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VOL. LIX XO.
18 Entered at Portland Oregon
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1920
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FIRE RAZES MILL
AREAATKEHTOK
Loss Put at $600,000
to $1,000,000.
2 DEAD, 3 INJURED
IN FIRE AT KELSO
IS VICTIM
48 SEALERS IN FRAIL
CRAFT SWEPT TO SEA
MOB SEEKING NEGRO
ROUTED BY CAVALRY
GOVERNOR ON FLIGHT
DOWNED BY STORMS
EXECUTIVE PIiAXE FAILS TO
REACH STOCKTON, CAL.
J 11
RETAINS
JllllirS LEAD
is cuno 510
Wood Vote Creeps Up As
Count Progresses.
OF
ISDN EDICT
LEAD IN COUNTY
FLAMES CATCH OCCUPANTS OF
BLOYD .RESIDENCE ASLEEP.
DEATH MAT BE FATE, ACCORD
IXC TO SIX RESCUED.
ALEXANDRIA COURTHOUSE BE
SIEGED BY 1000.
V
HIGH WIND FANS BLAZE
Nearby Plants' Are Saved
After Desperate Battle
Against Odds.
THREE DWELLINGS ARE LOST
Marrow Path About Three
Quarters of Mile Long
Cut by Flames.
ITUMI7.KD 1,1 ST OP LOSSES
BY THK K1IIK.
Kire losses estimated by offi
cials of the several plants
were as( follows:
North Portland Box Co.. 1300,000
Standifer Wooden Ship
building plant 'J50.000
Reynolds, Haskins &
Balfour Guthrie Co.,
lessees of plant L'5,000
Western Spar Co 3,000
Portland Railway, Light
& Power Co . . . 2.000
Northwestern EIcc trie
Co 2,000
Pacific States Tel. &
Tel. Co 2,000
Monarch Lumber Co.... 2.000
Kenton Traction Co.... 5,000
Kour freight cars esti-
mated at 10,000
Miscellaneous individual
losses of fuel, compan
ies, etc 20,000
Damage estimated at between
$600,000 and ?1,000,000 was wrought
by a disastrous fire which com
pletely destroyed the plant of the
North Portland Box company and
the wooden shipbuilding plant of the
Standifer corporation in the indus
trial district, below Kenton yester
day. Destruction of the entire dis
trict of industrial plants was nar
rowly averted.
The loss estimate was made by
Fred Roberts, fire captain, who spent
the day in investigations at the scene
of the sweeping conflagration.
There was only a hazy knowledge
last night as to how much of the
fire loss was covered by insurance.
Swift & Co. officials said there was
insurance on the box company plant
but none was ready even to estimate
the amount. G. M. Standifer pro
fessed not to know whether or not
the shipyard was protected by in
surance. Starting, apparently, in a mass of
dry shavings in the planing mill of
the box company plant, the fire was
swept by the high wind to the box
company's factory and the long
stretch of docks along the water
front. Blaze Hits Standifer riant.
The wind, blowing at a velocity of
more than 40 miles an hour, suddenly
veerad to the north, and before the
volunteer tire lighters could concen
trate their efforts at that point, the
entire Standifer shipyard plant was
a mass of flames.
Several hundred feet of dockage,
piled high with about 3,000,000 feet
of lumber belonging to the North
Portland Box company, was a total
loss.
With the gigantic tongues of flame
leaping toward the plants of the
Monarch Lumber company, the Alad
din company, and the West Coast
Box & Lumber company, Assistant
Fire Chief Laudenklos, in command
of engine companies, 20, 29, 13 and
8, made a last determined stand in
the path of the fire.
Fire Finally Turned Back.
After a battle which lasted more
than an hour, and blinded at times
by the smoke and flames, the fire
men finally turned the fire, but nofc
until it had burned its way to within
100 feet of the Aladdin company's
cut-up plant. Just as it seemed as
if these plants also would be de
stroyed, the high wind again changed
momentarily and assisted in block
ing the flames. Had the gale con
tinued for another 15 minutes in an
easterly direction, the firemen admit
they probably would not have been
able to save these plants.
