The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 04, 1913, Page 1, Image 1

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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, , JUNE
II... .ILL " "
4, . 1913. TWENTY PAGES.
VtllU , VW vuu J. STANDI) HVt CLUiS.
VOL. XII. NO. 75.
MAYOR-ELECT OF. THE CITY OF PORTLAND AND HIS OFFICIAL FAMILY
CHOICE BALLOTS
T
OF 6241 VOTES
GIVES ALBEE LEAD
I
Strength of McKenna in i Sec
; .ond and Third Choice Col
, urnns Makes. His Total AN
' most Equal Rushlight. .
NEARLY ONE-HALF OF
. VOTERS "SINGLE SHOOT"
..Total Number Who, Went to
Polls Was, 44,973; Con
sidered Light.
Complete Returns M From AH
. i Precincts.'' -' ,
First. Second. Third. Total.
Kellaher ... 2.413 3.629 4.13 10.07
. Rushlight .15,916 2,953 1.707 2A678
Albee 21.350 3.940 1.527 2,817
McKenna .. 3,638 12,423 4,387 20.346
Smith. ....... 1.768 1,348 3.318 6,92 1
i Complete returns from all precinct
give H. It Albee a lead of 6241 vote',
over A, G. Rushlight, his nearest com
petitor In the mayoralty contest. Mr.
Albee will be the next mayor of Port-
land.
- One of the surprises of the complete
count Is the narrow margin between the
vote for Rushlight and McKenna. Rush
: light's total Is 20,576; MeKenna's, 20,
846 a difference of but 230 votes.
The prediction that McKenna would
receive second and third choice votes
from both the Albee and the Rushlight
supporters was verified. In number of
second choice votes McKenna led the
ticket with 12,423 to Albee's 3940 and
Rushlight's 2953. or. considerably more
than tho total of second choice votes re
celved by all other candidates for mayor.
The total of first choice votes cast
for all mayoralty candidates was 44,973.
while the total of second choice votes
cast for all candidates was 23,193. show
ing that about, halt the voters indulged
In the practice of "single shooting." or
voting for but one candidate.
.. --a i, 1,1. (rf phnina vote Kol-
tDiniu i - .
.i Mimiiirrihle Droportiom of
jaucr nw
.n,i third chocs votes. He
. ...,,,i nhnips vntfts than first
n R a 1 1 1 vj i c prvwnw .
v.irrt oimira votes than second.
The followers of Smith, on the other
, hand, gave him more first choice votes
than seco'na. While the um of I M third
- choice votes Ms more than his first and
second choice votes togetner. .
, nt. cast, this Including
first, secerid and. third choice votes, was
84 741. ' It Will D noncea win
of second and third, choice votes was al
most equal to the total of first choice
votes. . . '
LOWEST LEVELS SINCE
N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
Steel Makes New Low Record
LI at 54 5:8; European Owned
Securities-Unloaded,
i i (United Preis l4 Wire.)
... New Jock. June I. What was as near
a panic as the New York stock exchange
ban been In six years struck that Insti
tution today when a general unloading
of European - owned securities carried
the standard issues down to the lowest
level reached since 1907.
Traders, however were prepared for
the situation? and at noon the "leading
stocks showed slight recoveries. Up to
noon steel was under heavy pressure.
It touched 54, a new low record.'
Erie, among the railroads, was weak,
and Reading was heavily tojfi, dropping
3 points. , The. selling thlshornlng.was
the heaviest In years. TKe recent aver
age doily sales have been about 360,000
shares. Today It was reported that
nearly 600,000 shares were unloaded.
(t olled Pre It'(1 Wire.)
Washington, June 4. ."Pink whiskers
publicity;' has palled on Jim Ham Lew
is. He admits it
"Is It true that you 4ntend toshave
' 'em off?" ft reporter Jlwidly asked the
. llllnplfi. senator here today, and then
- Jim Ham unburdened bis soul.
"J Sm tired of - eing Identified by my
whiskers and my clothes," , he hissed
' through his pink foliage, which actual
ly quivered with his heat. "'I don't mind
you newspaper boys kidding me, but 1
, don't think I am getting a square deal.
