PJWE SIX
MEDFOTED M7C.TL- TTtrBWE, flrEDFOUD, OftEQOy, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1C, 1928.
RESULT
y
T
Race So Close That Official
; Count Next Week Must
; Be Awaited Before Win
ners Can Be Known
. ; Fraud Is Charged.
: colum wps. Ohio. wg. JC !)
The official count on the race be
tween Craham 1 Hunt, Cincinnati
and Senator Cyrun JjOcIim, of
Cleveland, for the demoer a t i c
uhort term Hcmttorlal nomination,
apparently muni determine the
winner. With only fifteen pre
cinctH in . Jefferson county niinnlnii
today, from the unofficial Htate
wide tabulation, Loeher had a
lead of 107 votc.
On this IiukIh, ' the unofficial
tabulation by the Associated IVosh
showed ocher had 'J2,!9$ votcH
against y:fclfl for Hunt.
' CLEVELAND, Aug. 1C
A mistake of 10,000 vc'oh in favor
of Senator Cyrus Loeher in tho
count in Cuyahoga county vn tln
covered today, when tho official
count of votea waa made.
The unofficial vote, an tabulated
hy commlttflionerH yesterday khvc
Graham Hunt of Cincinnati (wet)
26, 244. Today It was found Hunt'a
vote In CuyahoKa county wua lti,
224. Locher'a unofficial vote in
the county was 12.089. ThlH dlH
crepancy cut Hunt's margin of
victory to nut more than a hand
ful of votes.
The vote, uh changed by the
Cuyahoga figures, wan:
7 Hunt, 88.100; Locher, 88,172.
V Announcement of the dlHcovery
of' the erroneous total In Cuya
hoga county enmo after Iocher
h end quart era Indicated tho secre
tary of state would bo uskod to
Investigate the county vote.
, COLUMHUS. O.. Aug. 1 0.-(flT)
With Myers Y, Cooper, Cincinnati
republican, and Congressman Mar
tin L, Davoy, Kent, democrat pick
ed, by Ohio votors to make the
November race for governor, polit
ical observers already are predict
ing' a buttlo of even greator In
tensity than that witnessed hi the
republican prlinnry between Coop
er and Congreus'inaii JamcH T.
Hcgg. Sandusky.
The neck-and-nock raco for tho
ropublican gubnrnatorlul nomina
tion' between Cooper and licg;jr
went Into Ohio political history as
one of the most Hpectueular on rec
ord, with tho final result still ques
tioned by supporters of the San
dusky congressman, who uwult the
complete official returns from the
lecrotary of slate. It is doubtful
h'hether ttm official vole for each
candidate wilt bo known before
next week.
Wet hi Poor Tbl ill.
- Complete unofficial returns com
piled by tho Associated lresH gave
Cooper, a Cincinnati businessman
supported by the Ohio Antl-Haloon
league, a plurality of 6,r(18 votes
over Hegg, who also had dry back
ing. Attorney-Clunerul Ifldward C
'.Turnup, who openly attacked the
Antl-Haloon league and certain
liuhllc utility Interests which he
charged had Joined with the len
whr a poor third In a six-enruered
rmee.
' Tho final vote stood: Cooper.
259,725; Hcgg, 264, J.&7; Fred Koh
ler, former mayor of ClovHaud,
26,115; Horry A. Shanley, Clove
land, negro publisher, 0,840; Hur
ry c. Smith. Forest, Ohio, farmer.
16,181: Turner, I0,23fl.
Congressman Davey of Kent,
.wns the choice of Ohio democrats
In approximately 80 of th mme's
88 counties, leading Peter Wilt,
former Cleveland traffic commts
Hloner. by a comfortable margin
In a field of five candidates.
Nomination of the republican
v caudiduto for lieutenant governor
Mill hung in the balance today us
George C. Uraden. Warren, and
Wtttto ItcpreHcntatlvo John T.
Itrown, Champulgn county, author 1,
of tho Ohio gasoline tux law," con
tinued the mi inn Vneck-anU-nnuk"
"battle that Coopur and llegg cur
ried on yesterday, 1 1 row n hebl a
lead of Bflfi votes enrly today.
Iturton Win.
Congressman Theodore R Uur
lon, Cleveland republican, und (ira
1mm 1. Huno, Cincinnati attorney,
democrat, were chosen to fight It
out In November for the four-year
unexpired term of tho lato Senator
FNA
OHIO
PRIIV1AR
NOW IN
D I J U B
Frank 11. Willis. Congroasmun
Hurton, who retired from tho non
nto In HH5- without seeking re
election, only to return tu WuhIw
lngton as n member of tho lower
house, defeated Chief Justice t'ar-l
ringtail T. Marshall of tho Ohio1
nuprenio court with n plurality In!
excess of 140.000. Five candidates !
sought the republican nomination.
