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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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WILLIAMS, BUCHTEL
APPEAR RECALLED
NEWTON McCOY IS GAINING IN
INCOMPLETE COUNT.
ILL PASTOR 1ES,
SILENCES CRITICS
BIG THRONG WATCHES
ELECTION BULLETINS
MORROW IS AHEAD
OF KING BY 433
TWO VESSELS POUND
OLCOTT
CLOSE
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TO PIECES ON SHORE
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THE OREGONIAN RADIO SENDS
' OUT NEWS TO STATE.
WATKINS VOTE SURPASSES
THAT OF MILLER.
EAGLE BOAT 17 AND ARMY
STEAMER IN TROUBLE.
HALL AMD OLGQT
GIGANTIC ROBBERY
1
III CLOSE CONTEST
COOiT
Who Will Be Nominee Is
Still in Doubt.
24 COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED
All Others Are Far Behind;
Patterson Runs Third.
WILLIAMS SEEMS VICTOR
Xead Over Fithian for National
Committeeman Apparently
Is Quite Safe One.
Incomplete returns from 27 up-state
counties give Olcott 10.670, Hall 8931,
bringing; Olcott up to Multnomah
county nllh a present lead of 739.
Incomplete returns from 231 pre
cincts in -Multnomah county give Ol
cott 9230, Hall 9685 a lead for Hall
in tills county of 455.
The combined figures gives
Olcott 19,800
Hull 19,616
Olcott's lead. S93.
Ben W. Olcott and Charles Hall are
running neck and neck in the repub
lican primary for the nomination for
governor. The closeness of the con
test extends not only to the incom
plete returns from Multnomahcounty,
but also to the incomplete returns
from 24 other counties in the state.
The 24 counties outside give Hall
a lead of 1S3, while in Multnomah
county he has a lead of 163. The
other candidates for the nomination
for governor are far in the rear. The
contest is between the two and it will
require more complete returns than
those available to settle the issue.
Patterson Runs Third.
The returns so far received are
from the cities wholly where it is
contended by the Olcott enthusiasts
that Hall's strength mainly lies.
Whether the sentiment in his, favor
has been reflected in the country vote
in those counties where Hall has a
strong; lead can not now be deter
mined with any positiveness.
I. I Patterson stands third In the
race with Adjutant-General White a
close contender, for that place. The
Lee and Bean vote totals are small,
with doubt as to which""" will finish
last. Lee has a lead in Multnomah
county over Bean, while the latter
leads Lee in the up-state totals.
Williams Seems Victorious.
Ralph Williams apparently is safely
elected national committeeman over
O. 1L Fithian. He had a lead at 1
A. M. In Multnomah county of about
900 votes and in the other 21 counties
a. total lead ofabout 2600. In the up
state counties, William has main
tained a fairly consistent majority
over Fithian and if the present trend
ot voting continues will have been
lected by a large majority.
The figures on all the counties re
porting, including Multnomah, are:
Fithian, 15.430.
Williams, 18,823.
' Williams' lead, 3793.
Campbell, Thiehoff Close.
There is another close race for pub
lic service commissioner . between
Thomas K. Campbell and J. R. Thie
holf. In Multnomah county Thiehoff
lias a lead over Campbell, while in
the other counties Campbell has a lead
over Thiehoff. As the count in the
vp-state is in smaller proportion to
ihe total than in Multnomah, the re
suit is in some doubt, although the
chances appear to favor the nomina
tion of Thiehoff.
The figures which follow include
Multnomah county: Campbell ll.Nl.
Layman 5040,' Thiehoff 12,812.
Thiehoffs lead 1711.
Justices Are Renominated.
Justices Burnett, Hand and Mc
Court of the supreme court have been
c renominated for office. Their only
contender, George S. Shepherd, is far
behind the lowest of the three
justices seeking re-election.
For state treasurer, Thomas F. Ryan
is running ahead of O. P. Hoff In the
Viscounties outside of Multnomah. In
:tVia county Hoff lias a lead of 2976
on incomplete returns. In the up
Male counties Kyan has a lead of
about ISOO. The larger number of
votes outside of Multnomah and the
, comparative incompleteness of up
' state returns indicate the probability
of Ryan's nomination.
