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TIIE MORXiyG OREGOXIAy, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913." 3 r- " T r I i v. ... a. nri ocKan it i ansa, m anas, a a -a. asmmi k as a i uaucao w i i"io tiai v .... w . , SEER IKES PROFIT POSING AS UWVER Dual Existence Gives Clair voyant Chance to Make Startling Revelations. DISGUISES ARE EMPLOYED Chicago Grnud Jury Learns of Meth ods led by Ie Alvandros, Who, as Attorney, ieiit His Cli ents to Necromancer. CHICAGO. May 15. Interesting evi dence of the operation of Charles Pe Alvandros. alleged leader of the clair voyant ring now under investigation, was presented to the grand jury to day. According to State's Attorney Hoyne. DeAlvandroa led a dual existence, pos ing as a lawyer and operating as a seer. As a lawyer he had an office downtown; as a clairvoyant he Is said to have maintained three mystic par lors In which he appeared disguised to those who had met him In his ca pacity as an attorney. As a lawyer, he is said to have directed his victims to consult the seer. Then he Is said to have disguised himself and appeared as the seer. Thus he was able to make surprising disclosures to his vic tims. The less important cases were handled by assistant necromancers. He is said to have acted as chairman of weekly meetings held by clairvoy ants where the "white envelope fund" was collected for distribution to the polticians and detectives who protect ed their operations. DeAlvandros . owed his leadership largely to his legal ability, and usually handled court matters for members of the ring when they ran afoul of the law. He is at large and the police are FParching for five other clairvoyants, among them Frank S. Ryan, alias Pro fessor Robert L. Milton, whose brother, James, is in jail here and has furnished the State's Attorney with a great deal of the evidence being used by the j.-rand jury. The Mates Attorney related some of the testimony given by one woman victim of the clairvoyants. "I went to one fortune-teller," she said, "and gave him $1200, which he said he would In vest. Afterwards he closed his office and I could not find him. "Then I went to another clairvoyant and h wanted $250 to get back the original $1200. So I gave It to him. and never saw him again. Then I went to a third and fourth and gave them smaller sums, as my funds were nearly exhausted. They, too, disap peared, and I complained to the police, hut It did no good. None was ever ar rested. State's Attorney Horn said: "I have direct evidence of collusion between police officers and criminals: that Is. direct connection without the aid of a go-between, and none of them will escape punishment." a circular had been sent and asked if it were signed. "I didn't give any anine because none appears here." said Senator Thomas In reply to Mr. Root. "The Senator knows perhaps better than I do where it came from." Senator Root said, he was surprised that t:.r Senator from Colorado should make such "absurd" charges In the Senate based on a communication ap parently unsigned. I.ane Known Banker' Name. Senator Page offered to give 250 for the name of any Vermont banker who received this circular, declaring he was in a position- to affirm that no banker in Vermont had ever received It. Senator Smoot said he could aa the same thing of the bankers of Utah. Senator Lane went to the assistance of his Democratic colleague by saying that he did know a banker who had re celved such a communication. He re fused to give his name. As a result of this circular. Senator Thomas said, banks did retire circula tion and did call many-loans and laid the basis for the panic. Senator Smoot produced figures from the statistical abstract showing that the circulation of National bank notes had increased steadily from 1891 to 1896. Mr. Thomas declared that the Dante of 1807 had been nianufacteured bv the Standrd Oil Company or milled Interests to get through the Tennessee Coal & Iron "deal" and to embarrass the President of the United States. Loulslunan Makes Fervid Appeal. Senator Ransdell. of Louisiana, re sumed his argument against free sugar, concluding with a personal -appeal to his colleagues, "in Uod's name not to vote for free sugar and put the Louisi ana industry to death. Senator Williams asked why It was that Mr. Ransdell and his colleagues resisted just as obstinately