Tm, hnvrn hnA mrfn mp fiarhtinor lont
'her0,foi'!a good many years trying to
make gooa. i Deneve i nave jum a n
tie something in me besides shall we
BHy, my .'eccentrlclties'7and these ec-
.iitrlnlfca eft all tho attention. I'd
Ilko to be treated In a dignified manner
once in a wnite.
STATE FOREST 'RESERVE
BILL REPORTED UPON
REACHED ON
i i -
f -J, ,,fnttlngtj!njLluiiiM
. commiicee mis morning voipi w reyoi i
Senator Chamberlain's bill creating as a
"fftate forest reserve 50,000 .acres .ouXjef
thegantIanr"hallo)iar" forest, il vingi n
ischange state lands in the rorest , re
' serve. Ktiite students In foresty wilt re
celve lnBUuctIon In forestry on this
reserve. - . .
BY1ATERETURNS PLEMMBEE SSnS
New System of Apportioning
Street Benefits Defeated-r-Firemen
Win Pension Meas
ure by Good Vote.
Comolete returns of the vote on the
amendment propositions confirmed re
sults which were indicated by the early
count. These results were chaiacter-
Ixed by the defeat of proposed big bond
Issues. -
The total vote as compiled and.of-
(Continued on Pags Five.)
10
(TJaltrd Prei Lad Wlre.l
Paterson, N. J.. June 4.Alcxander
Scott, editor of the Weekly issue,
anioii.t ,ihllf tlnn hum been convicted
of aiding and abetting hostilities to the
city government in connection wun i
strike of Paterson biik worKers. re wm
be sentenced Friday. The Jury recom-
mended mercy. .
The maximum penalty wmcn may
Imposed on Scott la 15 years lmprison
n i'nnn fin. Tn th editorial
1 . 1 C 1 1 V, Wl . - " - - - '
complained of, Scott referred to Chief of
th tummn .m "the " boss strlke-
Lbreaker and chief Cossack.'v and. to the
Vti. r.BioiiF mm "hroB hultniipd anar-
IVlll.O '
chist' ' ' ' . I
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GUILTY DF
NCITING
RIOT
WHO'S WHO ON CO M M ISSION
. H. R. ALBEE, mayor-elect. Is 45 year
pld. He has been a resident of Port
land for 17&ycars.ana duriftK all that
Amelias" been connected with the North
western Mutual Life Insurance com
pany. For the last five years he has
been Its Portland manager. Mr.. Albee
is married and has. two children. His
home is- at 1040 East Ankeny .street.
From 1902 to 1905 he was in the Port
land city council, and In 1909 and 1911
he served In the Oregon state senate.
..trr.T. tt tvvt.V. who has'been elected
commissioner by the highest .vote of-
any man on' me ucsei j "
and a member of the present city coun
cil, in which he has made a fine record.
He is a printer by trade, and owner of
the Portland Monotype company. He
has been in Portland since 1902. Mr.
Daly Is a labor leader of the best type,
conservative, fair and forceful. For 27
years he hai been s. member of the
Typographical union, for four years
president of the State Federation : of
Labor, and for two terms president of
il. T..ii.ni r'MnlrmV I jihor foil noil. Ma
mo ri ---
4i.-..maa.joL good -rfaluc&tlon.j.aeaulred
through his own eiioris ana aeierniiu-
.QERItEaojmtnlsBlQner-J
elect, is a, ciwi.b'iu niiiiii
He was in the government service In the
Philippine! tn various engineering ca
pacities from 1901 to 1907. For the
laBt two years of his ituy there he was
Mayor-Elect -Praises the High
Character of, . Successful
Candidates; Talks of Plans
I for Administration.
Between answering telephone calls,
shaking hands with callers by the scoro
and accepting their congratulations, H
H. Albee found time this, morning to
talk interestingly of some of his alma
and purposes as the next mayor of
Portland. . ( , " .
Mr. Albee was at his desk in his of
fice in the Concord building. Except
for the almost constant succession of
visitors and telephone messages; with
now and then a telegram .or two, there
was nothing to indicate that hs haJ
Just pome victorious through a strenu
ous political campaign. Quiet, unasaum-
( Continued on Page Eleven.)