The figures for up-state counties
and Multnomah, stand:
Ryan, 16.447. "
Hoff, 17,608.
Hoff"s lead 1161.
Ilawley Is in I,ead.
In the first congressional district
Ilawley is leading both his contenders
by a large vote and is doubtless re
nominated with Norbald second: Haw
ley 8050, Fisher 1708, Norbald 5775.
In the second district, the contest is
keener, with Sinnott apparently tak
ing the lead in most of the counties
outside of Umatilla, where Gwlnn has
a heavy majority.
Sinnott 2054, Gwinn 1629. .
Two Commissioners Recalled.
Both of the present public service
commissioners have been recalled hv
J large majorities, but in the western
is recalled, he apparently is also re
elected. The effect is that, although
recalled, he retains his office. This
T. M. Kerrigan Leads In All Re
turns From Multnomah and
Partial Count In State.
Fred A. Williams and Fred G.
Buchtel, members of the Oregon
state public service commission, were
recalled from office, judging by in
complete returns from Multnomah
Newton McCoy was gaining in his
lead over Buchtel and Edward Os
trandcr, although in the early re
turns Buchtel, while recalled, was
leading in the vote over his two op
ponents. '
Such was not the case with Chair
man Williams, for his opponent in the
recall. T. M. Kerrigan, led in all of
the returns and partial returns from
Multnomah county gave him a lead
of 3601 over Williams, which is con
sidered sufficient to place him in of
fice. The temper of the voters on the
recall of the public service commis
sioners was decisive. The vote for
the recall of Williams was 12,761 with
but 5599 voting against the recall.
The vote for Kerrigan was not as
large as the recall vote, however,
for he received 8371, while Williams
was given 4770.
The voters registered a protest
against Fred G. Buchtel by a vote of
10,250 for his recall, with 5516 voting
to retain him in office. Newton Mc
Coy received 5348 votes in the recall
election, with Buchtel in second place
with 4654 and Edward Ostrander third
with 2872 votes.
The recall election was the out
growth of the decis'on rendered by the
public service commission in the tele
phone rehearing case, when not only
did the commission refuse to lower
rates increased by the commission In
the original telephone case, but in
addition criticised the municipalities
that took a part in an effort to have
the telephone rates lowered.
The telephone case occupied in ex
cess of six weeks, with the city of
Portland play'ng the leading role in
fighting the decision handed down by
the commission.
The telephone company brought
representatives of the American Tele
Phone and Telegraph company from
New York as well as offiicals of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com
pany from all parts of the Pacific
coast to the hearing and introduced
a mass of technical evidence in its
effort to retain the higli rates.
After the case was closed', the pub
lic service commission, waited for
months before handing down a de
cision. When it came it supported
the high rates as well as the former
decision of that body and in the
main was an attack upon all indi
viduals' who took a leading part in
the fight against the rates.
Chairman Williams of the commis
sion recently announced that he
wouldi not be a candidate for re-elec
tion.
The vote against the two commis
sioners in the recall was consistently
for ousting them from office imme-.
diately.
RECALL, COU1VTV TABLE.
Shall Fred A. Williams be recalled?
Tes
12,761
No ....1...
5,599
Majority yes, 717
Public Service Commissioner.
Kerrigan, T. M 8,371
Williams, Fred A 4,770
Kerrigan's lead, 3601.
Shall Fred G. Buchtel be recalled?
Yes 10.250
No 5,516
Majority yes, 4734.
Public Service Commissioner.
Buchtel. Fred G 4,654
McCoy, Newton 5,348
Ostrander, Edward 2,872
McCoy's lead, 694. s
DOUBLE-HEART BOY DEAD
Illinois Boy Who Puzzled Physi-
Si.
clans Succumbs.
KEWANEE, 111., May 19. Mike
Chiaventone, 22 years of age, the
Spring Valley boy who puzzled the
medical profession because of having
two separate hearts, is dead at his
home here.
He had complained of heart trouble
ever, since boyhood and eight months
ago he yas examined at Rush Med
ical college, Chicago, where it was
discovered that he had two hearts,
the larger one on the left side and
the smaller one on the right side.
