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CISCTXXJITIOK ! Averse (or October, 1922! ' Honda? only 570 liljr aixl Handay 5343 Avcraga for six month ending October 31. 1922: Sunday only ; .3874 Daily and Sunday 5485 r, SEVEJTY-SECOW) YEAR Republicans in California Claim Easy ' Victory and . Democrats See Gains Ov- er Previous Year. RELIGIOUS ISSUE , Y ; SETS OREGON AGOG Poindexter Has Hard Race , With Democrat- Nevada ' Claimed by G.OJV : SAN- FRANCISCO, Cal., Not. 6. , -Pre-election...,, statements were Issued by the political party lead ers today, the majority ; party leaders claiming the standard iwin.' wm oe successful 10- , morrow and the minority party leader declaring: they would make gains oyer previous years. - i ww -' w w way mwbw wwwm4 was predicted - that . the-'heaviest vote ever cast la an off-year irouia do cast tomorrow. - f any ' leaders In their" last appeals to the voters stressed the necessity of the voters turning out to cast their ballots. ' 4 J" . t , Registrations Heavy The registration In California for the election Is 1,532,348 of which 968,429 registered, as Re publicans and 319,107 as Demo crats. Other states in the west re ported hoary registrations. - The campaign In Oregon has uecu unv ui tun iiiuav uuicii; vuu- tested because tho religious issue was injected by reason of a com pulsory public - school bill and through activities of 4 secret or ganizations. ' The federated secret service and the Ku Klux Klan Is sued lists endorsing candidates for all offices. ; ; : : The normally Democratic stato of , Nevada was claimed . tonight "by the 'Republicans, who . based their prediction on increased Re nnhltaan ' registration i ." and " , an economy plea made by -.their speakers. K- . , .(; r PoInOexter nasi Race , Interest n Washington was dt. Tided between measures and men. ' The contest between Miles Poln dexter, ; United States senator who la Seeking re-election, and C. C- Dill, his Democratic opponent, attracted more than state-wide attention. U- "' The leading contest In Mon tana was Ifr the United States senatorial seA to be'Tacated by Senator H. U llyers. Both th9 Republican and Democratic can didates claimed the seat in the latest statements issued tonight. Democrat Have PawuIe The Republicans in New Mexi co expect to send MrSi Adelln Otero-Warren to Washington as . a member of the" national house - a . a a. 1 1 ( . iA a statement issued today. The principal campaign ; in Arizona was centered in the governorship and the campaign was closed with a .torchlight profyjsrflda by the Democrats. ; y Pearson Hopeful ! LOS AffGEL.ES, Not. 6. Wil liam J. Pearson, . Democratic can- i (Continued on page a J THE WEATHER ' OREGON: ' Rain; ' strong south-easterly gales along the coast. i,: ..' ! -. ; LOCAL, WEATHER , (Monday) Maximum temperature, 4$. Minimum temperature. 39. River, t foot below normal level. Falling. Atmosphere,, cloudy.- , Wind, southeast. ii ii iri"nnnrni irvn n Am mnnni c rJj aJLn luw i "ii n i ,vi l mi dJ W -. n al J l A A JU V r if h i r i i i lr ii ii i i Hr TiPA "1 U J IM y '1 P A ' t f" . .vv . . j .'. . ., . .'. . : - - V,v-'-'':" -'' ''"': "' " BIGGEST VOTE II YEARS IS LIKELY TODAY ... '-; I. -' . ' ALLOW IT IS RULING Anrjearino' before the citv council, last night, City Attor ney Ray Smith threw a flock of monkey wrenches into the wheels of the Sloat reward fund, by saying that it seems to be utterly bevond the Dale of the law for the city to pay such a reward. The distinc tion is clearly drawn between the city's riirht to nay for exe cuting it3 own especial ordin ances, and paying under the state and national laws in which the city would not have legal jurisdiction. What action, the city council will take is not yet definitely de termined. The report was re ceived and filed : tor record, and no vote was taken. . The general expression of the council Is .that the city is morally bound to pay the reward, thought It was point ed oat that there could be no "moral obligation" where there can be no legal right to expend th public funds. The matter will be taken up again as soon as it can be thor oughly considered. City Attorney Smith's opinion follows: ' "At the last regular meeting of your honorable body the City Attorney was requested to bring In a written opinion as to the authority of the city to offer a toward for the arrest and con viction of one Sloat and I submit herewith the following opinion: "As stated by McQuillan in his work on Municipal Corporations, Section 391, it is generally held that a municipal corporation may offer rewards for the apprehen sion and conviction of offenders against its local or municipal re gulations; This is regarded as an incidental or implied power re sulting froin the obligation to pre serve the safety and general wel- ifare of the Inhabitants and their property, but In the absence 01 express authority, a municipal MmnniMnii mav Tint nffer A. Tfi- ward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of state laws although committed within municipal limits ' for the reason that it is not for a municipal or corporate purpose but a duty de volving upon the state. The Char ter' Of the city of Salem does not expressly authorise the offering of rewards and the rule as above stated is applicable in the Sloat case. In harmony with the rule as stated Is the case of Baker vs. Washington. 