(SalPtn Buretu of The Journal )
Salem, Or., June . 4. Governor West
today complimented the voters or Port'
Ispd on their selection Tor mayor and
commissioners.-
"The election came out well." said the
governor, "and I expect Portland during
the next(four years to be, the .best gov
erned city in the United States."
tflty engineer of Manila and a member of
the municipal board of five men. stm
llarjo the Portland charter commission,
that governed Manila. His specialty Is
sanitary engineering. He is 37 years
Old.. ' . '
i Ci'A. BIGELOW is vice-president, mn
ager and part owner of the dry -goods
store of W. H. Markell & Co, on Grand
avenue arid East Morrison street. He Is
37 years old.A He Ijas been In Portland
since '1894. coming here-from Olymp-la.
He has been connected with .the same
firm .during the 20 years of his resi
dence here. He Is regarded as an ex
cellent business man. His only previous
political experience was as a member of
the 1911 legislature and as a member,
for a few months, of Mayor Rushlight's
executive board.- " , v
' W. L. BREWSTER, commissioner
elect,' is a lawyer. 47 years old. He has
practiced law In Portland 22 years. From
1905 to 1911. he was a member of, the
civil service commission, and he Is at
present a member of the state textbootc
commission. He la ft graduate of Am-:
herst and of the University of Columbia
law-school.
A Iv ' BARBUR. auditor-elect by a
Vote so overwhelming that his election
y as conceded. a.t-Ouea-4 tax day, Is now
serving his third term as city auditor.
He has given excellent- satisfaction In
that position. Mr. Barbur is. 52 years
old and an accountant by profession,
lie Is a native of. Oregon, , ,,, -
PORTLAND ELECTION
DELIGHTS
GOVERNOR
i i - 1 II I ' I J I U Ul
TBihis
OFCdMMISSIONERS
Daly, It Is Known, Has Pref
erence for Public Safety;
; Albee Consults , Wishes of
Others.
Now that the returns show' definitely
that Will H. Daly, C. A. Bigelow. Rob
ert G. Dleck and W. L. Brewster have
been elected commissioners, much Inter
est Is expressed In their assignment to
the various departments provided under
the charter. ,v
, There are five of these departments,
public affafra, finance,- public utilities,
public Improvements, and public, safety.
The mayor, takes one .of. these depart,
merits himsejf, and assigns each of the
four commissioners to a department.
. 'Mayor-elect Albee' said t"hls morning
that at this time he did, not. care to
intimate what his assignments would
be. , He desires to confer, with Mhe com
missioners themselves and to learn their
preferences and views, besides devoting
more, thought to It himself, before he
makes his selections. ' ',
It is - known, however, that: Will H.
Daly, who polled the largest vote of any
commissioner, would, if " his personal
preference Is consulted, be appointed to
the department of public safety, which
has control' over the police, fire, street
(Continued on Page Five.)
t vr
trnltedrm.Tiesiied'Wrs.i J.
Phlladelphla,June 4.-Dr. E. J. Sweet
head of the vivisection department of
the University of Pennsylvania medical
school and one of Philadelphia's most
prominent surgeons, Is out on bail today,
following- his arrest on charge "of
cruelty to dogs used In connection with
university experiments. The Society for
the -Prevention of Cruelty; ta Animals
swore to the warranr; The. Arrest Of all
othr - surgeons connected .with the de
partment la planned by
!-Beyw Would -lAvhhfr8rTrr---
. - ,i ititru if-" if-.wu nirr.) .
L'an Wrflfirturiv Pa1 Jttna . i 3nrl
'fl'sHed Prt lieaMd wire.)
MsTi-g-- a"""f"" """""" -
raliroaa rtceivea me lotiowtng letter
from Walter Karnuin Jr., of Seattle;
'You and your company; ought to be
shot for losing our dog Fluffy. I wish
I -was' big enough to lkk you. "
ARES
ISECTI
ONISTS
ON CHARGE OF CRUELTY
LANE OUT-TALKED
LOBBYISTS; THEY
NEVERCAMEBAGK
Oregon Senator Testifies at
- Lobby Inquiry and 1 Points
' Out S. W. McClure of Wool
growers as a' Caller.
Cnltd rren Ld Wire.