HOOVER SEES NEW ERA
Transmission of Power to 1000
Mile Radius Held Possible.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 19.
Electrical transmission of. power will
yet be developed to a 1000,-mile
radius, Secretary of Commerce Hoover
declared today in an address made
from Washington over a long dis
tance loud speaking telephone to a
convention of the National Electric
Light association, meeting in Atlan
tic City.
"The time is ripe," he said, "for a
great national programme of super
power development."
CHICKS SENT TO HARDING
Shipment From .Marion, O., on Way
to White House by Parcel Post.
WASHING TON, 'D. C, May 19. Act
ing Postmaster-General Bartlett re
ceived word today from Postmaster
French Crow of Marion, O., that 100
day-old chicks were on their way by
parcel post to Washington for pre
sentation to President Harding.
Mr. Bartlett said the chicks 'would
be sent to the White House imme
diately on their arrival from the
president's "home town," and that
they probably would be permitted to
revel about White House grounds
temporarily along with "Laddie Boy."
Dr. Foulkes, ex-Portland
Man, Wins Convention.
ADDRESS IS FORCEFUL ONE
Presbyterians Vote to Keep
New Era Method.
FIGURES ARE PRESENTED
Unanimous Approval Is Given to
Detailed Report More Of
ficers Are Named.
DES MOINES, May 19. (By the
Associated Press.) Dr. William
Hiram Foulkes, formerly of Portland,
Or., and now of New York city, pilot
of the new era movement of the
Presbyterian church in the United
States of America since it was
launched nearly four years ago, arose
this afternoon from his bed, where,
he had been sent by his physician
yesterday, and defended the method
of church finance promotion -inaugurated
by the board of which he is
general secretary.
In a forceful address which silenced
criticism, voiced in immediate quar
ters that the new era movement has
not really increased the income of
the church. Dr. Foulkes . marshaled
an impressive array of figures which
indicated that the plan of financing
the church inaugurated in 1918- has
increased the annual financial sup
port of the denomination by $2,914,445
over what the old methods which
have produced during the past year.
Unanimous Approval Given.
Unanimous approval of his detailed
report and adoption of a series of
resolutions stamping the general as
sembly's sanction on the present
plans f the movement followed Dr.
Foulkes' address. This unanimous
approval indicated that the Presby
terian church will continue the new
era idea after the expiration of the
first five-year ' period, contemplated
originally in 1923.
Dr. Foulkes showed that in the
first year of the movement's effec
tiveness the church receipts made
a leap of over JC.000,000.
Stringent enforcement of all laws
was urged in a resolution adopted
by the assemWy after the presenta
tion of the report of the committee
on christian life and work.
The resolution reads:
Law Enforcement Urged.
"Whereas the widespread and
growing and, in many instances,
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Concerts Heard by Street Crowd
With Aid of Magnavox From
Department Store. ,
Never before in the history of Port
land have those following the returns
of an election enjoyed such service as
was at their disposal last night.
For the first time those who visited
The Oregonlan corner had the novel
experience of following the returns
both by eye and ear. There was the
usual excellent service of bulletins,
flashed upon the screen. Added to
this were the radiophone announce
ments bally hoed down to the listen
ing throngs through the magnavox.
Hundreds of persons, assembled
about . private instruments in. the
homes and public receivers in down
town districts, for the first time in
their lives had election results sent
to them over the ether waves by
radio. Simultaneously other hun
dreds scattered in practically every
section of the state were hearing the
news of how Oregon's electors voted
in the primary.'
The double service enjoyed by the
hundreds who jammed the intersec
tion at Sixth and Alder streets was
such they felt abundantly repaid for
the trouble of coming downtown. For
the occasion the giant magnavox of
the Meier & Frank company had been
arranged at the northwest corner of
the big store. From that point was
relayed to the big crowd the an
nouncements and the musical pro
gramme broadcast in the air from The
Oregonian tower between 8 and 9
o'clock and resuming after 10. In the
interval from 9 to 10 there was sim
ilar auditory entertainment from the
stations of the Northwest Radio Man
ufacturing company, and Hallock &
Watson, working together.
