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OREGON STATE LPiKA? VOL. LXI NO. 19,335 Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofftce as Second-cIa.s Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS ELECTION BULLETINS . ATTRACT BIG CROWD SMITH, IDAHO, AHEAD IN CONGRESS RACE DILL IN CLOSE RACE WITH POINDEXTER LATEST FIGURES IN COUNTY GIVEN RELATIVE POSITIONS OF CANDIDATES UNCHANGED. SMITH'S VICTORY APPEAR ELECTED BV ABQUT 20,0 SERVICE OF THE OREGOXIAX GIVES LATEST RETURNS. LEAD OVER DEMOCRATIC FOE ALMOST 1200. REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT SEE-SAW IN RETURNS. Pitt ELECTED MILLER B E OW AND PIER LEAD OF PIERCE M 1 Bill Incomplete Returns In dicate State Trend, DEMOCRAT'S LEAD 11,111 'Half of Vote Reported Show ing Big Towns Against i Governor in Contest. OTHER REPUBLICAN'S WIN Compulsory School Bill Car ries, But Single Tax and Income Tax Beaten. RESULTS OK KLECTIOV IN STATE YESTERDAY. Elected. Governor Walter M. Pierce, dem. , ' Treasurer O. P. Hoff, rep. School superintendent J. A. Churchill, rep. Labor commissioner C. H. Gram, rep. Public serv'ce commissioner Thomas K. Campbell, rep. Measures Carried. Linn county measure. Linn-Benton county meas ure. Compulsory school 1)111. Measures Defeated. Single tax. Income tax. In Doubt. Exposition enabling amend ment. At 1:30 A. M. returna on governor from 752 preclnc? out off 1729 lu the state, including; 265 in Multnomah county and, representing in part the vote of 32 of the 3ft connties, gave: riercc 52,514, OU-ott 43,475. Pierce's lend, lO.O.tO. On the exposition amendment 530 precincts, including 225 from Mult noniah county, give the amendment t Yes 24,052. no 23,866. Lead for the amendment, ISO. For the compul sory school measure, 015 precincts out off 1720 In the state, and includ ing; 5 from Multnomah county, Kivr the bill, yea 37,350, no 32,016. Lead for the biU, 4734. On the face of incomplete, re turns from 32 of the 36 counties of the state. Walter M. Pierce has been elected governor of Oregon over Ben W. Olcott by more than 20,000 votes. The compulsory school bill has carried apparently by about 10,000 majority. These are estimates only pro jected from the present lead of Mr. Pierce to include the probable total vote and assuming that the pres ent ratios between the two candi dates will be maintained. Some Counties for Olcott. Vith less than one-half the prob able vote counted Pierce has a ma jority over Olcott of more than 10,000, including his majority in Multnomah county. Olcott has lost both in the state outside of Multnomah county, considered as a whole, and also in Multnomah, He apparently has carried Ben ton, Curry, Gilliam, Hood River, Klamath, Lake, Washington and Wheeler, while Pierce has all the other counties that have reported. Big Towns for Pierce. Strong majorities were rolled .up against the republican candidate in Multnomah, Coos, Douglas, Jack son, Josephine, Linn, Lane, Uma tilla all the counties in which the larger towns are located, except that returns so far in from Salem and Astoria, in Marion and Clatsop counties, respectively, are some what closely drawn between the two candidates. , The figures as totaled from all counties, including 265 precincts out of 426 in Multnomah and em bracing 701 of the 1729 precyicts in the state, are as follows: Pierce 50,003, Olcott 39,445; Pierce's lead, 10,558. Other Republicans Win. All other republican candidates for state offices have been elected. The returns are not from so many precincts as on the gubernatorial contest, but enough have been com- . (Continued on rage 9, Column L) Pierce Supporters In Majority and Cheering Rents Night Air as Gains Increase. Dense crowds filled Alder and Sixth streets lasf. night at every vantage point where a glimpse might be gained of The Oregonian bulletin board. Election -returns was the magnet and from the be ginning of the bulletins flashed across the street it was demon strated that the crowd was a Pierce group, returns showing him in the lead being cheered with enthusiasm. The school bill, too, was watched closely .by the crowds and cheers went up whenever a bulletin was displayed that showed a consider able lead by either side. There were ample opportunities for cheer ing by supporters of both sides of the measure, since various parts of the state gave sentiment for and