7 D. C. 134. In this case it appears that immedi ately after the assassination of Pres. Lincoln, the Common Coun cil of the City of Washington nassed an act offering 120,000. uO for the arrest and conviction of the nerson or persons who assas sinated President Lincoln and at tempted the murder of Secretary Seward. Pursuant to this action the Mayor signed a proclamation offering the reward -which was claimed by the plaintiff, Baker, who brought action to enforce its payment. It was contended by counsel for Baker that under the Charter nrovision granting power "to make laws for the preserva tion and safely of persons" that authority existed to offer the re ward. The Court, however, held that a city Is not organued vlth the view of enforcing the criminal laws of the state and that 1 he council did not have authority to make the offer of reward and bind the city by its action. "J am of the opinion that the rule as applied by the Court in the above , case applies in this case and that the offer of reward in the Sloat case does not bind the -city." - m't lb HARDING VOTES BY- HEAR RETURNS Many Officials in Washing ton Post Ballots, Some Go Home, Others Will Not Cast Ballots. SPECIAL WIRE FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICES Ex-President Wilson Will Go to Bed Early and Read It in the Papers WASHINGTON, Nov. 6- Presi dent Harding and four members of his official family. Secretaries Hughes, Weeks and Wallace, and Attorney General Daugherty, al ready have marked their ballots in tomorrow's election, mailing them to their home towns. Secretaries Denby, Fall and Davis and Postmaster General Work wUl vote In person at their legal places of residence Out the two cabinet officers, Secretaries Mellon and Hoover will not vote. It was stated that they were un able to leave Washington because , of press of public business. Mrs. Harding Votes in Rod The president and Mrs. Hard ing sent their ballots to Marion. Ohio, to be cast at the place where the executive has voted for years. Mrs. Harding marked her ballot while sitting up In h?r sick roomr. Last reports on tho progress of Ihe campaign were received today and tonight by the executive. Re turns from the election will be received by the president tomor row night In his study. They will be received at the executive offices over a special Associated Press wire and will be relayed to the executive over the telephone by Secretary Christian. N Wilson to Read Papers So far as was learned former President Wilson had made no special arrangements for getting the returns at his S street home. He was expected to follow bis us ual custom of retiring compara tively early, relying upon the Wednesday newspaper to give him more detailed accounts of the re sults than it was possible for him to obtain by telephone from Dem ocratic leaders during the early evening. Mr. Wilson also has voted by mall, sending his marked ballot to his old home in Princeton, which he was accustomed to visit regularly on election day before his illness. He is understood to have fol lowed the progress of the cam paign closely and has participated in It to some extent through ihe medium of letters to Democratic organizations. Only a few senators and repre sentatives are in "Washington. JnstJce Not Voting Of the senators. McCorck ' Illinois, Sterling of South Dakota and McCumber and Ladd of North Dakota, voted by mail as did a number of representatives who re mained here. All members of the supreme court with the exception of Jus tice Pitney who is ill at his home in Morristown. N. 3.. remained in this city for over election day and it was stated that none had voted by mall. Prominent Actor's Mother Passes in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES. Nov. a. Mrs. Sarah McLean Kerrigan. 70 years old, mother of J. Warren Kerr! gan. motion picture actor and of W. W. Kerrigan, manager of the Mary Pickford Picture company 1 dead at the familv home here tonight following a stroke of par alysis. Besides the children named she Is survived f by three others, Kathljrn,, Kobr . and,, Edward I 1 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY W&M py Sty STATESMAN TO GIVE ELECTION RETURNS AS COUNT COMES IN Both County Chairmen Claim Marion County for Guber natorial Candidates by 2000 votes Tooze Concedes Few Precincts td Pierce, While Downing Says He Will Beat Olcott 3 to 1 in Salem. As usual the Statesman will lead tonight in furnish ing election returns to the public Arrangements have been perfected with every pre cinct in the county for returns by telephone as soon as any of .the count is available. The returns, as fast as they are received, will be announced by megaphone and posted at the front of the Statesman office. Salem and Marion county returns should begin to come in less than an hour after the polls close at 8 o'clock. Prior to this time, however, interesting bulletins on the results of the elections in the east And middle west will be received and will be announed from the States man office. These should begin to Come in about 6:30 o'clock. For those persons who are unable to get downtown for the returns tonight the Statesman office will gladly furnish information by telephone to any who call this office. i v FAR1ER 101 Testimony of Possible Eye Witness of Murder Cor roborated Yesterday NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Nov. 6. (By the Associated Press) The story