Because of the new system of bal
lot counting, the bulletin service of
the stereopticon screen was unusually
satisfactory. Eighteen minutes after
the polls had closed actual returns
began to appear before the watchers,
In the next 10 minutes these returns
were coming so rapidly there were no
intervals and no waiting. Even be
fore 8:30 arrived, first returns from
out in the state were. flashing before
the throng.
At first silent in watching and
listening, the crowd warmed to the
excitement when pictures of the
gubernatorial candidates were thrown
on the screen. Partisans applauded
appearance of Governor Olcott's-ce
on the-screen, and 'a "moment later
gave equally vigorous; applause, on
beholding the countenance of Candi
date Hall. From that .time on excit
ing points in the gubernatorial and
congressional race never failed to
elicit shouts and hand-clapping. For
outward expression, of its prefer
ences, its favoritisms and its antip
athies, the watchers of The Oregonian
corner last night equaled any similar
crowd on the night of a keenly fought
presidential election.
The crowd completely jammed Alder
street half way to Broadway, while on
Sixth street it left only narrow pas
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GRAY DAWN OF THE MORNING AFTER.
P - A
Race for Democratc Nomina
tion for Congress Is Close
in Multnomah.
Democratic Governor.
Holmes, Webster 3S5
Pierce, Walter SI. 1,610
Purdy, Will E. 315
Starkweather, Harvey G 1,203
So far as Multnomah county is con
cerned, Morrow has a healthy and ap
parently safe lead for democratic na
tional committeeman. Dr. Morrow Is
leading King by 433. I
For the congressional nomination
in the 3d district Watkins has gradu
ally, crawled up until he has matched
and then passed the vote of Miller, so
that in 181 Incomplete precincts he
has a lead of 63 votes. ' The contender
is Miller, with Duncan more than 200
votes behind Miller.
The 13 high men on the legislative
ticket for the democrats are Carson,
Hapgood, Haney, Havens, Hidden,
Higgs, Lovejoy, Lusk, Malone, He
Naught, : Snedecor, Summerville and
Wilson. ...
Baker and Vogler lead for county
commissioners in the democratic
ranks, but Peterson is only one vote
behind Vogler, so that anything can
bippen. There is a difference of only
69 votes between high and low man.
For governor in the democratic pri
maries, Pierce leads with 319 votes.
Starkweather is second and Holmes
third. The last position falls to
Purdy.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TABLE.
National Committeeman.
King, Will R 1,196
Morrow, J. W 1,629
Morrow's lead, 433.
Congressman.
Duncan, Robert G 733
Miller, Robert A 981
Watkins, Elton 1,044
Watkins' lead, 63.
Governor.
Holmes. Webster 366
Pierce, Walter M. 1,523
Purdy, Will E 308
Starkweather, Harvey G 1,206
Pierce's lead 319 v.
Representative, 18th District, Mult
nomah Connty.
Carson, Joseph K. Jr... 1,396
Hapgood. R. W 1,414
Haney, Bert E 1,546
Havens, Dr. Donald D 1,315
Hidden, Mrs. Maria L. T 1,368
Higgs, Dr. A. K. ...1,348
Holcomb, S. K 1,264
Lovejoy, George A 1,497
Lusk. Hall S 1,369
Malone, Marshall W 1,385
McNaught, Alice M 1,436
Snedecor, Fstes 1,324
Summerville, J. T 1,388
Welter, G. E. ..1,306
Wilson. Johnston 1,405
Third add demo election table.. t8
County Commissioner,
Baker, O. L 795
Peterson, E. T 725
Vogler, F.-W 726
Baker and Vogler are in the lead.
CLERKS APPEAL TO CHIEF
Proper Observance of Postal Eight
Hour Day Urged.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 19.
President Harding was asked in a
memoriaApresented to him today by
Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary of the
national federation of postoffice
clerks, to assist in obtaining a "proper
observance" of the postal eight-hour
law.
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IS FOILED BY, TH ICK
Postal Inspector Plots
With Plotters.
SEVEN ARRESTS FOLLOW
Official Grows Bad Man's
Beard, Bares Scheme.
SHOOTING HELD PLANNED
Daylight Holdup of New York OI
fice to get Millions of Securi
ties Declared Object.
