Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-28
OFFICIAL CHECKING
OF VOTES STARTS
Extra Adding Machine Bat
terry Made Necessary by
Flood of Returns.
,BsoLu1E FAIRNESS ASSURED
prominent Business Men to
Act as Judges; Full Re-
port to Be Published.

propaiatlons have been made for
t,gu1tps the. official count To ue-
..ru.Ip, the winners Of the SIX auto
,....lr. ana other gifts that are TO
distributed by The Tulsa Daily
\,..u as a result Of the Immense
81. 900 prize campaign, which closed
stuTduN night
An possible haste. commemorate
.,Hb absolute accuracy viii be made
r t.hulating the vote totals. so that
rr. nutcome may be announced as
..IcLly as possible. IL is expected
..t|the winnert will become known
f., after part of this week.
All mail must he In the campaign
p,r., hy 10 a. m. Wednesday.
AMONG the stacks of letters were
,.r. nuding The World for the
.,.ut.blc manner In which the cam
t..lu was conducted, Expressions OF
rprrtciations were frequent, and The
World thanks those from whom they
,wautted II was, indeed, great
.ampatgn long TO be remembered.
TI los, who are fortunate enough to
WIN prize, or one Of the handsome
Automobiles. will have especial cause
E ratification, for the fruits Of
n,r labor will remain long after the
.,rruuous race to capture It Is for
gotten.
BALLOT BOX In Vault.
The ballot box ls reposing safely in
the vault of the post office, guarded
Nrht and day.
lr the meantime all subscriptions
ar. being verified so that II can be
a.,ertniued II votes already issued
can rcmlin credited.
The tremendous voting activity of
the last week OF the campaign will
make quite gizRble task III counting,
nut an possible haste viii, be made In
d,termlning he winners. Hundreds
ot telephone jalls have been received
l' the campaign office from candi-
dates and friends seekng news regard
ing trs outcome All those Interested
may rest assured that the result will be
r.hlishod Just as soon as II possibly
can De done The final list VIII show
the vote total of every candidate,
The official Chcck will begin today
ana the prominent business men who
have been secured TO act as judges in
sure, everyone fair treatment. Their
motto VIII bo fair play 10 all and par
TALLY TO none
Fairness Assured.
Already the fairness OF the campaign
Iia h'cu put 10 test ana mas NOT
been found wanting. "A Tulsa candi-
date who had worked up to the last
minute and then was delayed In maxi
Ing her return 70 the campaign head
quarters until few minutes after 8
, cIorI.4 the deadine, was denied the
rEht tu deliver her final return.
The men who will act as judges are:
7 j. Hartman, w. a. Brownlee, W. ..
Tuck, W A. Bradshaw, J. Nj. Crutch-
utd.
Al day sunday came calls and call
ers askiug who had won the six auto
mobiles and other liberal prizes Of
iered by The World. This shows the
Tremendous interest In the campaign
tor had they not been so intensely in
iaresied that they did not stop 80 con
s'der, they would have known that IL
VIII take days to count the thousands
upon thousands OF votes and re-check
them to make SURGE that no mistake
u made so much greater was the
hnh flood OF votes that II has become
necessary to install another battery
OF adding machines this morning.
Special delivery letters from out-of-
i1"u candidates bearing postmarks
dated prior 90 . o'clock Saturday
nlshi camc In by the score yester-
'7l An avalanche Of letters bearing
votes rs expected this morning. and
m extra force has been put on to
L.ndI" them with the greatest possi-
~" dispatch.
Jl"t as soon as the official count
ms Necu completed the complete vote
OF "'ery candidate will be published
htll then, hope on.