In the past any reduction in the duty on sugar as they now resist free sugar, and why they voted last year against a 33 per cent reduction, which every Louisiana planter now admits he could stand. "If this Senate." Senator Williams asked, "should put a 60 per cent reduc tion on sugar instead of the proposed rate with free sugar In three years, which would you prefer" Senator Ransdell said he believed his people would prefer the proposed rate because it would be quick death, whereas the other reductions would be slow death. DARLING. HE OF FEW CLOTHES. IS HOI BAPTISTS OPPOSE UNION MISSIONARY CRIED DOWN YVHEX HE SUGGESTS CO-OPERATIOX. GASOLINE BREAKS WINDOWS Tank Containing Over 300 Barrels Scatters Havoc Over Wide Area. S.VN' FRANCISCO, May 15. (Special.) A tank containing 600 barrels of gasoline exploded today in the yards of the Standard Oil Company acros3 the bay at Richmond, throwing ncts of flam in every direction and breaking l.y concussion the windows of rcany homes in the vicinity. The fo-ce of the explosion was felt In all the Bay cities and threw the residents of Rich mond into a panic. The cause of the explosion has not liren ascertained, although the fire de partment responded promptly and suc ceeded in keeping the flames from spreading. Sergeant McGowan was as sistrd by many citizens In fighting the fire. The police and fire departments In Oakland were aroused by the explosion and offered assistance, but received as surances that their aid was not needed. NO COMPROMISE POSSIBLE (Continued From rift Pane.) there had been rumors that concessions of some kind would be made on the principal schedule In order to satisfy opposition In the Senate. The Presi dent had been told by friends that In some sources there was a confident expectation that a duty would be put on raw wool or that the provision for free sugar after three years would be dropped. It was to counteract these state ments that he took occasion to make his position clear. It is expected at the White House that there will be minor changes In the bill made by the finance committee, certain equaliza tions and corrections which have been approved by the House leaders since the bill left their hands, but In the principal schedules, such as wool and sugar, the President Is determined that there shall be no change It he can prevent. There were even Intlma- tions that he might veto a bill that came from the Senate with amend ments on wool or sugar. Senate Agrees on Vote. The agreement in the Senate was for a vote on the motion to refer the Underwood bill to the finance commit tee and the Penrose-LaFollette amend ment for public hearings at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Republican lead ers accepted this proposal from Chair man Simmons after Senator Stone had attempted to force an Immediate vote by moving to lay all amendments to the Simmons motion on the table. This he withdrew at Senator Simmons' re quest. The sugar schedule again was the subject of enlivened debate. Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana, answering the assertion of Senator James, of Ken tucky, that the Democratic platform warned Louisiana to expect free sugar. Mr. Ransdell submitted records ln an effort to show that the party was not committed to free sugar. The Senate resumed consideration of tile tariff late In the day. Thomas Denies Tariff Panics. Senator Thomas, of Colorado, dis cussed threats of business depression if the Underwood bill became a law. "No panic in the history of this country was ever caused by an attempt to re vise the tariff," he said. The Senator aroused the Republican side by reading a magazine article, which alleged that the panic of 189J was manufactured by banking Inter ests which desired the repeal of the Sherman silver purchase act. Accord ing to this article, circulars were sent ut from New York to banks demanding .hat they retire a part of their circuit tinn and call a large part of their loans, with the object of forcing Congress to pass this legislation. Senators Norris and Koot expressed surprise that sucb Shouts of "We Are Baptists" Compel IlroUicr to Take Seat, but Pri vate Support Is Given. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. May 13. When A. Y. Napier, Baptist missionary from Yang Chow, China, In an address before the Southern Baptist convention' today on how to make foreign missionary work more effective, raid it was desirable that the Baptists Join the other protest- ant sects In building up lnter-denom-lnatlonal mission schools, there were cries of "So, no," and "Sit down," from all over the audience. Finding it Impossible to continue his address, he took his scat while the several thousand delegates from all the bouthern states cried: "We are Bap tists," "We will not give for com promise missions." and "You are get ting out of the field, brother." Some of the leaders of the convention, especially among the laymen, later told Napier they were In favor of Inter denominational missionary work and some of the preachers representing the larger churches of the Important cities expressed privately to him a similar oplnlen, he afterward said. SUPREMEGDURTDll'iDED HIGH BENCH ORGANIZED IX TWO DEPART.M EXTS. Sections Will Alternate Each Week in Hearing Cases and Handing Down Decisions. SALEM. Or., May 15. (Special.) The Supreme Court was organized today into two departments. Chief Justice McBrlde will preside over each de partment when present, and when ab sent. Justice Moore will preside in De partment 1 and Justice Bean in De partment 2. The members of Deoartmcnt 1. be sides Justice Moore, are Justices Bur nett and Ramsey, and of Department 2, besides Justice Bean, are Justices Kakln and McNary. , Justices Ramsey and McNary will take the oath of office June 3, and the first week the entire court will sit. It is planned to have the departments alternate weekly in hearing cases and rendering opinions. YOUNG IS FOUND GUILTY Recommendation of Mercy Is Made by Jury. Elmer O. Toung. tried for the killing of Nels Miller, was found guilty of murder In the second degree by a Jury In Judge Gatens court yesterday. The Jury recommended mercy, but Judge Gatens answered that the law Is rigid la demanding penalty of life imprison ment and that only for second degree murder. Sentence will be passed Mon day at 2 P. M. Young's attorneys have been given the usual time to present a motion for a new trial and In case It is denied probably will appeal to the Supreme Court. The verdict is Just what was asked for by the prosecution. Although the indictment charged murder in the first degree Deputy District Attorney Col lier informed the Jurors in his opening statement that the state would be un able to prove premeditation, the prin cipal element of first degree murder, and would not ask for any greater ver dict than second degree murder. The Jury was out over night, reporting at 2 o'clock P. M. yesterday. Mrs. Cecilia Miller, on November 15. returned to the cabin occupied by her husband and herself on a secluded part of the Patton road to find his nude and unconscious body stretched out on the floor and covered with blood. Young, a laundryman living a short distance away, was standing near the door In a drunken condition. Miller died at a hospital the next day without recover ing consciousness and Young was ar rested and charged with the crime. Cultist Admits Overpowering Effect of Odor of Cooking Bacon and Coffee. FOLLOWERS NOT SINCERE With Fruits, Vegetables and Xuts in Plenty, Visitors Still Insist on Eggs Search for Complais ant Bride Goes On. SAN FRANCISCO, May 15. (Special.) He of few clothes and wont to live close to nature Ernest Willing Dar ling, who left San Francisco eight years ago for Tahiti to set up c new cult to be known as "nature people," ar rived In San Francisco today on the Royal Mail liner Tahiti, somewhat more emaciated than when he left, but still insisting that clothing Is an abomina tion and that man was intended to subsist on fruits, nuts and vegetables. Darling frankly admits that on nu merous occasions during his residence In the South Pacific Island he departed from the covenant with himself that he would eat no cooked foo '. He excuses himself on the plea that the odor of frying bacon and boiling coffee Is enough to make any half starved man forsake a creed. .Darling complains that the cultlsts who followed him down to his planta tion in Tahiti were insincere. "They came to me with the belief that they could' lie under spreading tropical trees and be fed on fruits from the trees," he said. "There were fruits, nuts and vegetables In plenty, but my 'visitor:,' wanted me to nustie Dacoii and eecra and coffee for them. The nature man said