Although Senator Cyrun Locher.,
Cleveland, apparently was defeat
ed lty Hunt on the basis of unof
ficial roturns, He: ifsued a tate
ment hinting fraud In tho count
ing of his .votes, particularly In
Cuyahoga (Cleveland) counly, and
,lndlcallng that n mtuto Inventlga
Hon might bo requested. Hunt's
'Unofficial plurality with about 700
precincts unreported, was U'.4S9.
tocher, who had tho tiupport of the
. Anti-Saloon leaguo. claimed a loss
of bin home county by approxi
mately 5.uf0 rather than the more
han 10,000 votes announced.
lry If lW'atm.
; Henator Simeon 1. Fewi,- Yellow
sSpringH. renominated , on the re
publican ticket without Opposition,
will have Charles V, Truax, wlfo
Concentrated hta cumpulgu upon
the farm relief Issue and endorse
ment of the principle of the Mc-
Nnryf-Haigen Mil. , apptarrd to
ttvea plurnHty of moro tlmn 10,-
. W iv ; ' '
I OUU votos today ovor former Con
j ifrfKfimiin Clt'OfK Whlto, Marietta,
who had the backing of the AntJ
! Saluon lcuKUO.
; Anions tliuKQ who went down to
I defeat In Humllton eounty was
! OhiirlcK I. Tuft, II. f hoii of Chief
JUHtieo William H. Taft, tlio cHI
j zens' republican committee cundl-
date fur renoniinatton uh county
prosecutor. Prosecutor Taft lost
' to Nelson Schwab .the oratiiza
; tton renublii'iin candidate by 1 0,
175 votOM with one precinct iiiIkh-
ins.
Taft not only lost the nomination
for county nroHecutor, but alo was'
defeated for republican pi -reluct I
committeeman In his homo pi e- j
clnct. j
ER OFFICERS
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. (PJ Three
additional warrantH against Hoy C.
Toombs of Chicago, president Of
International Life insurance Co.,
were issued today by Circuit At
torney Howard Side nor. Kach
charges Toombs with procuring a
false certificate for 3000 shares of
stock with Intent to Issue It. '
ST, JiOUIS, Aug. 1 0. (IV) Ktrt
ton Shurlel, attorney general of
.Mlusourl, today announced he had
instructed his two assistants here
to prepare an information ugalnst
Dr. E. F. Morgcn alien of Chicago,
vice president of International Life
Insurance Co., making a chargo
similar to that in a warrant issued
yesterduy against ftoy C. Toombs,
president.
Tho Toombs warrant charges
grand larceny of $104,000 of TexuH
and Montana County bonds, a part
of the $3, GUI!,!) 52 alleged to have
beon removed by Toombs from the
Insurance company assets.
Morgonstlern Is director of per
sonnel of the International Life
and tho closest adviser of Toombs.
Ho Is a handwriting expert and
character analyst. He is a Ru
manian anil Is said to have served
professionally In tho Ituss i a n
czar h court.
Tho attorney general's decision
followed testimony given by Bee
llarelay, asslstunt financial secre
tary of the insurance company,
that ho and Toombs went to the
deposit box of the company las'
October 1 , at the instance of
Toombs, and took out ? TiOO.OOO
bonds.
The bunds . were taken to
Toombs' office, Harclay said, and
Morgcnstlc rn and H. O. Mc Key fi
elds, Hon of T. J. McHcynolds; an
other vlco president, took them
awuy. It' was Itarclay's unit -standing
that Morgonstlern and U.
O. McHuynolds went to New Vot'K.
Barclay said ho never heard any
thing more of the bonds and he
luid received no proceeds from
them. .
IS
ON PEACE SPEECH
SLTPKHfOlt. Wis.,
Admiral Charles l
of naval operations,
today ' and went to
Aug. 1(1. (AM
Hughef. chief
arrived here
Cedar Island
lodge for a conference with I 'real -ldent
Coolldgc, who was fishing
on the Itrule river. When the
admiral arrived ho returned.
It was announced .at the execu
tive offices that President Cool
ldgc would go to the Apostle isl
ands August 22, motoring to Hay
ffeld and boarding the ship Nell
wood, owned by II. T. tiray of
Kansas City. After a cruise about
the Islands, n plcuiu lunch will be
served and in the early afternoon
the president will visit the Unry
entitle, on Madeline Island. The re
turn trip will bo mudo the sume
day.