At the extreme western path of
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Children Awake Too Iate to Flee.
University or Oregon Student
v and Sister Are Injured. -.
KELSO. Wash., May 23. (Special.)
Two children were burned to death
and three other occuDants .of the
Henry Bloyd residence on. South
Fourth street burned and injured in
escaping- from the house early this
morning- when the structure was
destroyed by fire.
Goldie Bloyd, youngest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bloyd, and Lois Gar
nett, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Garnett, and granddaughter
of the Bloyds, were the fire victims.
They were sleeping together In a
room on the second floor and awak
ned to their danger too late to save
themselves.
Mr. and Mrs. Bloyd's room also was
on the upper floor, and when they
were aroused by the fire the entire
upper floor was a mass of names.
They escaped through an upstairs
window, Mrs. Bloyd sustaining a se
verely wrenched back in her flight
from the flames.
Two other daughters were asleep
in a downstairs room. The flames
had swept into their room when they
were awakened. Screens on the win
dows hampered their efforts to es
cape. Helen Bloyd, who had returned
yesterday afternoon from the Uni
versity of Oregon at Eugene, was se
verely burned about the arms and
body. Her sister, Winifred, who is
a Kelso high school student, wrapped
herself in the bed clothes and was
not so seriously injured.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
There had been no fire in the stoves
since noon.
4 IN AUTO STAGE HURT
17 Other Occupants Badly Shaken
When Machine Hits Pole.
ASHLAND, Or., May 23. (Special.)
One of the Interurban Automobile
company's stages struck a telephone
pole near the undergrade crossing at
the Ashland city limits today, injur
ing four persons and severely shaking
the 17 other passengers.
Mrs. J. B. Wimer of Ashland and
R. Bos well of Grants Pass -were
brought to an Ashland hospital. Two
Chinamen were badly bruised. It was
feared that Mrs. Wimer suffered a
fractured skull.
The stage met an oil truck at the
undergrade crossing tunnel and In
swerving to pass the truck coald"not
make a sharp curve just beyond the
tunnel and smashed into the pole.
ENGINES PLUNGE; 5 HURT
.
Locomotives Go Over Embankment
' Xcar Cascade Summit,
SEATTLE, Wash., May 23. Five
trainmen were injured, two probably
fatally, when two huge electric I0CO7
motives drawing a eingle caboose on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound railway plunged over a 300
foot embankment early this morning
at Garcia station, near the summit of
the Cascade mountains. William Coors
of Tacoma, instructor, and Brakeman
Lloyd Wells are in a critical condi
tion in a hospital at North Bend.
The -accident is tsaid to have re
sulted from the roadway, weakened
by recent rains, giving way under the
weight of the big electric tractors.
TRAFFIC TO BE SPEEDED
Whistle to Be Used With Scma
phone at Street Intersections.
The whistle will be used in con
junction with the semaphore to regu
late traffic ' at the downtown inter
sections, beginning today, according
to announcement made by Captain,
Lewis, head of the traffic bureau.
It is hoped in this way to speed up
traffic and at the same time make it
less dangerous for pedestrians.
Captain Lewis has Issued a com
munication asking that the public co
operate with the traffic bureau in
cutting down accidents at intersec
tions and at the same time speeding
up traffic
VILLA REWARD' OFFERED
Mexican Slate Will Give 100,000
Pesos for Capture of Bandit.
EL PASO, Tex., May 23. A reward
of 100,000 pesos for the death or cap
ture of Francisco Villa has been of
fered by the government of the state
of Chihuahua.
This announcement was made pub
lic late today by Provisional Govern
or Tomas Gameros, who added that
2,000 troops left Chihuahua City this
morning under orders to hunt down
the bandit chieftain.
VILLA DEMANDS $500,000
Raid on American Mining Cotn-
- panics in Chihuahua Reported.
EL PASO, Tex., May 23. An uncon
firmed report was received here today
that General Francisco Villa had or
dered American and other foreign
owned mining companies in Chihua
hua to pay him $500,000 and that he
had cut the power line between Bo
quillas and Parral.