told by Mrs. Jane Gib son, woman of considerable mys tery, the self-styled "eye witness" of the double murder of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, September 14, at last has been definitely cor roborated, authorities said to night. It also was unofficially reported that the grand jury would be asked to return indictments against a woman and two men. An attorney who has figured pro minently in the investigations said preparations were being alreadj made to combat the testimony. Irs. Fraley Heard The corroborating witness lot Mrs. Gibson'3 story that she saw the rector and the choir leader slain while she was searching for farm looters on the Phillips home stead. Special Detective James Mason announced, is Mrs. A. C. Fraley, who lives near the 'scene where the two bodies were found. Sigourney Smith, grave digger, who boards at the Frayel house, has been arrested by state troop ers and the substance of his tes timony is being closely guarded. When approached by newspaper writers Smith has declined to talk and has repeatedly declared that the detectives have warned him not to discuss the double murdec. More Questions Asked In preparation for presenting the entire case to the grand jury the authorities today bean a general re-questioning of all per sons who have previously been mentioned in connection with the case. Interurban Phone Company to Occupy New Building SILVERTON, Or., Nov. 6.---(Special to The Statesman.) The Interurban Telephone com pany has juet about completed its new building on West Main street -and will move to their new quarters in the near future. Th company has received its new switchboard which is automatic in every' way. it is reported, will be a great improvement in efficien cy over the one now used. SUPPDRTE MORNING, NOVEMBER 7. 1922 ' Walter L. Tooze, Sr., Marion county Republican, chairman In the election of four years ago, Walter M. Pierce was a candidate for governor, Mr. Pierce carried the county by the narrow mar Kin of 2 9. It may be of interest to say tha,t he carried Linn coun ty bx. 57 votes, and the small counties of Deschutes and Har rry; therefore, he carried by a small majority ony four out of the u6 counties in Oregon. As to the vote in the county for today, I predict that Olcott will carry the county by from 1000 to 20ho votes. It appears from my returns that we will carry every precinct north .. of Jalem except Brooks. We concede that Pierce will be strong at Sidney, also at Turner and Silverton. We believe that all the other pre cincts in the east and south of the county will go for Olcott The trend of sentiment has been and is now strongly toward Olcott. W. H. Downing Marion coun ty Democratic chairman Pierce will carry Marion county by 2000 votes. The total registratio.i is above 21,000, and they may not all come out, but we flguro hat the actual choice of the reg istered voters1- will be 11,500 and 9,o00. Enough people will vote today to give Pierce approximate ly his full normal majority. Sa lem will give him three to one. Pierce will be elected by a state majority of between 20,000 and 25,000 votes. Multnomah county will give him a substan tial majority, and the "cow counties" will give him almost everything. We can see nothing to the election but Pierce. Someone Gets Bumped Both Marion county chairmen have been steadily on the job from the real opening pf the cam paign, and both have their fin gers close to . the pulse of tho county. That their figures do not exactly "jibe," is to be credited to enthusiasm and earnestness. If somebody gets a bump, it will be his own hard luck, and not hfs own doings. There has been much interest in the campaign, and the two Salem meetings came near break ing the records for political meet ings for all time. Some remark ably good meetings were held at pome of the other points in the county, though in general it is only a "bye-election" speaking campaign, with not much offered for the smaller districts like the rural school houses. S'lnrty Percent Vota Predicted The vote is expected to be. the heaviest ever cast in the state: at least, the heaviest In Marlon county, where a 90 per cent vote Is predicted. The polls open at 8 o'clock (Contlnuad on pig 3.X SORROW STRICKEN AFT EXPUDSD SP ANGLER, Pa., Nov. 6. (By the Associated Press) Between SO aid CO, miners were killed in the Reilly mine ol the ReiUy Coal company hear here this morning, according to an official estimate made public at midnight by rescue work er and company officials. The estimate was arrived at after rescue workers who have searched the ix plosion wrecked mine for twojiohrs reported they believed there were no more survivors in the working. v (A. . r ; fhirty one rescued men are in the Spongier hospital . 1 0riciaZt of the company are still uncertain as to the exact number of men who went to work just a short time before the blast i They believe that the total was between 90 and 95. 