Washington, June 4. Subpenas for BO
manufacturers, and others alleged to
have been active in fighting the Under
wood tariff bill were issued here today
by the senate sub-committee of the Ju
diciary committee, which Is,. Investigat
ing President wiisons mmuiuun ijiuu,
rmortnd . ti3 have
CnHrHB. uiu . r.r
been subpenaed are Henry Oxnard and
Frank Lowrey, wno are imuuns n
sugar; Buford liVWh. working In con
..Hnn with ' nntent medicines, and
Frank Gorman and Allan Irvine, manu
facturers' agents. ' .
onnntn, nvartYiAn nf North Carolina,
chairmafn of the committee, stated, that
he expected to corapipio mo
Of senators before tomorrow. ,
Senator Lane of Oregon was the first
witness today. Asked what "lobbyists
had called on him, Lane pointed to S.
(Continued on Page Five.)
RIFLES IN BOXES FOR
Shipment of 500 Guns of Ital
ian Make Admitted in the
. House of ' Commons. .
Ttnla PrM. iMttmA VrVa.1
London. June 4. In , th house of
commons today Augustine Birrell. secre
tary for Ireland, admitted that British
eustoma.cuficlaJayestarday..ei4..40
rifles at Belfast The weapons were
Vlrlrrtr'f IrRHn-Tnarmfactnrer!They
had been' shipped to unknown Ulster
leaders in boes marked "electrical fix-
tWHttb-
it is feared- by the- government that
many rifles have been successfully de
livered to. the Ulstermen, and that a
bloody outbreak 1 likely should home
rule b proclaimed in Ireland.
ULSTER LEADERS ARE
SEIZED AT BELFAST
BIG STRUCTURES
Elevators in Some of Buildings
May Be Forced to Cease
Running; Lower Docks Are
Inundated.
High water : in ; the, Willamette li
making Its presence felt, not. only- In
the basements of business blocks along
the waterfronts but In the big -uptown
offlea structures as far removed as
Fifth .street. V"! . .,..1
, In several office, bundlngs elevator
service is threatened, and pumps are
kept going almost continuously to keep
water from reaching the machinery and
stonplng operations.
In the Chamber of Commerce building,
the Railway Exchange, the McKay and
Rothchlld blocks, from 1 to Inches of
water was reported In the - basements
this morning. Pumps soon lowered the
level and nd trouble in keeping it down
is anticipated unless the river rises to
higher levels than the present forecast
indicates It will go.
Outlook Is Favorable.
.- Whether the river will go higher than
2f.3 feet, the stage forecasted for Sun
day, IS dependent entirely upon weather
conditions in the Willamette valley and
the drainage area of the Columbia river
tn Oregon and Washington.
-Conditions in eastern Oregon " and
Idaho are favorable for showers and
cooler weather, and lower temperature
are predicted for this section also. If
such conditions continue for three or
four days even Its effect, as far as
(Continued on Page Fifteen)
'sTnlted PrfU LeMrd Wire.V
Vancouver. B C. ; June "4. Backing
awav from leaking hose in the city
market building, little Edith Wilson of
No. 666 "Eleventh avenue ast, - was
drowned in False creek early last even
ina-. While a group of white men stared
helplessly into the blackness under the
wharf, tnree Japanese iisnermen gropea
about for the body, due me many mm
utes that Intervened before the arrival
of these men is .thought to have cost
the girl her, life.
-
V Lloyd-Gorg Canceta Tour.
i TCn1T-pPerT.Srt Wtfe.T T"
I London, June 4.Because he "will be
toa busy at the time," Chancellor
Uevtl QvbtKi has i fjiiuielied h
nosed whirlwind tour of the United
States in September. It ;: had been
planned for Lloyd-George to make
speeches . In uie ctmea -eiaies
Canada, : "
and
AP
DIVE
CIO
WHILE
WHITES
STAR
Vote for. Commissioner Shows
What Part Ballot Privilege
Played in Election of Daly,
Dieck, Bigelow, Brewster.
LEAD OF FIRST CHOICE
FAILS TO ELECT CLYDE
Though He Led Brewster, Lat-
ter's Seconds and Thirds,
Gain His Position.' -
COM.MISSIOXEftM ELECTED
Will II. DJjr.
Robert G. Dieck.
C. A. nigelow. . ;
W. L. Brewster. ' -
Total vote on commissioners, all me
cincts. .
1st 2d , srd
Choice Choice Choice Total
Daly 11.985
6,460
4.23
1,004 20,4 U
1.986 - 19.4'f!
Dleck
13.247
Bigelow ...
8.264
11,106
9,511
6,491
11,349
9,910
5,616
4.391
9.115
4.324
6.299
4.395
4,8t)0
6,676
2.266 .