Senator Penrose Has Relapse.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 23.
United btates Senator Penrose, who
has been ill at his home here since
last fall, had a relapse yesterday and
was reported tonight to be (n a seri
ous condition.
His physicians said that although
he is very ill he is in no immediate
danger. ;
Rebuked Democrats Turn
on Chief's Son-in-Law.
TREATY STAND IS BOOMERANG
Organization of Forces for
Nomination Disrupted.
NAMING OF JUDGE VITAL
President's Action In Xew York Is
Regarded as "the End" by
Political Machine.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New York Evening
WASHINGTON, May 23. (Special.)
-It is now two weeks since President
Wilson issued his Oregon telegram
calling on the country to support the
ene of nations, to condemn the
Lodge reservations and to accept ar
ticle X guaranteeing the "territorial
integrity" of the other nations In the
league. Enough time has elapsed to
observe the effect of that call on the
country and the democratic party.
President Wilson in his seclusion
may think that tne results are sat
isfactory. So far as one can guess
what motives may have decided him
to issue the call at that particular
moment, it is probable that they in
clude a wish to arrest a "rapidly grow
ingr momentum among the democratic
state conventions then and now be
ine held to ignore his previous de
mand in January that the party should
indorse the original treaty and make
the coming election "a solemn ref
erendum." Georgia Joins Repudiation.
Within four days, just before he
gave out the Oregon telegram, two
democratic state conventions, Rhode
Island and New York, had met and
had treated Mr. Wil3on and the
league cavalierly. The Illinois state
convention was coming the next day
and several others were scheduled.
President Wilson wanted to call the
runaway democratic conventions back
to their duty as expressed by him in
January.
Apparently and superficially, he has
succeeded. There has been nothing
further in the way of specific repu
diation of Mr. Wilson's position ex
cept' Georgia, in which the matter
had really been determined already
by the primaries; and two states,
Colorado and Virginia, have indorsed
it.
But platiorm planks in state con-
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Storm Along Washington Coast
Catches Indians of - Clallam
Reservation Unawares.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cat, May 23.
Forty-eight Indian seal fishermen
from a, Clallam county reservation
may have perished Thursday in a
storm off the Washington coast, ac
cording to six survivors brought here
today by the McCormick steamer
Multnomah. The Multnomah brought
the first word of the possible tragedy,
although the vessel's wireless opera
tor had sent a score of messages ask
ing aid for the missing men.
The six men who were taken aboard
the Multnomah Thursday in an ex
hausted condition said that 18 Indian
tahliks or hollowed log canoes, with
three men in each, had been blown
far out to sea by the fierce south
west gales. None of the frail boats
were equipped to ride the storm and
carried but meager food supplies.
The six men were picked up in two
canoes in rough seas about 15 miles
south of the Umatilla reef lightship.
They were so exhausted they could
not speak and it ovas a'n hour before
they revived sufficiently to tell of the
fate of their, companions. By that
time the Multnomah was far away
from the vicinity.
Marine men here believe it unlikely
that any of the canoes weathered the
gale. A revenue cutter is reported to
have left Tatoosh in the search for
them.
The revenue cutter Snohomish has
started out to sea in search of them,
according to wireless advices to the
Multnomah from Cape Flattery.
The rescued men were taken charge
of here by the Travelers' Aid society,
which will return them to their res
ervation tomorrow. . v
All of the fishermen reside in the
Quillayute.Indian reservation in Clal
lam county, Washington. Those res
cued were Frank Harlow. Eli Ward.
Bert Jones, John Sailto, Frank Fisher
and Doctor Lester.
NURSES' BODIES ARRIVE
1 0 Women Who Died Overseas on
Duty to Be Burled, in TJ. S.
NEW YORK. Mar 23. The bodies
c ten women war nurses who died
overseas on duty at army base hos
pitals and the first to be brought
home, arrived here today on the trans
port Princess Matoika. On board also
were the bodies of 41S soldiers who
lost their lives in accidents or suc
cumbed to wounds and disease. To
morrow the bodies, claimed by rela
tives, will be sent to their destina
tions in various parts iff the country,
while those unclaimed will be taken
to Arlington national cemetery for
burial.