NEW YORK, May 19. A gigantic
postoffice holdup, surpassing in spec
tacularity and daring any of the re
cent registered mail thefts of the
muhon-dollar-and-up class, would
have been perpetrated at the city hall
postoffice tomorrow but for the keen
work of a postoffice inspector who
grew a bad man's beard, consorted
with the plotters and uncovered their
scheme.
This was the statement today of
Postoffice Inspector Doran in making
public the details of the arrest of
seven men six of them present or
past postoffice operators. He said
their capture would clear up the reg
istered mail theft of July 18, when
$1,477,000 in Liberty bonds bound for
Washington were stolen from the
mails, would aid in solving a here
tofore undisclosed theft of $4000 in
securities addressed to Watertown,
N. Y., and might go far toward clear
ing up the $2,000,000 mail truck hold
up in lower Broadway last October.
Daylight Robbery Plnnned.
Plans had been laid and were to
have been carried out in broad day
light for the holdup and robbing of
the entire registered mail section of
the city hall station, through which
millions of securities flow daily from
the Wall street financial zone. In
spector Doran said. Orders had been
issued to shoot any employe who
resisted. .
The plotters had visited the city
hall station several times and made a
careful survey of the "layout" and
perfected their arrangements in great
detail. Mr. Doran said they had gone
to the station several weeks ago
ready to "pull" the. holdup, but had
been deterred by the accidental pres
ence of several inspectors, which had
led them to fear their plot had been
discovered.
Roundup Campaign Begun.
It was the imminence, of the new
date set for the holdup that sent
police and postoffice inspectors on a
roundup campaign last night. The
inspector who uncovered the plot
with his bad-man beard and his
plausible manner was one of 16 in
spectors, it was said, who have been
working tneir way for weeks into
the confidence of the accused men
posing as boastful fellow mail
bandits.
The bearded man, it was said, sue
ceeded in getting himself "counted in'
on the proposed city hall station hold-
up and talked it over in detail with
the others in his supposed "den,"
which he had wired with telephonic
devices.
Some Said to Have Confessed.
The seven captives taken last night
were confronted with transcripts of
the telephonic record early today in
the presence of the bearded inspector,
and some are alleged to have con
fessed. Much data on their earlier op
erations already had been gathered
and recorded by the telephonic device
at boasting fests set in motion by
I the thrilling stories of mail banditry
told by the "bearded gent," as his
robber friedns call him.
So completely were the mail rob
bers taken in bji their new found pal
that Inspector Doran said today he
could recount almost every step taken
in the July 18 liberty bond theft.
19-Year-Old-Clerk Accused.
The chief actor in this theft, he
said, was Morris Steinberg, a 19-year-old
clerk in the registry department.
Steinberg, according to the inspec
tor, had some means as yet undis
coveredof ascertaining when valua
ble packages were to come to the
postoffice from the federal reserve
bank. He knew in advance of the big
shipment of liberty bonds which was
made on July 18 and laid the pouch
aside when it was delivered. .
A few minutes later, it was alleged, J
he took the pouch to a small closet
on the third floor, where Edward Fo
gel, a confederate, had been hiding
for 40 hours. Tossing the pouch into
the closet he strolled nonchalantly
back to his post, leaving Fogel to rip
it open, extract the package of bonds
and slip quietly out of the building.
Steinberg Suspected at Time.
Steinberg was suspected at the
time, but care was taken to make
him think he was not, and a short
time later occasion was found to drop
him from the service for a minor in
fraction of the rules.
The inspectors continued to watch
him and four months ago the "bearded
gent" managed to scrape an acquaint
ance at the confectionery store he
and Fogel had opened.
Taking a room in the lower east
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Column
Gale Comes on Heels of Terrific
Rainstorm and Does Big Dam
age on East Coast.
NEW YORK, May 19. Driven by a
vicious eastern gale, two government
ships Eagle boat No. 17 and the
army steamer General John W. Wll
kins were pounding ashore on Long
island early today and were reported
to be breaking up.