2,445
4.940 .
6,227
3.121
3.319
3.169 -
3,142
3.463r 18,!1
Brewster ..
2,161
17.7i
Htoppenbach
Hurlburt :. .
2.346
I.91S
1.210
1,353
3.150
3.567 .
2.435
4.041
2,751
16,71 r
16,0s
14.9 M
13.'h
13.1 sr.
12.6HI
11.(11
10.9 !!
Clyde .....
Baker .....
Cellars . ...
Dana
McAllister. ,
Driscoll
Watkins
6.019
Munly ..... 4.916
.415
10.4 T;
Under the charter, Mr. Daly and tit.
Bleok, having received the blgbait votts
for commissioner, will bold for fonr
years, while Bigelow ut Brewster, lbs
two lowest, with the city auditor, win
hold for two years The mayor is a", to
elected for four years. After the elec
tion two years from bow, however, all
officials will hold for four years. .
If first choice votes only had decldwl
Monday's city election, and there hid
been no second or third choice vofhu.
Ralph C. Clyde would have been elect tl
instead of W. L. Brewster as the four;ii
commissioner. The case of these tno
(Continued on Page Five.)
Miss Davidson FEuns on Course
- arid Catches Bridle; Horse
- Crushes Her and 'Jockey. .
(foiled Press LetMd Wire.) .
Epsom.' England. June 4. An attempt
by suffragettes today destroyed a!L
chanee of King; Ceorge's colt Anmer
winning the Derby. - Miss Eltrabctrt
Davidson . . was probably ; fatally hurt
when she ran upon 'the course at 'Totten
ham corner and grasped Anmer's bridle.
The colt reared high, and. then, with hi
Jockey, Herbert Jones, fell flat on the
woman's body. She was terribly crushed.
Jones, the Jockey, was hurried to a hos
pital. His condition ' is serious. u Tim
colt was not badly Injured. . u: ,
. Miss Davidson, wlio is 35 years eld.
was terribly mutilated by the horse's
hoofs. For several minutes after Hi
occurrence she gave no -sign of life, and
a report. spread that she was dead. A't
er doctors reached her side, However.
she shoved signs of recovering and was
taken to a hospital. ' ?
Miss Davidson is a prominent militant
suffragette. She Joined the "votes for
women" propaganda In 1905, and la
been arrested many times. Recently
at Aberdeen she horse-whipped a prech
er whom . she mistook for Chancellor
Lloyd-George.
Jockey Jones, la suffering from con
cussion of the brain.
BY
(United Prete tew4 Wire.)
Brownsville, Texas. June 4. Follow ing
a 24 hour battle, the federal gari 1
son at Matamoras. Mexico, at 6 o'clock
this morning, surrendered to Oenetal
Luclo Blanco, the Maderista commandoi.
Blanco immediately opened the port vT.
entry and-invUed,Jkmerlcan physlclann.
to cross the border and attend the
wounded. , . ' . .
Surgeons) returning from the fTOn
report heavy losses on both sides, but.
no definite estimates were obtainable,
Many bodies were found in the electric
light plant, the federal stronghold, de
fended by ground mines and live wire.'.
The Constitutionalists occupied the ctu
tome house. Residents of Matamora-t
are flocking back to the city. ,;
Sightseers at Matamoras this) after
noon estimated the dead at 200. Genen-1
Blanco this morning executed 30 federal-
for violating a flag of truce.
' n-nmaM Pmtnt Mllltancv.
' (United PreH '. WIr..)'
Ixmdoni: , June. .I.T-Ampog. . th huf
dreds' of protests Tecelved by tiie Wn
men's Social nd Political Unlonsln
.the,eceixt.Utb.rst...fl,l.m!ll.tin.rr j .,
signed by 100 Influential members a
the- 6wlBeiUoJr Womaa suf
frage which has Jut concluded tt
annual meeting at Geneva. Tin
.((MSlate.Juty-tX. iiUlIiancy Is l -
dicing the cause inrousiimu n -By
a large majority the conv-.
Jerted a propox.il to Join t -tFt,
dcldiix ""t f a"y .
UU any political l '
SUFFRAGETTE GRASPS :
KING'S COLT AT DERBY
AND IS FATALLY HURT
MATA1RAS CAPTURED
MADERIST
All