The women who gave their lives in
the service included:
Miss Cora M. Keech, Santa Ana, CaL,
and Miss Jcnora Robinson, . Nam pa.
Idaho.
Returning to their home's in various
parts of the country were 1690 Polish
troops.
HAS AN AWFUL WALLOP WHEN HE GETS
Soldiers Called 'to Scene of Trou
ble About Six Miles From
District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON. May 23. A detach
ment of cavalry from Fort Myer was
called out tonight to disperse a mob
of more than a thousand persons
which surrounded th jail at Alex
andria courthouse, 12 miles from
the limits of District of Columbia.
The mob was attempting to obtain
possession" of William Turner, a
negro.
Arrival of the cavalry, which had
been requested by the sheriff of Ar
lington county, scattered the mob
which had formed during the -afternoon
threatening to lynch the ngro.
The troops took up their station about
the jail and late tonight the little
village was reported quiet.
Turner Is accused of shooting to
death T. Morgan Moore, an employe
of the naval torpedo plant at Alex
andria, Va, and of having attempted
to attack Miss Pearl Clark of Wash
ington, Moore's fiancee, and secretary
to Representative Briten of Illinois.
The negro, bearing two wounds, was.
arrested today cbout two hours after
Moore was killed.
Turner later confessed, according
to the authorities.
Moore and Miss Clark, according to
the report made to Virginia and
Washington authorities by the latter,
were seated in an automobile near the
Virginia end of the bridge connecting
Washington and Virginia, when the
negro approached them. Pointing a
revolver at Moore, Miss Clark said,
the negro demanded money. "When
Moore refused. Miss Clark said she
became frightened and jumped from
the machine nad the negro started
after her. Then Moore, according f
Miss Clark, seized a revolver from a
door pocket of the automobile and
fired at the black. In an exchange of
shots Moore was shot through the
heart and the negro struck in the leg
and hand. According to Miss Clark
he continued to pursue her until she
had given him some jewelry.
Moore and Miss Clark, whose home
was in Chicago, were to have been
married soon.
TWO KILLED IN WRECK
Engineer and Fireman Victims in
Open Switch Accident.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, May 53.
Thorpe Waddlngham, engineer, 55, of
Salt Lake, and Edward L. Miller, fire
man, of Caliente, Nev., were killed at
10 o'clock this morning when west
bound Los Angeles and Salt Lake pas
senger No. 3, which left here at 11
o'clock Saturday night, was derailed
at Latimer, about 27 miles west of
Milford.
. The accident was caused by an open
switch. The engine and four baggage
cars were overturned.
Members of the theatrical troupe
of "Miss Nelly of N'Orleans." of
which Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske is
leading woman, were passengers on
the wrecked train.
GOOD AND MAD.
at 4 I
Votes More Than Wood.
ONLY ONE PRECINCT NOT IN
Uncounted District Small and
Will Have No Effect.
STATE MEASURES PASS
Capital Punishment Opinion Xear-
ly Evenly Divided- Jlxamber
lain Easy Victor for Place.
Complete unofficial returns from
all precincts in Multnomah county,
except a small one in a remote dis
trict where about a dozen votes were
cast, have made no change in the
nomination results as shown in. Sun
day's Oregonian. save the tail end of
the legislative ticket.
For president, Johnson has carried
the county,, leading Wood by 1122
votes. Johnson received 16,922. Wood
15,800, Lowden 738 and Hoover 4565.
For United States senator, demo
crat. Chamberlain leads Starkweather
by 3252.
For United States senator, repub
lican. Stanfield 9,165, Abraham 9405.
Johnstone Vote Hishest.
Delegates to the republican con
vention, 3d district, are Johnstone
19,118. Walker 16.897, Dunne 13,864,
Kellaher 13,003, Miller 10,736, North-
rup 10,058. z
Delegates at large, republican con
vention, the leaders are McCamant,
Olson, MacDonald and Carey. The
vote stands: Corapton 3639, Harrison
12,893. Hickey 9243, Kollock 9129. Mac-
Donald 15,560. MacLean 7945, Marls
8836, McCamant 17,670, Olson 15,892.