against at different times. i The streets In front of The Ore gonian building on both sides were blocked with .massed humanity for hours. The bulletin service was highly satisfactory, there, being no tedious waits, and returns were fed on the screen in rapid fashion. The Oregonian had promised election- news, by radio but it was notified yesterday that this was contrary to a regulation of ' the Associated Press, -which did not permit distribution of its news in that way. The Oregonian, there fore, gave its hours for the broad cast to the Meier & Frank company. which. sent out rather a complete summary of the count of votes throughout the state as it pro gressed. The Stubbs Electric company had already generously foregone its broadcast time for The Oregonian and this time, too, was given over to the Meier & Frank company, which sent out returns, many of which they took from The Ore gonian bulletin screen with but very little delay in transmission. Street crowds were not In evi dence, save at election bulletin centers. The noise and enthusiasm of election night was centralized at The Oregonian corner and there was little of it otherwise. The republican state committee headquarters at the Imperial hotel was open, with groups of leaders on the job. The Pieroe-for-Governor headquarters at Fourth and Stark streets was dark, there being none gathered there to join in the shout of victory as the evening advanced and it appeared the democratic candidate had been Successful. FEMININE WRATH RAISED Protester Against Women In Politics Roughly Handled. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. "Women in politics make me sick,' ruminated Eugene Komanskf. drygoods mer chant, as he surveyed the line of feminine voters In fromt of a poll ing place on upper Broadway. The next thing Komanskl knew he was in a west-side court, his face bruised and scratched, his clothes torn and collar missing, answering a charge of disorderly conduct, preferred by one of the women. "The worst of it is," said Koman ski, after he had told his story and had been dismissed by the court as sufficiently punished already, "they called me a 'big Tammany cheese when I'm a straight republican." OLCOTT WAITS TO VOTE Governor Stands Turn in Crowd at Polls In Salem. SALEM, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) -Governor Olcott cast his ballot, in his homo precinct shortly before noon today. Representative Hawley voted at about the same hour, while Senator McNary cast his ballot this afternoon. At the time Governor Olcott-voted the polls were crowded and he was compelled to wait for several minutes before, receiving Us ballot. Senator McNary and Representa tive Hawley said today that they expected to leave for Washington shortly prior to November 20. JOHN D. JR., NO REPEATER Magnate, In Ballot Box Submits to Photographer. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. A news paper photographer today prevailed upon John D. Rockefeller Jr., to submit to a picture wKle he de posited his vote in the ballot box. But when the photographer asked for' another pose Mr. Rockefeller demurred. "They might think I'm a repeater." he objected. He finally submitted to a second exposure after exacting a promise that the first plate would be de stroyed. COOUDGE .HAS TO WAIT Jam at Polls Delays Vote of Vice- President. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Nov. 7. Vice-President Cqolidge was obliged to wait five minutes before he could vote at the city hall today. The vice-president went to the hall in company with Mrs. Coolidge, Judge R. W. Irwin of the superior court and Mrs. Irwin. The women found voting stalls immediately, but Mr. Coolidge and Judge Irwin were delayed. Democrat Wins for Gov ernor in New York. 400,000 PLURALITY LIKELY Lodge Is About 3000 Ahead in Race for Senate. FIVE WOMEN ARE BEATEN Hull Ousts Republican in His District in Tennessee While Senator George Is Chosen. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S . ELECTION IN EAST. Alfred E. Smith, democrat, elected governor by large plurality in New York. Lodge ahead in Massachu : setts by about 3000. Solid -south returns its usual democratic delegations. CordeU Hull, democratic chairman, ousts republican representative in Tennessee district. Senator Reed leading re publican in Missouri. Ralston, democrat, leading Beveridge in Indiana. Hitchcock, democrat, lead ing on Nebraska returns. Townsend, republican, ahead In Michigan returns for sen ator. NEW YORK, Nov. T. Governor Miller, republican, tonight conceded the ' election of Alfred E. Smith, democrat, in the state contest for governor here today. Five New York newspapers, three of them re publican, conceded the election of Smith at 7:30 tonight, while it wag estimated that the governor would carry the upstate by a plurality of 100,000 while Smith would carry the city by about 500,000, making the democratio plurality in the entire state about 400,000. The vote for governor with 599 districts out of 7301 in the state missing at 1 o'clock was: Smith, dem., 1,316,235; Miller, rep., 922,944. The vote for senator with 1921 dis tricts missing was: Copeland, dem., 924,465; Calder, rep., 742,163. The solid south returned, as usual, democratic delegations in Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, with indications that other demo cratic strongholds south of the Mason and Dixon line were in no danger. At midnight the congressional re (Concluded on Page 4. Column 3.) Returns, Yet Incomplete, Coming in Slowly From Precincts in North Part of State. BOISE, Nov. 7. Moore, republican, was gaining steadily over demo cratic and progressive' opponents. Two hundred and seven precincts give him 12.130, or more than 3000 niore than Moses Alexander, demo cratic candidate. The fight is now growing stronger between Moore and H. F. Samuels, progressive, who has 9241 in the 207 precincts. . BOISE, Nov. 7. Returns from 46 of the 814 precincts in the state give for governor: Moore, rep., 3198; Alexander, dem., 2160: Samuel, prog., 2204. . BOISE, Nov. 7. With 24 of the precincts of his district heard from, Addison T. Smith, republican can didate for congress, had a lead of almost 1200 votes over his demo cratic opponent, Whitaker. Dun ning, the progressive candidate, was 100 behind Whitaker. Returns from the second district, constituting the northern part of the state, were coming in slowly. The vote for governor in 20 out of 814 precincts follows: Moore, 1701; Alexander, 1372; Samuels, 1276. Both French and - Smith, incum bents, running, for congress on the republican ticket, were leading their opponents. Thirty-four precincts out of 814 in the state give Moore, rep., 2480 votes, a lead of more than 700 over Moses Alexander, dem., in the race for the' governorship. Moore also was 800 votes ahead of Samuels, progressive. VOTE FRAUDJS CHARGED Democratic Leader Is Held in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 7. Tom Lawier, democratic politician, ar rested here this morning on a charge of conspiracy to violate the federal election laws, was released on $5000 bond when arraigned late today before a United States com missioner. His preliminary hear ing was set for Friday. Three other defendants who made sworn statements, according' to the police, that they were instructed hpw to vote and under what names to vote at Lawler's cigar store, failed to furnish bond and were sent to jail. , " The men were Tom Gibbons, who said he came to Kansas City a week ago from St. Louis; C. W. Heener, who said he came from Wyoming ten days ago, and C. R. Dolan, who said he was from Nebraska. , WARD LEADERS HELD UP 20 Republicans Lined Up and Robbed of $1740. CHICAGO, Nov. 7. Three masked men entered the republican head quarters of the 30th ward tonight and lining up about 20 men in the place at the time, rifled their pockets and escaped with $1741. The robbers then fled to their automobile and escaped. GETTING BACK TO EARTH AGAIN. Five Members of Congress Are -Comfortably Placed in Fight to Hold Their Seats. SEATTLE. Nov. 8. With returns coming in slowly from the country prec'nets of the state, the United States senatorial race between Miles Poindexter, republican junior sen ator from the state, and former Con gressman C.