he htd turned nt-or hla plantation IO Eugene DUIOUr, a young Frenchman, who hopes to work the land at a profit. Darling announced that he intended to tour Italy and Germany, after he had remained in San Francisco and its evironments a while. He attended Stanford University In 1902-3. He says he will make a world-wide quest for woman who shares his belief in cos m me diet and marriage by contract, whloa he regards as the only sensible style of wedding. Tv-h.n n flnd such a woman he will invite her to repair with him to the banana plantation in Tahiti. the habeas corpus hearing on the case of E. E. C. Von Klein, wanted bere for the alleged swindling of Ethel Newcomb, his purported wife, has gone over till next week, to be set then for final hearing, there was much running about In official circles and a healthy movement Is on foot to recall Day from the quest. It Is five weeks since Von Klein was arrested In Chicago, after a dramatic denunciation by his alleged wife, who ran upon him in a restaurant, and more than three weeks since Detective Day, then in St. Louis after another pris oner, went to Chicago to begin ex tradition proceedings. A Governor's warrant was Issued without delay, but habeas corpus proceedings were inter posed and have been put off from time to time ever since. Day, in his reports here, has given no explanation of the means used to procure the many post ponements. District Attorney Evans, when In formed yesterday of the new delay, asked Chief of Police Slover to recall his officer and the matter Is under ad visement. The proceedings are ' com plicated by the fact that the Milwaukee authorities, after Portland had secured a Governor's warrant for the man un der the name of Lewis, procured an other, on a similar charge, under an other alias. It is understood that Von Klein intends to offer an alibi estab lshlng his absence from Portlind at the time of the alleged crime. HEARIXG WAITS rXDEFIXITELT Vori Klein Arguments in Habeas Corpus Writ Postponed. CHICAGO, May 15. (Special.) Ar guments in the application for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Ed mund C. C. Von Klein, Minneapolis dia mond broker, accused by Miss Ethel Newcomb, of Portland, Or., with having married her and then decamped with several thousand dollars In jewels, were continued Indefinitely today. Judge George Kersten is unable to hear arguments at this time. VISIT TUALATIN VALLEY Special excursion to Metzger next Sunday, round trip including lunch, 5c; obtain tickets at 722 Yeon build ing. Limited number of ticket will be sold. Train leaves 10th and Stark st s., at 9 A. M., Jefferson-st. depot at 9:20. Centrnlia Plans Big Celebration. CENTRALIA, Wash.. May 15. (Spe cial.) At a meeting held In Centrnlia last night plans were laid for holding a big July Fourth celebration here to last two days. A committee was ap pointed to raise $1200. MAN'S ASSAILANT SOUGHT Percy S. Xicholls Is Beaten Up and Left in Shadow of House. Knocked down and seriously injured by a man whose identity the police have . . . . i j Yi .. o VlfihnllH not vet aeienuiiicu. ....... 26 years old. son of Rev. A. B. Nicholls, nf swissville. Pa.. Is lying in an un conscious condition at St. Vincent's hos r.lta.1 and Detectives Hyde and Vaughn ., rH! vnrintr to find his assailant. TT.irlv this morning tney wrrai Robert Groean in the Blackstone Hotel, on Stark street, near Twelfth, and are hnldlno- him as a witness. He lays tne prima nnon n unknown person, who, ha Kit vh. came un beh lnd him and Nich olls and struck Nicholls at Twelfth and start streets, about 11 o ciock. wnen Nicholls was going to the Clyde Hotel, where h is registered. Nicholls was discovered In tne snaaow of a house t Twelfth and Stark streets about 11 o'clock by pedestrians who telephoned the police. He is surrering from a blow on tne neaa. dui unm m retrains consciousness the seriousness of his Injuries cannot De aeiermineu. Grogan, who fled after his companion had fallen, went directly to the Black- stone Hotel, without Informing the po lice of the affair, and was taken an hour later bv Detectives Hyde and Vaughn. He is uncommunicative. FACTORY CAMPAIGN IS AIM Progressive Business Men's Club to Adopt Sioux City Plan. The Progressive Business Men's Club met at the Multnomah Hotel yesterday and voted to adopt the plan of bringing factories to . Portland