Rand 11,009, Stewart 6500. Boyd 9086,
Butler 8122, Cameron 12,505. Carey
13,932.
For vice-president Lodge 24,401,
Washington 6532, Webster 6431.
FI-e presidential-elector leaders are
George, Richardson, Lock wood, Hotch
kiss and Hume. The vote: Hume 24,
093. Ivanhoe 14,927, Lockwood 24,192,
Richardson 26,361. Robb 20,363, George
27,763, Hendee 19,095. Hotchkiss 24,213.
Representative in congress, repub
lican McArthur 21,984. Sweeney 14.
243, Smith 5913. i
Supreme court justice Bean 33,120,
Benson 30.803, Harris 30,371. McBride
31.092.
Kozer Lead Heavy.
&.ozer carried the county by a
heavy lead for secretary of state. The
vote: Jones 5249, Kdzer 12,778, Lock
ley 8364, Parsons 4516. Schulderman
8307, Wood 2828, Coburn 1498.
State senators nominated are Jo
seph, Moser, Farrell, Staples and
Hume. The vote: Joseph 18,006, Moser
17,590, Farrell 17,133, Staples 15,588,
Hume 14,899. Cellars 14,694.
The representatives nominated and
their voto are: Wells 21,925, Leonard
19,750, Kubli 18,824, North 17,378. Lee
17.117, Richards 16,068, Hosford 15
950, Gordon 15,556, McFarland 14,704,
Hindman 14,148, Korell 13,908, Lynn
I3,ssi. utnera running close were
Phelps 13,635, Katz 13,442, Lonergan
13,099.
For joint representative McDonald
15,712, Lofgren 14,899, Crans 6112. Mc
Donald is elected, including the fig
ures from Clackamas county.
State dairy and food commissioner
Hawley, 25,497.
Public service commissioner Buch
tel. 29,237; Cousin, 11,136.
Evans la Victor.
Judge of circuit court, department
No. 6 McCourt. 26,507; Cason, 7064
Bard. 7022.
District attorney Evans, 23,400
Myers, 17,605.
Judge of district court. No. 1 Bell
wins. The vote: Applegren, 2723; Bell.
17.826; Mears, 9899; Wilhelm, 338$
Alexander, 7377.
Judge of district court No. 2 Delch
wins. Jones. 14,059; Delch, 17,373; Mo-
Dougal, 9222.
Judge of district court No. 3 Haw
kins, 27.750; Kauffman, 11,574.
. Judge of the court of domestic rela
tions Kanzler, - 29,023; Nielsen, 10,
113.
Sheriff Hurlburt, 26.115; Peterson,
13,949; Cuyison, 3631.
County clerk Beverldge. 26,256
Jones, 15,554.
County treasurer Lewis, 34,873.
County assessor Welch, 26,866
Cadwell, 13.222.
School superintendent Alderson,
24,248; Burton. 15,693.
County surveyor Bonser, 32,699.
Coroner Smith, 22,426; Greene, 18,
465.
Constable Gloss wins. The vote
Gloss, 13,518; Jackson, 3794; Ryan
4530; Stayton, 2561; Wallace, 2185;
Wertheimer, 6974; Funk, 6968. .
Chamberlain Lead 3252.
Following figures on the democratic
primaries are practically complete:
For United States senator Cham
berlain 6S55, Starkweather 3603.
Chamberlain's lead 3252.
For representative in congress
Lovejoy 5380, Thompson 4158. Love
joy's lead 1222.
Delegates-at-large to the national
convention carrying Multnomah coun
ty are Purdy, Hidden, Crawford and
Holman. The vote is: Baldwin 2830,
Crawford 3991. Drain 2666. llaney 3397,
Harry 2448, Hidden 4104, Holman 8951,
Montague 2610. Purdy 4126. Reddy 993,
(Concluded on page 7, column &
ua irornian Has lizz
Start Made From Blaine, Wash.,
ins thp; stop Made at
Eugene for Xignt.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 23. (Spe
cial.) Lieutenant R. M. Kelly and
Governor Olcott of Oregon, forced by
heavy head winds to land at Camp
Lewis, abandoned their effort Sunday
to fly by airplane from Blaine to
Stockton, CaL After a three-hour de
lay they flew to Eugene. Or., from
which point they will complete their
trip Monday.
