, oil geologists, is con ducting the investigation. The field work, therefore, has been handled- by petroleum geologists who have had experience in the oil regions of Cali fornia, Wyoming. Texas and other producing districts of this and other countries. In order to determine the character and structure of the various rocks that underlie western Oregon and upon which the occurrence and pres ervation of oil and gas depend, a series of east and west cross-sections of the coast range and interior val leys were studied and carefully measured. To do this, advantage was taken of the numerous deeply cut river canyons, for example, the Siuslaw, Taquina, Umpqua and the lower Columbia and upper Willam ette rivers, where thousands of feet of thickness of the rocks may be seen in many places. The bureau made a special effort to get all possible information as to "oil indications" or "oil seeps" throughout the state. Reported locali ties were examined and, where neces sary, tests made to prove or disprove the presence of oil. The results of this survey are being prepared for publication at the earliest possible date. A study of the oil situation in eastern Oregon was carried on during the past season in co-operation with the United States geological survey. Dr. J. P. Buwalda of Yale university, who had charge of the field work, is preparing a report Tor early publication. ROGUE PETITION HEARD Canal Company- Would Sell Water to Medford District. SALEM. Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) 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