Numerous telegrams wero ' re
ceived by tho president today com
mending his speech at Wutisnu
yesterday before the Wisconsin
stale convention of the Amerliau
Legion. These were scanned with
Interest by the chief cxcautlvo who
awaits editorial reaction for an In
dication of how (he country re
ceived his stand on tho outlnwry
of war.
OFF A YEAR AGO: HER
KI.INT. Mlcb., Auk. 16. (V)
Tlio memory of Miss Mlldrod
IXirmi, "flylntc MIolilKan school
mn'rm" whu wns lout on tho IHlo
rH;0il to Honolulu lnt yonr, wnB
officially honored horo lodHy.
Finns on tho city woro at Wlf
t it IT. iniiuy hoinoH ami husincMS
lilticca decorated nnd plnns were
under way tu doroto tho reguhir
weekly (iruyer meet'.ni; nt the
church xhc attended to a memorial
Bcrvlce tonlKht. The pew she once
occupied will bo the gathering
plHce of relative.
William F. MallOHka, promoter of
the III fitted flight of Mian Oornn.
ordered that Ills office and nil of
hla airing of aiilliie filling atn
tlong bo eloaed for a half hour lato
today.
Tho flight atnrtod from Oakland.
Cal.. a year ago today.
8AI.K.M. !lnn onlcri'd ftr pro.
posed 3.'iO,no Oipltni View hotel.
13 MINERS DIE
IN COAL MINE
136 ARE SAVED
COAWORT, Pa.f Aug.' 10. (JP)
The Hole Hurvivor of 11 men
known to have been trapped in
the number 3 mine of the Irvona
uoai anu uoko company uy an ca
plotilon late yt'Hterday afternoon,
I today told the story while rescue
workers from various districts cx
plorcd the gas swept racings of
i the mine for bodies which might
j have been overlooked,
j The survivor, Marina C'oceia, of
j Coalport, owes his lifo more to
luck than nnythliw; else, ho having
I refused to follow a fellow miner
I whose body later was 'brought
from the workings badly mungled
and burned.
Coccla, one of ISO men In the
mine at tho time of tho blunt, was
with tho H In tho section where
the blast occurred. The other 130,
in another section of tho mine, es
caped, their working place not hav
ing been visited by the force of
tile explosion.
"I was with V. II. Mays about
11:15 .o'clock," Coccla said. "We
heard a dull thud and thought the
dynamo had let loose. Wo were
thrown to tho ground and smelled
gas and felt a terrific heat. .Mays,
his face Ghastly, turned to mo and
said. 'We'll die now. No ono but
God can savo us.'
"We ran toward the tunnel exit
but were forced back and reach
ing an entry .Mays dashed to the
left. Something Bent me to the
right. 1 escaped, poor Mays is
dead."
The bodlcB of tho 13 victims
wore brought to tho surface short
ly after midnight. Identifications
were mado In each instance.
Officials of the company said It
was a dust explosion but refused
to advance a cause until a further
Investigation could bo made. Thin
Investigation waa being carried on
today ty Deputy Stato Inspector of
Mines Ira H. Thomas of Harris
bur.?. -
Most of I lie bodies brought out
were mangled and burned and
with but two exceptions all were
without clothing, denoting, rescue
workers said, tho explosion wns
of terrific force. The two bodies
not mangled wore evidently suffo.
ration victims, physicians stated.
FOREST FIRES IN
I
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HPOKAN'lj. . Aug. -111. (P) Fires
In the Clearwater national forest j
of northern Idaho were burning)
uncontrolled today, reports- re
ceived here Indicated, with 117 ti
men combatting, their spread. J
One fire, on, , Johnagan . creek, j
about fid miles cast ' of Oroflna,
Idaho, had burned over 7000 acres
and on Doris creek; ab'out In miles
away, another fire was stilt being i
fought. Its size was not known.
Kires In the vicinity of Spirit
Luke, Idaho, today woro reported
as under control und dying out.
ItUKMKUTOX, Wash., Aug. HI.
Continuing to rage out wf
mtrol despite efforts of 2Uo mei
to hall It, a spectacular fire which
burned over l-'Oli acres of logged
off land yesterday afternoon and
last night, began eating Into a
great forest of grcon limber this
morning. State fire fighting equip
ment wart rushed to tho blaze from
Seattle to help the crow of the
McCormlek Lumber company bat
tle the flames.
No lives were reported in danger
and no homes were in the path of
the raging blaze. '
The standing timber was est!- !
mated lo cover moro than l'0 1
square miles, with one side of the
stand backed up against the cltyl
of Bremerton. Klreflghtlug off I- ;
cials HHlll tllnf thn flnnm -Mf IwJ
brought under control beforo they
could reach tho city.
1IOOVKII JO:h KANT
(Continued from Pago One.)