-C. Dill, democrat, gave evidence of being one of the closest in the state's political history. At midnight Dill took the lead, but a few minutes later, with additional returns from eastern Washington counties reported, Senator Poindex ter again forged ahead. With 580 out of 2446 precincts In the state reported, the vote stood: PoindexteT 34,965, Dill 33,673. James Duncan, farmer-labor nom inee, was third with 8346 votes. Dill again took the lead in the senatorial contest when returns from 730 precincts were tabulated at 1:15 o'clock this morning. I The vote then stood: Poindexter, rep., 39,001; Dill, dem., 40,421. Republican incumbent representa tives in congress continued to main tain leads in the five representative districts of the state. The vote in the third district gave: Albert John son, republican Incumbent, 6601, and J. M. Phillips, farmer -labor, 2816. There was no democratic nominee. The vote given was from 75 of 561 precincts. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 7. (Special.) The most hotly contested county election in many years, in which party lines were forgotten to a large extent, ended here today. Returns at 10 o'clock were: . For senator, Poindexter, 66;Dill, 41. For representative, Johnson, 87; Phillips, 10. Spirited campaigning on the part of the democrats, who hoped to cap tvre several county offices, and al most ideal weather" brought out a record vote. The religious issue was one of the dominating features of the election. The Ku Klux Klan was credited with having indorsed a large part of the democratic tick et. The wet and dry issue in the race for sheriff, made it almost as bitter as the sheriff's fight in 1920 when William A. Thompson, the present sheriff, defeated George Johnson, incumbent at that time. Because of the injection of the new issues into the campaign, many republicans were extremely dubious about the success of several of their candidates. In normal years the republicans control practically ev ery office in the courthouse.. Returns from 12 complete and in complete precincts out of 55 in the county are as follows: United States senator Miles Poin dexter, rep., 451; C. C. Dill, dem., 357; James Duncan, F-L, 47. Representative in congress Al bert Johnson, rep., 517; James Phil lips, F-L, 192. Auditor Fred Strickling, rep., 549; James Farrell, dem-, 326. Sheriff William A. ' Thompson, dem., 515; Ira Cresa'p, rep., 475. Prosecuting attorney Joe Hall, rep., 508; Roy Sugg, dem., 381. Commissioner. 1st district George (Concluded on Page 3, Column 2.) jCttHWVl Thomas Runs Third for City Commissioner. FAIR BILL LEAD IS SMALL Three-Mill Levy Seems Like ly to Carry. FUNK KEPT IN OFFICE Both Bridge Measures Are Ap proved by Good Majorities in City. . C. A. BIgelow. present city com missioner, and Stanhope S. Pier, son of City Commissioner Pier, have been elected to fill the two vacan cies on the citv commission, judg ing from returns from 218 out. of 390 precincts. These returns were partistlly complete. City Commissioner Bigelow, was leading the race with a total of 6745 votes on three choices and Pier following in second place with a total vote of 6046. If the ratio of the returns from the 218 precincts continues in the rest of the returns, both Bigelow and Pier will be elected by plurality, as neither they nor any other of the candidates will receive suffi cient first or second choice votes to elect. Under the preferential sys tem of voting, the winning candi dates must obtain a majority of all votes cast to be elected on first or second choice votes. George B. Thoma Third. George B. Thomas is third man, but his vote on the available re turns did not indicate that he had any opportunity to pass the two leading candidates. His first choice votes . totaled 4188 with the votes on the three choices totaling 4584 The split between the forces of the federated patriotic societies and the klan was shown in the returns for the city election. Although these, two forces seemed to have been joined in the state elction, it was certain that they failed to pre sent a united front in the city elec tion. George B. Cellars, who had the in dorsement of the klan, was running in fourth place with a total vote of 4387 on all choices. In pre-election forecasts Mr. Cellars was held to be a real contender for election and the surprise was the fact that Mr. Thomas had seemingly captured a higher vote than he. Dan Kellaber la Fifth. Dan Kellaher, who has- served as both city commissioner and state senator, but whose political careeV has been anything but serene, was fifth in the race with a total vote for all choices of 3391 votes. However, by this vote he was leading A. L. Stephens, better known as "Big Steve," who carried the in - dorsement of the klan otepnens had but 2827 votes .on all choices on tie