such as is used by Sioux City. James J. Sayer, chair man of the committee appointed to in vestlgate the plan, reported favorably of it to the club. Professor E. O. Sisson. Of Keea uoi lege, delivered an address on the prob lem of educating children. He gave a number of figures showing that $5 per capita is the amount spent in the United States for public education. He said that 1,200,000,000 is spent here annually for tobacco and saia ',uuu, 000,000 Is spent for liquor. He claimed that many children are retarded by lack of discipline at home. OMAHA INSURANCE GROWS Tornado Followed by" Rush to Pro tect Property. "Tornado Insurance agents have been doing a rushing .business ever since the Omaha storm on faster Ejunaay, says R. D. Johnston, of the Union Pa cific accounting department, who is in Portland on a visit. Mr. Johnston lives in Omaha and was close to the tornado's path. He says fewer than 5 per cent of the people who lost property In the storm carried tor nado insurance. "The offices of the Insurance com panies were filled with applicants on the morning following the disaster," he said yesterday, "and the rush for nolicies has not ceased. It's anothei exemplification of the old proverb about locking the stable door after the horse Is stolen. We don t expect Omana ovei to have another storm like that." VON KLEIN FOILS JOE DAY Ha hens Corpus Hearing Goes Over for Week In Chicago Court. When word was received from Detec tive Day, at "Chicago, yesterday that EVIake Your Blood Pure Ey taking THE SPRING MEDICINE Hoods Sarsaparilla Made from "Roots, Barks, Herbs and other valuable ingredients. NO LAND SHOW VERDICT FAILURE TO BOLD AUDITORIUM REASOX ASSIGXED. Proposal Is to Have Big Exhibit in 1914 and Establish Important Annual Feature. Because the auditorium has not been built and because no other building Is available the Pacific Northwest Land Products Show, which was so success fully launched last Fall as an annual event in Portland, will be abandoned this year with the hope of reviving it In 1914 if the auditorium can be -used. This conclusion was reached at a meeting yesterday of the board of di rectors which handled last year's show. The men gathered at the Commercial Club for luncheon and heard a report of the 'committee that had been named to Investigate the availability of a suitable place for holding the exhibi tion this year. The building at East First and East Morrison streets, which housed the ex hibits last Fall, has been leased, so that is out of the question. The Gipsy Smith auditorium is considered too far out of the way, both for handling ship ments of farm products and for draw ing any large number of people. After reviewing the situation the di rectors decided on abandonment of the show for a year. It was the under standing that If the auditorium Is In shape to permit it, a show will be held In the Fall of 1914 that will establish the exhibition as a yearly- event of Importance to the agricultural interests of the entire Northwest. John S. Beall presided at yesterday's meeting. Others wh attended were A. G Martin, W. C. Wilkes, W. J. Hof mann. R. W. Raymond, A. P. Bateham, E. C. Giltner, H. J. Ottenheimer, J. Fred Larson, A. C Callan, Walter F. Burrell. Wilfrid P. Jones. Julius L. Meier and Francis Sealy. It Is the intention to continue the or ganization and to make it the agency for gathering a worthy exhibit of Ore- j gon agricuiiui o.i v tion at the World's Fair in San Fran; clsco in 1915. EXCURSION TICKETS At 90, Fifth Street. Round trip to Hlllsboro Sunday, in cluding lunch. 50c. Train leaves Jef- ferson-St. depot, rroni au at 10:30 A.. M. Only 400 can go. Se cure seats now. Tickets on sale nil Fifth street. Welles Learning Office. SALEM. Or., May lo. l&peciai. Jewelry Repairing Watch Repairing Lowest Prices Mercian Jiiso of cJ Merit Only" New Books "Bobble, General Manager." by Olive Hitrgriuss Pronty. "The Quarry." by John A. Moroso. "The Joys of Liir ing." by Mardon. The Newest of New Summer Hats Leghorn Hats Crepe Hats Chiffon Hats and Hats of Leghorn and Crepe Combined at $10.00 Representing the very latest departure in smart millinery and we are the only store showing the absolutely correct effects. Dame Fashion is capricious trifles light as air may win her smile or re ceive her favor. Two years ago, at the Chantilly races a gust of wind suddenly