At Kansus City tho nominee
Will bo met by Muvor Beach and
other officials during tho slay of j
the train there. ' '
West Branch will bo reached on
Tuesday morning In tlmo for
breakfast, ui which Herbert Hoo-1
vor, Jr., who is now in the cast, ;
will Join his parents. Tho day
and night will be spent there
and on Wednosduy und Thursday
Hoover will bo, in Cedar llnptdsi
for conferences with republican
loaders from tho corn' belt and in!
attendance upon a fttatc picnic
und fair. 1
Xews of tho death of George .
K. Morrlf, chulrmun of the Nuwj
York stato republican committee.
reached Mr. Hoover Into lat night
and ha Immediately sent this iuch-
sago to M lllium H. Hill, a repub
lican leader at New Yoik city: '
"1 have Just learned of the,
death of Mr, George K. Monis.
Please extend to tho family my
deepest sympathy. ills passing ;
is a distinct loss to the republican i
party, which he has served so '
well nnd so conscientiously." j
llon't Want New lUillroatt. i
PKNDLKTOX. Ore.. Aug. H j
OV) Tho hf.ildlng of a railroad '
'mo from Momestend o Lewlston. i
M proponed by commercial asso-l
editions and public service groups I
In Idaho nnd Washington will be!
opposed vigorously by the eastern
Ortffon citizens' transportation
committee, following notion at nj
moettne li b r o, Itepresenjuttves
from Tho Dalles, Arlington. Ui .
Wiunde, Baker and .Pendleton'
wei prevent aj thv mrethig here
late yesterday. I
'Bicycle Trip Over
Atlantic Ocean To
Take Only 42 Days
T ',V ,i'Vt
Ci:. 11 A V EX, O e r m u n y,
Aug. 16. (Pi Houdir and
4 illi-schbcrg, the two uble scu
4 men who are attempting to
ctoxh the Atlantic in a "bl-
cycle boat," left here today
for Plymouth, Hllglunri. They
8 took ' five days for an un
4 eventful trip down the Kibe
river '. from Hamburg, and
hope to cross to America in
42 days. -
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UNABLE TO ENTER
CAMPAIGNSOON
8AJ.MM, Ore.; Aug.' III. (&)
IJccausc of business ut home-
tlrlng his official attention Sen-jThc
ator Charles L. JleNary has .found
It necessary . tg decline an lnVi-
tatlon from the .-m.uhli.:m nn. I
ilonal committee to attend 'tho
Montana slate convention at Hel
ena August 2u. Also the senator
nays he will be unable to meet
j Herbert Hoover at an erly date,
as requested by the national com-
miltee.
I General .lad win, chief of tumv
j engineers, is expected to arrive in
j Oregon early next month-and has
requested Senator McXary to uc
company him on a visit tu scvo
ral rivers and harbors projects.
McNary is vice-chairman of the
senate commerce committee, .lad
win's visit to tho state will make
It impossible for Senator McXary
lo bave Oregon to participate In
the national campaign be for o Sep
tember in.
Senator MeNary Is hopeful that
the survey for deepening- the Wil
lamette river between Salem and
Portland will bo completed by
September l and that the appro
priation for the project can be
included in tho next Irvers and
harbors bill.
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Arnipry is atiractine titore than
; the usual interest as CJeno d'Grady
juf Ashland, southern Oregon -yvol-jterw'elght
champion, t; has f agreed
' ' to meet tho winner of- the- 'main
event of ten rounds between Dick
ftumlcs of San legd'and Jo
Jewett of Portland. If plans arc
carried through, O'Cirady will
probably fight In Med ford some
time early next month. Jewett and
Kamles both are ready for to
niKbt'H battle and both are deter
mined to meet O'Cirady.
The smoker Is being put on un
der the auspices of the boxing
commission, with CJus Hall, former
member of the Portland boxing
commission. as promoter . and
re-!sailor Jack Wood as matchmaker.
bouts will begin at 8:30 sharp
"If!? Prt;lImina7 K'tween Jack
IJII11)(!f:lt of r' Angeles and Kid
wursnail oi Jiemoru, o.ioweu oy
another preliminary between Bud
die Thornton of this city and
Battling Judd ot Portland.
A '' semi-windup between Pat
Padelford of this city and Summy
Gordon of Portland will preccdo
the main event. Padelford und
Gordon will fight six rounds.
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Casualties of the
Air Service
j j ST. LOUIS, Aug. 18. (P) An
; unidentified passenger was killed
J ami Alfred J. Kueehenmelster, a
student pilot, and another passen
i ger were seriously injured today
when a Waco biplane from i-am-
bert-St. Louis field .crashed on a
farm. The Injured passenger was
believed to be Dell Flanders, ubout
IS years old.
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