incomplete count. The remainder of the candidates in the city race did not obtain suf ficient votes to place them in the race. They finished in the follow ing order: Fred A. Rasch, O. D. Drain, Dr. J. D. Duback. Mrs. Jo sephine Othus, W. P. Wagnon, Dr. T. L. Perkins. C. S. Hacker and W. A. Wynkoop. Funk Is Re-elected. George R. Funk, city auditor, has been re-elected. Partial .returns gave him a "vote of 8200 while his opponent, George N. Cosmus, was given 3096 votes. Of all measures on the city ballot, the bridge proposals proved to be the most popular. The Burnside bridge received the highest vote of the two bridge propositions, having a favorable vote on the incomplete count of 18,814 votes, with but 3548 registered in the "no" column. The Ross island bridge proposal was given a vote of 14,985 on par tial returns.-with 6345 against. Fair Measure Lead Small. While the exposition tax meas ure appeared to be carried in Mult- nomah county, it did not have an ; extremely high lead, . returns from about 200 precincf These returns gave, the exposition measure an ad vantage of 1810 votes. The 3-mill measure appeared likely to carry by a two-to-one vote, ac cording to the incomplete returns. On counts from alfhost 200 precincts the 3-mill levy had a majority of 3345 votes out of a total of 10,143. The water bond measure made a better showing than the 3-mill tax in the incomplete returns. This measure secured 6856 votes in its favor on incomplete returns from about 186 precincts with but 2316 votes cast against it Extra Judge Voted Down. ' Portland voters are not willing to authorize a second municipal court, judging from incomplete returns, for j this proposal was swept down with I a strong negative vote. On Incom plete returns a total of 6320 votes '. were cast against it with only 2850 i votes in its favor. The measure empowering the dock commission to lease its lands for Industrial purposes had a lead (Concluded on Page 8, Column 1.) Early Morning Tabulation Shows Earlier Indications to Be" Borne Out in Main. Latest figures in Multnomah county early today were: Governor Olcott 14.0S3 Pierce 16,625 Congress McArthur 14,204 Watkins 14.362 Public Instructor Churchill 13,407 George 9,594 Judge, Department No. 5 Gatens 11,935 Hewitt 11,553 Judge, Department No. 6 Evans 13.072 Hurst 10.144 School bill Tes 14,704 No 11,877 Legislative ticket Adams 13,433 Brownell :.. 12.566 Campbell 12.634 Gordon 10.774 Hurlburt 14.205 Huston 12.808 Kirkwood 12,514 Kubli .-...12,601 Keuhn '.11.872 Lewis' :.. 12,656 Lynn 8.702 Simmons 10.778 Woodward 13.024 Carson 6.921 Hagood 6.301 Haney 9,141 Hidden 6,448 Higgs .' ?-. 3,592 Holcomb 6,608 Lovejoy 10,326 Lusk 6,9".'! Malone '.'6,932 McNaught 6,779 Snedecor 6.847 Summerville 5.947 Wilson 6,471 NEW LEADER NECESSARY Underwood, Minority tiiicf in Senate, Wants Relief. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 7. Sen ator Underwood of Alabama today formallynnounced that he will not be a candidate for leadership of the democratic minority in tne sen ate after March 4. "The condition ot my health," said the senator, "makes it advisa ble, both in justice to the party and to myself, that I should not offer for re-election. I do not want my friends to feel any unnecessary alarm about my health, but it is not robust enough for me to con tinue after March the duties of lead ership which require such constant attendance." ILLINOIS BONUS AHEAD Vote Nearly 3 to 1 in Favor of ex Soldiers' Compensation. CHICAGO, Nov. 7. The first 82 down-state precincts reporting on the soldiers' bonus referendum gave nearly three to one in favor of the $55,000,000 bond issue, the figures being 21,788 for and, 7S50 against. The same precincts gave 17,567 for the beer and light wines ref erendum and 8637 against it. Both 1 measures are expected to win in Cook county. GOTHAM GETS NO EXTRAS Evening Papers Cease Publica tion at 7 o'clock. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. With inter est in the election greater than it has been for years. New York to night had no extra editions of eve ning newspapers after 7 o'clock. An agreement to that effect was entered into by newspaper publish ers when notified that pressmen of the New York Evening World had elected not to work after that hour. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum, 56 degrees; minimum. 