1 - 1 1 v v Rescue men who had attempted to count the bodies they stumbled over in the workings declared they counted approximately 50, but said it is probable that a few more men perished in the unexploredchambers. -f U; . RALLY IS HELD a scons mills Tooze, Perkins and Reynolds Boost for Election of Mr. Olcott Walter L. Tooze, Sr., chairman of the Republican county commit tee, was one of the visitors and speakers at an interesting poli tical mvting held last night at Scotts Mills. R"V. J. V. Perkins discussed the efficiency of the Olcott ad ministration, beginning with hii organization of the secretary of state's office, years ago, and ex tending on through the whole state service. Lloyd Reynolds, candidate for the legislature, gave an especially clear, capable talk on the taxa tion problems. He is rated as cne of the most effective speakers in the county on this quesdon. The meeting was presided over by Henry S. Daly of Scotts Mills, an ojd-time and never-failing poli tical enthusiast. Much enthusi asm and applause is reported from the meeting. FRIENDS SH WELL OF POM They Say He Is Competent artel Deserving of the Of fice of City Recorder Mark Poulsen, candidate for city recorder, was for nine yeara chief clerk In the Southern Pac ific freight office here, and he was afterwards connected with Hauser Brothers. He has been deputy under Recorder Earl Race for four and a half years, and he has assisted in all the activities of that office including tho un official duties of city employment agent, for the good of -the fruit growers and others. Mr. Pouhren has liVed in Salem for 17 years, and those who. have worked with him and known him tntimately say he is both compe tent and deserving in every way. Mr. Poulsen was high man in the primaries, and he knows every phase of Ihe duties of the position to which ho aspires. OF FffllUES IRE n IT SPANG They decided at midnight to remove the bodies bef or? daybreak. Scores of women and children who had been at the mouth of the mine since early morning were induced U return home tonight. , i Examination of the mine workings by experts ton fgh I caused officials of the company to announce that the proper ty damage in the explosion was very small. V ; , No statement will be issued regarding'the cause of the explosion until tomorrow at least. It was announced that a safety expert had m.tde a trip through the mine short time before the men started working today and he reported to the company that the workings were free from gas. .k v rJ. . Behind a brattice, hastily constructed by the entombed miners to shut out the deadly after damp I from heading where they had taken refuge, the rescuers found four men alive and one dead. PROSPECT FOR HEAVY VOTING IS PROMISING Western Conditions Through out-Middle'. West and Mis sissippi Valley Good CHICAGO. Nov. 6. (By The Associated Press) -Weather con ditions through the middle west p.nd 'Mississippi valley wth the exception of the two Dakotas are reported tonight as favorable for tomorrow's election. Rain on the prairies of the Da kotas and snow fn the Black Hills have rendered roads in many sections virtually impassable aryl threaten to cut down the country vote. Republicans and Democrats in South Dakota both claim, as a re sult, they will Jjave an advantage over the farmer members of the N'on-Partisan league. The league candidate for governor is a wo man. .SiisH Alice Lorraine Daly. In Texas the supreme court, by an 11th hour decision, today or- dered the name of Earle B. May- for United States senator printed sent to all county clerks, but some doubt exists whether all can comply in time. Injunctions by his political opponents had pre vented the . rinting heretofore. The name of his Republican op ponent. George E. Peddy, has been stricken from the ballot be cause he was not nominated by a regtilar party con ventlcn. Lt minute meetings, speech es and the usual final hour claims of victory featured the closing campaigns throughout . the mid dle western states. XX TKB CTTT Or ftAUM aad alarwfcar ta Varioa a Polk Oafla Krly rjWdy raits The Oregon Statesman- TKB KOKS KZWaPATU - PRICE: I FIVE CENTS A little later they came acrosi another brattice, mad of mlna cars and bearing tho legend a burned on with a mlner'a lamp: - "SaIiyM in 8cHfkd ; "There are 29 men . behind this." ' - The air was so bad her that "Sally. 11m bureau' pet canary bird used in testing the air. died- "It was a shame said one of the crew. "We could have saved her if we had retreated to the good air. But wbera the lives of miners are concerned,' I guess Sally would O. K. our act In go- ing ahead." , ' - : there were four, made op of five men each, tonight were especially hunting for Pat Flanagan, the fire boss. He went Into the mine at 3:30 o'clock this morning and re porte dthe-mine was safe. He went down again at 6:40 o'clocK and was not seen afterward. Iteftrue Crews Arrive Early in the evening mine rescue crews from the Maryland -Coal & Coke company at St. Michael, Pa., and the Pennsyl vania Coal Sc. Coke company at Johnstown, joined the federal res cuers and the Cambria Steel crew. . Tho second United States' rescue ; car was expected here from New York state tomorrow. J ? "The sad part of It," said pn Etnrdy miner, "is that at least ZQ of the victims were within a hun dred feet of frsh air when they were overcome by gas." ' Every effort tonight wa bIng made to locate all of the living. As soo nas that has been done, the trork of removing the dead will commence. ', Youth Save Dozen Uvea Men. women and children : by the score crowded the police lines near tba shaft. Many of them had been there since they heard of the explosion early in the day and there was no indication they would leave their posts until the last body had been brought uot. "On the cot of honor." at the (Continued on page l. ft:-.