The gale, which sprang up on the
heels of a terrific rain storm about
1 A. M., wrought havoc along the
coast. Even the giant Aquitania, in
bound from Europe, made hard sail
ing of her drive along the Island, and
at one time, coast guards reported,
there was a fear she might get in
too close and come to grief on one
of the many hiddenbara. ,
The General Wilkins pounded in on
the rocks at Orient point Wednesday.
Soon after she struck her crew was
eff and the ship had been given up
aa lost.
The Eagle boat, newly attached to
the "dry" navy, struck a hidden shift
ing bar one mile off Amagansett.
Her crew of 60 men was rescued in
a series of thrilling dashes through
the surf on a wave submerged raft
to which the men lashed themselves.
Commander Ricketts of the Eagle
boat, hunting rum runners, ran into
a heavy fog shortly after midnight.
Then the gale tore down and Ricketts
decided to run for safety. Off the
Amagansett bars, however, the little
boat struck.
LLOYD GEORGE CRITICISED
Clemenceau, However, Thinks That
British People Are Friendly.
PARIS, May 19. Lloyd George
would hear nothing complimentary if
it occurred to him to have a talk
with Georges Clemenceau at the
present .moment, wrote a representa
tive of Echo de Paris after inter
viewing France's war premier.
"But the British people," said M.
Clemenceau emphatically, "you can
be as certain as I am myself, remain
faithful to France."
Asked how he was getting on with
his book, M. Clemenceau replied:
"I expect to finish the first chapter
in three years. The work greatly
interests me, and I turn over ideas
in my mind. I have gM down the'
outlines. In a word, I take my time.'.'
AUTO SOCIETY SPLITS
Delegates of Six States Withdraw
After Squabble.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 19. The an
nual convention of the American
Automobile association tonight broke
up in a squabble over a parliamentary
technicality and delegates from Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minne
sota and Texas state associations, to
gether with those from St. Joseph
and Kansas City, Mo., withdrew to
form a new body. ,
The remaining organizations, dom
inated by the Chicago Motor club,
continued in session.
LAD ESCAPES CONVICTION
Second Trial of Young Liberty
Bond Thief Fruitless.
CHICAGO. May 19. The jury in the
second trial of Willie Dalton, boy bank
clerk who stole $772,000 worth of lib
erty bonds, was discharged today
i aft" " had failed to asree
The vote stood 11 to 1 for convic-
tlon
i
It was announced.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weathr.
YESTERDAY'S Max:mum temperature.
65 degrees; lowest, it degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds.
Foreign.
English lords bar woman from seat in
parliament. Pape 2.
Four Catholics slain; half of Irish village
; burned. Page 5.
Warning to Russians c'.osee Genoa confer
ence. Page 5.
Nations of Europe anxious for peace.
Page 8.
Conference success, saya Lloyd George.
Page 3.
National.
Tacna-Arlca conference serenely proceed
ing at national capital. Page 2.
Editorials attacking tariff cause flare up
in senate. Page 9.
Domestic,
Gigantic pofltofflce robbery frustrated by
trick. Page 1.
Blackmailers make use of psychoanalysis,
says report. Page 6.
Two vessels pound to pieces on rocks.
Page 1.
Ill pastor rises and silences critics. Page 1.
Parific Northwest.
Columbia history to be depicted by The
. Dalles pageant. Page 7.
thief engineer's wife is first from Ozmo
to land. Page 14.
Sixteen change in law wanted by Wash
ington women. Page 6.
Governor Olcott leading in Wasco. Page 3.
flail and Olcott close contenders for gub
ernatorial nomination. Page 1.
Sports.
Yanks win from Indians and make clean
sweep of Beries. Page 16.
Exiled Ruth due today. Page 16.
Dempsey home again with monocle in his
eye. Page 16.
Commercial and Marine.
Public market offers many good things to
eat. Page 15.
Pacific northwest proJucts sent to Soutl-
American and European porta Page 14.
London buys " bonds while Paris sells.
Page 23.
More activity ia all hld markets. Page 22
Wheat sharply lower at Chicago, with
. heavy selling. Page 23.
Cheaper money favors enlarged bond deal
ings. Page 23.
Lamb crop short throughout west. Page 22..
United States Steel is feature of New York
market. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Work on big sawmill to start in 60 days.
Page 12.
Hall is hading Olcott in county. Page 1.