43 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southeasterly winds. Election. Johnson wins la California, rage 3. Smith of Idaho In race for congress has lead of almost 1200. Page 1. Dill in close race with Poindexter. Page 1. MUler beats Smith for governor in New York. Pae 1. Pierce leads In state. Page X. Bigelow and Pier seem to be elected. Page 1. Pierce leads In Multnomah. Page 1. Miss Alice Robertson is beaten for con gress. Page 2. The Oregonian election bulletins entertain huge crowd. Page 1. Setters is elected Astoria mayor. Page 6. Brookhart is ahead by 30,000 in Iowa. Page 2. Cox leads in Massachusetts for governor. Page 3. Foreign. More Turk troops called to colors. Page 7. Xational. American warships at Constantinople af fected by nationalist order. Page 5. Domestic. Doyles" children are good mixers. Page S. Henry Stevens eliminated as suspect in Hall-Mills murder case. Page 4. Sports. "Poker face" helps Harper in fights. Page. 14. Commercial and Marine, power machinery brought on Panaman. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Chamber deplores activity of railroad agents In interests of unmerger. fage jj. Little girl's life crushed out by skidding automobile. Page 16. Holstein herd carries off first honors at great dairy show. Page 15. Douglas fir hearing opens here today. Tago 4, . . Democrat Has 16,625 to Olcott's 14,083, NW1MI Hoff Is Easy Winner Over ' Toil Velle for State Treasurer. SCHOOL BILL IS FAVORED Measure Has Lead of 2827 in 26,581 Ballots That Are Counted So Far. Walter J,f. Pierce, democratic candidate for governor,- last night was carrying Multnomah with a lead over his republican opponent, Ben W. .Olcott, that was not likely to be upset by complete returns. A total of 30,7,08 votes cast for governor in 265 incomplete pre cincts out of 425 in Multnomah county gave the cattleman of Union county a lead of 2542. The vote: Pierce 16,625. Olcott 14,083. Watkins Has Lead of 158. The same number of incomplete " precincts, although the vote cast for representative in congress was 2242 less than for governor, gave a lead of,158 to Elton Watkins, the democratic congressional nominee, over C. N. McArthur, republican incumbent. The vote:' Watkins 14,362. McArthur 14,204. - This makes the congressional race close, and the result will be in the balance pending the count ing of additional and more com plete returns. ' Hoff Is Easy Winner. Results on other state offices on varying precincts follow: For state treasurer O. V. Hoff, republican incumbent, was an easy winner over F. L. Tou Velle, dem ocrat. Hoff has 15,627, Tou Velle 3727. Hoff's lead 11,900. Superintendent of Public Instruc tion J. A. Churchill, republican in cumbent, had a safe lead over S. S. George, candidate of the Ku Klux Klan. The vote: Churchill 5439, George 3803. Churchill's lead 1636. Supreme court justices, three to elect and no opposition, were George H. Burnett 7083, John Mc Court 7447, John LRand 6767. Campbell Carries County. Thomas K. Campbell, republican, is carrying Multnomah county for public service commissioner over Gus E. Erickson, klan candidate, and T. M. Kerrigan. Mr. Camp bell was one of the original mem bers of the commission and was defeated after several years' serv ice by Fred Buchtel, who, in turn, was recalled last June. Kerrigan was elected June and is candidate. The vote under the recall in now an independent stands: Campbell 5928, Erickson 3411, Kerrigan 3217. ' Campbell's lead 2217. Gram Has Good Lead. Charles Gram, commissioner of labor, republican candidate, was substantially beating L. H. Hansen, Klan choice for the place. The vote: Gram 5259, Hansen 2367. Gram's lead, 2983. The legislative end of the Mult nomah ballot showed that the three republican candidates for state senator were carrying the county and that all of the 13 representatives were republican. Hall Lusk and George Lovejoy were among the 13 high men on the house end of the ticket, these be ing democrats. Lovejoy was in dorsed by the klan and the Federa tion of Patriotic societies'. M. R. Klepper was leading John H. Stevenson for senator by 2219; W. J. H, Clark was leading E. T. Hedlund by 3307 and Harry Corbett leads D. Chambers L. by 4888. Thirteen Leader Given. The 13 high men for representa tive were Adams, Brownell, Camp bell, Cordon. Hurlburt. Huston. (Concluded on Pago b. Column 3.)