Adverse weather conditions ham
pered the flyers almost from the
start. When they hopped off at
Blaine at 4:35 o'clock this morning
there was only a light wind and the
air was clair, but they soon ran into
a violent head wind which so retarded
their progress that they reached
Camp Lewis only with great diffi
culty. "
Although Camp Lewis is only about
150 miles by air from Blaine, they
took nearly two hours to make the
flight, battling almost constantly
with the heavy wind.
They hopped off again from the
camp in the middle of a rain storm
at 9:30 o'clock, and going through
hail, rain and clouds most of the way.
flew to Eugene. Or., There it was dis
covered that the propellor had been
damaged by hail, making it impos
sible to continue the flight until Mon
day. They were to have arrived in Stock
ton coincidently with the caravan of
automobiles that left Blaine a week
ago to go to the Pacific Coast Adver
tising club's convention in the Cali
fornia city.
STOCKTON. CaL. May 23. Army
Aviator Kelly and Governor Olcott
did not arrive in Stockton today to
attend the Ad club convention open-
ng today, according to schedule.
A telegram received here tonight
stated the plane hopped off at 4:30
o'clock this morning from Blaine,
Wash., and fought a hard head wind
all the way to Camp Lewis, Wash,
where the plane made a landing.
They were delayed three hours at
Camp Lewis and landed at Eugene,
Or, too late to finish the flight to
Stockton today. Bad weather and
hailstorms slightly damaged the pro
peller blades. The aviator and Gov
ernor Olcott will make another try
tomorrow and are expected at the
Ad club convention in the afternoon-
GUARD SLAYS : CARRANZA
Personal Vengeance Believed to
Have Caused Murder.
MEXICO CITY, May 23. (By the
Associated Press ) Juan t'anchez
Azcona who is in charges of the for
eign office, today at noon sent s
communication to all the foreign dip
loraats in Mexico City which said In
part:
"President Carranza was r.ssas:
n&ted oa May 21, in the villa.ge of
Tlaxacalantongo, state . of Puebla,
where accompanied by 40 persons,
mostly high army officials, he had
passed the night In his flight
through the Neoira mountain rani?e.
"The assassin, Rodolf Herrero, be
longed to a small force of General
MarieL a follower of Carranza. Her
rero commanded the est-ort charged
with guarding Carranza, the same
night. After his crime, Herrero lied
into the mountains with his follow
ers.
"Everything indicated personal
vengeance."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDATS Maximum temperature. 60
degrees; minimum, 47 degrees.
TODAY'S Generally fair; westerly winds.
oreign
Archbishop Plunkett, executed In J681 for
. treason, la beatified at Rome. Page 2.
Whole White sea fleet captured by boLaho
viki. Pase 2.
National.
Cavalry called to Quiet angry mob, clamor
ins for negro. Page 1.
Overturn of congress demanded by labor.
Page 2.
DomeatiCe
Wilson's edict on treaty is threatening Mc
Adoo. Page 1.
Forty-efght seal fishermen in canoes are
swept to sea by gale. Page 1.
Pacific 'ortbwet.
Alaska prospector carries secret of iden
tity and fortune to grave. Page 3.
Two girls are fatally burned In KeUo fire.
Page 1.
Governor on flight forced down by
storms. Page 1.
Senator Coman to continue In Washing
ton gubernatorial race. Page 4.
Line is drawn against partial delegates
by republican national committee.
Pace 2.
Only three contests for county offices left
in Linn for rsovember election. Page 7.
Oregon agricultural college goal is high.
Page 17.
Sport.
Coast league results: San Francisco 4-0.