Big throng watches election bulletins.
Page 1. y
Disbarment asked for George Estcs.
Coos Man Leads Gov
ernor by Slight Margin.
RACE IS NECK AND NECK
Bean, Patterson and White
Drop Far Behind.
DALZIEL
LEADS GRAM
V
Thiehoff Maintains Substantial
Advantage Over Campbell
in Multnomah County.
Too hundred and thirty-one pre
cincts out of In .Multnomah county
give the following;:
National Commltteman.
Fithian, O. H 8,494
Williams, Italph E 9,i'04
Congressman.
Crumpacker, Maurice 13 5.2.'-
Korell, Franklin V 7.W1S
MacDonald, Sanflrld l.ixo
McArthur, C. N 7.3SH
Governor.
Bean, Louis K -Oil
Hall. Charles 0,8.
Lee, J. D.' 44K
Olcott, Ben W 8.2:l(t
Patterson, 1. I. 1,34.'.
White, George A Witt
State Treasurer.
Hoff, O. P 11,687
Ityan, Thomas F 7,824
Senator, 13th District.
nuiley 1,547
Corbett 6,-95
Jones 987
Wilson .18
Senator, 14th District.
Banks 5,294
Clark 6,349
Hall 3,580
County Commissioner.
Hoiman ..v . . . . 4.843
Hoyt , 4,886
Light ner 5,595
Muok 4,759
Hnnkin 7385
Sawyer 2,081
Walker 8.325
With returns from 1S1 to 231' pre
cincts out of 426 in Multnomah county,
some of the precincts complete, the
result of the republican nomination
for governor is in doubt. Hall is lead
ing Olcott by 163 votes out of a total
vote counted of 17,500. As the count
progresses the lead which Hall had
earlier has been cut down. At one
time Hall was more than 800 ahead
of Olcott, but the returns from the
IS1 precincts have reduced this mate
rially. The contest for the republican nom
ination for governor has developed
into a neck-and-neck race and a few
large precincts can turn the tide one
way or the other.
Race Between Two.
Bean, Patterson, Lee and White
dropped from the race upon the tabu
lation of the first returns and the
race resolveed itself into a hard
fought battle between Governor Ol
cott and Hall of Coos bay. This
battle wili, evidently continue until
the complete count of the entire 426
t precincts.
In the 1S1 precincts, Dalziel is lead
ing Gram, incumbent, for state labor
commissioner by 420. This has de
veloped into a close contest and it
may require the complete returns to
determine the victor.
Thiehoff is maintaining his sub
stantial advantage over Campbell, his
nearest competitor, for nomination as
public service commissioner. Layman
Is running a poor third. Thiehoff has
rolled up a lead of 2224, which, so far
as Multnomah county is concerned,
evidently makes him a safe winner
in this county.
While continuing his lead of Ryan,
Hoff's majority is being whittled
down in later returns but he still is
2976 to the good.
All of the three justices of the su
preme court have been renominated.
They rank in this order: McCourt,
Burnett and Rand. The latter is 5000
votes behind McCourt. Shepherd has
half as many voles as Rand. ,
Konsmun Is Winner.
In tile circuit court Rossman- is win
ner of the nomination for department
No. 1, a position he now occupies. He
is leading his nearest opponent by
4835. Crouch is the runner-up. For
department No. 5, Hewitt ieads the
field with 3059, with Olson second.
Davis is low man.
Myers has been renominated for
district attorney, leading Jeffrey by
719. This places flyers beyond ques
tion and gives him the victory.
Fithian is 780 votes behind Wil
liams, incumbent, for republican na
tional committeeman. Providing the
ratio is maintained, Williams is re
elected by a safe margin. This con
test can be considered as settled.
For county commissioner, Walker
and Rankin continue as the highest
men in the field of seven. Lightner
runs third, but is too far behind to
catch up. Hoyt and Hoiman, incum
bents, are snowed under. '
In department No. 6 Evans is ahead
for the nomination for circuit judge.
In department No. 7 Tazwetl lias hern
renominated with a lead of 0706.
McArthur has jumped ahead of his
nearest opponent, Korell. for repre
sentative in congress by 425. Mo-
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