turned up the front of a Panama hat. Dame Fashion smiled and for the next two or three seasons the world turned up its Panamas. Now the most sunny smiles of Fashion have suddenly turned to the Leghorn hats and to hats of crepe and chiffon. . They are indescribably chic, yet they are light as a feather. They are the ideal warm weather hat for the women who keep pac with the fashionable procession. They are fashioned in the poke style, the sailor style, and the new artistic mushroom shapes, trimmed with lovely flowers, gay colored silks, velvet ribbon and laces. We have produced S00 of these hats and regardless of the original cost have marked them at $10.00 each and we venture ' to say that you could not duplicate any one or them under flo. Seeond Floor. Remnants of Fashionable Laces At About Half Price These remnants are the short lengths left from the great lace sale we held last month. All that is most fashionable in the lace world is included in this assortment. ' Shadow laces, wash laces and Venise laces, in edges, insertions, bands, appliques and all-overs ranging in lengths from a half to two yfrds. These lengths can be used for yokes, col lars, jabots, boudoir caps, rufflings and waist trimmings. , First Floor. Every Woman Is Interested in Crepe Underwear Because it is the most comfortable and econom ical underwear in vogue today. A tubbing and "good shaking" and the deed is done. No stand ing over the ironing board on a hot day. We can supply all needs gowns, corset covers, com bination corset cover and drawers or corset cover and short skirt, separate drawers, long and short petticoats. ' $1.50 Crepe Nightgown 98c Made of fine white pelisse crepe, with dainty blue and white scalloped edge about the neck and sleeves. Made slipover style, kimono sleeves. Also comes in the pretty rosebud pattern in blue and white, made in the same style slipover with scalloped edges. $1.65 Crepe Gown, $1.19 This comes in four models. In slipover style, with kimono sleeves, trimmed with torchon lace edge and in sertion, ribbon drawn. Another style with deep yoke outlined with torchon lace insertion and ribbon drawn. In dainty blue and white striped crepe. Another model has high neck with tucked yoke and long sleeves. Trim med with torchon lace. Buttoned down front. In this lot are also included extra sizes in slipover style, torchon lace trimmed. Fourth floor. Berry Sets Special for Friday Berry sets consisting of a 9-inch bowl in a variety of shapes, both square and round in the colonial, Grecian key and fluted patterns with six 4-inch individual dishes to match. Friday, Very Special 89c Set Seven-Piece Water Set Three-quart jug in the colonial design with six glasses. Friday, Very Special, 80c Set Flower Vases,. Friday, Special 19c A new sweet pea and nasturtium vase in the colonial design. Sixth Floor. Serviceable Summer Shoes For Misses and Children That Cannot Be Duplicated Anywhere At These Special Prices From the viewpoint of serviceability there is nothing better in footwear than these ankle-strap ties and pumps. They have the flat last with Good year welt soles. Come in tan calf, dull calf, patent colt and white nubuck. $2.00 SHOES, SPECIAL $1.60 Sizes 8 to 11 $2.50 SHOES, SPECIAL $2.15 Sizes 11 V2 to 2 $3.00 SHOES, SPECIAL $2.60 Sizes 2yt to 6 Basement. tendent-elect of public Instruction, be gan familiarizing himself with the work today. He will succeed W. B. Dillard. who has resigned to practice law. Ashland Man Tries Serum. ASHLAND. Or.. May 15. (Special.) N. F. Throne, of this city, is probably the first person in Southern Orego.i, If not in the entire state, to be treated with Dr. Friedmann'B turtle serum, having- submitted to the treatment recently as a precautionary measure against tu berculosis. The case is bein watched Frank K. Welles, ex-county school su perintendent of Umatilla County, who r.ni i nnnir,teri second assistant in ""T. V . suoerin-' the onice 01 i- n- - with interest by both the medical fra ternity and laity of this district. Ccntralla Baglcs to Send 100. CENTRALIA, Wash, May 15. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the Centralla lodge of Eagles last night It was voted to send a delegation of 100, together with the band, to the meeting of the state aerie at Raymond In June with an invitation to hold the 1914 meeting in this city. The local delegation will be dressed in white suits. Eugene Cannery Gets Orders. EIIGKNK. Or., Mav 15. (Special.) Orders for 2000 cases of canned string, beans and for 1000 cases of canned tomatoes received yesterday indicata the scope of the business now being conducted by the Eugene Fruit Grow ers" Association. A Portland wholesale house placed the order for the beans. Springfield Gets New Fustor. SPRINGFIELD. Or.. May 15. (Spe cial.) Rev. joBeph Phillips lisa been engaged to take charge of the Free Methodist Church here. His son. Rev. L. M. Phillips, a former pastor here, goes from Wendling to Fern Ridge lo take chartre of tne rnnrrn mere. vo ERS SUGGESTION TO VOTERS Voter should thoroughly understand some of the prf tleal reult from preferential voting- at Ibe couilnR election. No voter who na a real first choice for Mayor or Commissioner should vote for second or third choice, nuless he or .he wishes to throw way m portion of bin vote. For every time you vote s second choice yon have taken wax our-bnlf at vote from your first choice. Whenever you vote first, second and third choice you are 'vC each candidate but one-third of rote. Moreover, many of the me diocre and Incompetent can didates expect to win not by first choice votes but by sec ond and third choice votes. Alrradv some of the S candi dates are soliciting second and third choice votes. ' There Is irreat danger of act tins; Inferior officers by Totlic second and third choice. Concentrate your vote on first choice and stop there. Otherwise you are most likely to elect a candidate you have no desire for. A lare number of undesirables have nominated themselves for City Commissioner They arc incom Detent and nTaualified to fill the position. They are asking your vote to put them in control of this S00flO0,S00 assets. Most of the candidates for Conxinissioner never earned one-fifth of $5000 per year; yet they are asking you to vote them into a $o0p0 position. Will you do it? . Not if you have the interests of your city at heart. ' . You should not, must not, vote to increase your own taxes. You can't afford to vote for an incompetent. You can't afford to elect a man who must be educated at public expense. The following four candidates for Commissioners are men of experience men of affairs and of J character above ; reproach. Thev are now educated to take care of your city's business They know how. ThJfM against them. They have never been in public office. They are not office seekers. They are not politicians. They are four good men. , Analyze them. Turn the strongest light on them. They can stand every test. , ' WM L BREWSTER, an attorney at law, is favorably known to nearly all voters in the City of Portland through the work he has accomplished in connection with the establishing and building of branch librariei throughout the city, being chairman of the extension committee and also a director o the Library Association of Portland. He is a member of the Oregon Text Book Commission and a close student of civie affairs along educational lines. ALBERT G. CLARK, of Wadhams &.Kerr Bros., wholesale grocers, has organized and built up one of the strongest sales organizations for his firm ever established on the Pacific Coast. As 1 resident of the Portland Ad Club he made same the best and strongest in the United States, lie is an organizer of ability and gets results, and proper organization of departments will be half the. battle for cverj Commissioner. MARSHALL N. DANA, newspaperman, is seeking a broader opportunity along lines with which he has been successfully connected for several years. His campaign for pure milk has reduced the death rate of children under 2 years. of age 50 per cent. His school garden work last year enlisted 10,000 children and there will be more this year. T N STOPPENBACH was one of the founders of the Pacific Paper Company in Portland IS years ao and'bronght the business up to a large and successful condition, lie sold his interests therein two years ago. He is a strong and forceful man, clean and keen, and will bring to the city a knowledge gained from experience that will be most valuable and profitable to the City of Portland. lVote these four for your first choice, and don't waste your votes on second choice. PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE PHILLIP S. BATES, Secretary (raid Advertisement.)