Portland 4-1, Sacramento 4-6. Oakland
2-5, Los Angeiea o-f, Seattle 5-X Salt
Lake vernon -. .rage lO.
Multnomah guard defeats Sherwood 10 to
4. Page iu-
Jess Troeh leads In Oregon state title
trap shoot. Page 10.
Waverly and Portland goHers tie in tro-
pny Diay. rage Al
port land and Vicinity.
True test of Christianity is in heeding fun
damentals. - says pastor. Pace 5.
Kx-Preifident Taft favors league of nations
in any form, rage a.
Seven persons injured when woman drives
auto over Dana on mgnway. 'Page 8,
Government circular issued to reassure
liberty bono noiaers. t'&ze le.
Vancouver pledges double entry for Rose
Festival parade. Page 11.
Johnson retains lead In county. Page l.
"Divine healing' services held in Audi
torium. Page 4.
Close contests on legislative ticket. Page 6.
Mill area near Kenton razed by $600,000
to ?1.0O0,0O0 fire. Page 1.
Johnson's lead - In Oregon dwindles.
Page 1.
Isthmian line may increase number of
carriers. Page 1 tt.
State Chamber of Commerce to ask $109.
000 to carry on mora. Page 10.
Home products" boosting to be carried
oa ail over Oregon. Page 17.
RESULT YET IN DOUBT
State-Wide Margin Is Re
duced as Multnomah
Gap Is Shortened.
MANY VOTES STILL MISSING
Cold Figures, However, Still
Point to Californian as
Oregon's Choice. .
With all but one small precinct in
Multnomah county accounted for in
the returns and with numerous other
counties incomplete, Hiram Johnson
is holding his lead over Leonard
Wood for the Oregon presidential
preference by the narrow margin of
olO votes. :
Johnson's lead as shown on the
first returns that had been received
yesterday was cut down materially
in the all but complete count in
Multnomah county. One basis on
which he had a Jead of more thn
1700 in the state at large was a lead
of more than 1500 in Multnomah.
But the missing precincts in Mult
nomah as they came in gradually ate
into this lead until the count closed
with Johnson leading in the county
by only 1122.
Marion Change Small.
There was also a small change in
Marion county. Whereas figures
Saturday gave Johnson a lead of 93,
returns from all but one small pre
cinct yesterday gave Wood the
county by a majority over Johnson
of 56. A revision of figures obtained
from a complete count in Yamhill
county also materially affected the
result. .
Some of the counties where nu
merous precincts are yet to be heard
from have given indications in the
incomplete figures of being for
Wood. On the other hand, two coun
ties that have reported but a small
portion of the vote are considered
fairly strong for Johnson. These
counties are Lake and Klamath. Vot
ers there, due to their remoteness
from other centers of Oregon and
to their proximity to California, re
ceive a reflection of the California
spirit, and it is believed that both
counties are fairly strong for John
son. A large block of Totes is still
missing from Umatilla county, an
other from Malheur, one from a
number of precincts from both Jack
son and Douglas, all of which are
showing Wood indications on the
partial returns.
Wood Supporters Encouraged.
Wood's gradual gain on Johnson
put courage into the hearts of his
supporters yesterday. It is argued
that in the counties where returns
are far from complete that the fig
ures are generally from town and
city precincts where it is contended
that Johnson's best strength lies. It
is predicted that as the country pre
cincts come in they will show a
stronger Wood leaning. .On this basis,
while no help is expected by the
Wood forces from Lake and Klam
ath, they do not expect Johnson's
lead to be increased" by later returns
from such Johnson counties as Clat
sop. Thus the second day after the pri
mary election closed with the result
on presidential preference still in
some doubt but with the cold figures
still pointing to Johnson as the
choice of or plurality choice of Ore
gon republicans, but with a bare
chance that the indications may be
upset or the final result postponed
until the final canvass or official
canvass has been made.
The count now stands, including
Multnomah county:
Presidential preference
Wood 40,109.
Johnson 40,619.
Hoover 12,036.
Lowden 14,487.
Johnson's lead 510.
Additional figures received yester
day on delegates at large to the re
publican national convention did not
change the previous line-up. The
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