1 w-r r-m--vv4- nTr-nAVTI TlfTTPSnAV TT'TtTf T7 A T?V 22. 1 01 2. 4 i nn aIiviv.i l iniiiu.i - - j - ) LABOR 111 LOSERS; TWO CANDIDATES NOMINATED AT PRIMARY TO RUN FOR MAYOR OF SEATTLE. The Addition with Character Interesting Feature Arises in Seattle Primary Election Aftermath. GILL FIGURES FAR AHEAD " i 7 -I SOCIALISTS VICTORS NOTICE V 7 For Council Candidate a Janitor and m logger Are Nominated and Vrt?rans la lbor Movement Fll to Show at All. SEATTLE. Wash, Feb. Jl. Aa In teresting feature of yesterday's pri mary election was ths defeat of the. two Council candidates who wero In dorsed by the labor union, and th success of two who ware nominated by the Socialists. George T. McXamara. editor of th Union Record, and Paul K. Mohr. of the bakers onion, reterans In the labor movement, did not approach near to nomination. whereas tba Socialists nominated C. J. Jacobs, a janitor, and rarld Burgess, a former logger. Ia addition two Socialists. George XL Crock, a union carpenter, not well known, and Max Voter, a gardner. fell little short of success. GJU Raaa Far Ahead. The total vote east for Mayor Il.tST. divided as follows: Gf.L J Mil: Cotterlll. 14.420: Tarlsh, If Tot): Walls. 10.121: scattering. i- Tor Controller. Harry W. Carroll and Frederlo B Chanler will compete In the finals. The early returns a place to Prank HUlebraat. Socialist, who Is third, and eliminated by the later returns. The final returns on the other offi cers follow: Corporation Counsel James E. Bradford. Dr. TC J. Brown (Soc). Treasurer Edward L. Terry. George TV. Scott (Soc.). Many Bank ea OrtarilL Politicians bare have put In a busy day trylna to find their bearings and form again the broken ranks. While GUI Is conceded to have scored a vic tory In the slse of tbe vote be polled, still the total la less than ha received at the recall election a year ago. and he has about "000 votes to win In or der to be elected. Hla opponents claim he has already shot his bolt. Local politics la expected to undergo oulck transformations In the nest few days, aa the realisation la general that - tne two weeks until election Is short and that a bis; battle la to be fought. The 11.000 votes polled by the So cialists may be a determining factor. Members of ths party profess Ignor ance today aa to what they will do. Whether thla strength will merely spilt up between the candidates, as has been freely assumed up to today, or whether It ia being held together by prearraog errent for soma ulterior pur pose, does not appear. Pariah Vraea CHI's Defeat. Pariah's 13.000 will undoubtedly be divided. the rival oVdldates each claiming most of It. fr'arlsh lssusd a statement tonight urging all bla fol lowers to work for the election of Cot terlll and expressing the hope that their Interest In the defeat of GUI would be even "Intensified. Geralds Cafe, the old stamping ground of GUI and his followers, bids fair to see many busy scenes In th aear future. Gerald baa been quietly enlarging the place, feeling that com ng events have cast their shadows be Tore. ' It Is estimated at the registration office that 40 per cent of the 74.(01 registered voters In Seattle are women. It la estimated by observers of the primary election that the proportion of women who voted was about the same is that of the registration. In the recall election of last year, :ne women voted almost solidly against .'.ill. This year the women's votes were divided among all the candidates. GRANTS PASS MAN CAUGHT . V. Srhmltt Most Answer Charge of Alleged Sunday Law Violation GRANTS PASS.. Or.. Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) J. V. Scbmltt. dealer In cigars and tobacco, was arrested yesterday and charged by terms of tbe complaint with keening open a store for the purpose of uafflc on Sunday. It Is the policy of the new administration to enforce the law. and Schmltt's arrest is a result of a number of dealers keeping open for the purpoae of testing out the law. It Is not known at thla time as to whether all the dealers will combine for the pur pose of carrying the matter to tbe Su preme Court or whether Schmltt will fight It alone. It Is understood that the ordinance repealing the Sunday-closing law la yet before tbe Council and may be consid ered at an adjourned meeting Thursday night. In fact a number of Councllmen ajr that It Is the object of the meeting tn consider a number of ordinances, vnong which Is the one under which the defendant was arrested. RAINIER WOMAN IS DEAD Wife of City Attorney Thomas rac Away Suddenly. RAINIER, Or.. Feb. 21. 48peclaL) Florence K. Thomas, wife o L. 8. Thomas. City Attorney, died suddenly here yesterday. Mrs. Thomas was the daughter of the famous homeopath physician. Ir. A. C i'owperthwalti of Chicago, bhe was born November 14. 1(7(. Mr. and Mrs. Thonui had been marrlr! eight years. In the home. In the office, on tramps, fishing and hunting, on transcontinen tal trips, they were always found to gether. Ilorrnre Gets Cbfoian Teacher. FLORENCE. Or, Feb. 21. (Special.) Another teacher. Mlsa Ethel Mudge, of Chemawa. h.ia been added to the etaK of the Florence public school. Heretofore this school baa had but two teachers devoting their time to the inmmir school work, but now has three teachera for the grammar grades, as well as a full four-year high school course. Lewi County Gets FtanchKe. CHEHALIS. -Vah, Feb. II. (Spe cial.) Lewis County Commissioners resteniay grarted a telephone fran-,-hlse to V. E. Coons and W. T. Justice for the Highland Valley line, which will carry the local service Into the section between Biff and Morton. 40 n!!es east of Chehalis. ' 1 rwv ;'-'n- I It p V-., -X i I ; ' . v ' . . , , - ' 5 i - I. . ... srn. .. . .en i in. mm . m. . A HIRAM OFF-YEAR IS SEEN Clackamas County Politicians Have Little Opposition. SECOND -TERMERS ACTIVE Sheriff Mass and Three Other Offi cials Are Only Incumbents Who Have Not Tet Filed Declara tion at Oregon City. OREGON CITT, Or, Feb. Jl. (Spe cial.) This may be termed an off year In political circles In Clackamas County for aspirants (or most of the county officers are candidates for second terms and win sot have the strenuous opposition for re-election hat they faced when they ran for first terms. County Clerk Mulvev. Recorder of Conveyance Williams. Treasurer Tufts, School Superintend ent Gary, Surveyor Meldrum and Com missioner Mattoon. Republicans, and Sheriff Mass and Assessor Jack, Dem ocrats, anticipate comparatively easy sailing. Mr. Williams will have an op ponent In the primaries In the person of C W. Strucken. of Boring, but the friends of the present County Recorder do not believe Strucken will be a for midable candidate. James F. Nelson, of Mulino, will op pose J. E. Jack for Assesor at the No vember election. Mr. Nelson Is a can didate for the Republican nomination and probably will have no opposition In the primary election. Sheriff Mass. School Superintendent Gary, Commissioner Mattoon and Re corder of Conveyances Williams are the only officials who have not filed their declarations In the County Clerk's office, but they will file in plenty of time to get their names on the ballot at the primary election. Trio Oat for Represeatatlve, There will be at least tbree Republi can candidates for the nomination for Representatives E. P. Carter. M. A. Magone. who served in the House last year, and F. M. GUI. of Estacada. who was a member of the House last ses sion from Hood River and Wasco counties. Mr. GUI already has filed his petition. He Is a member of the legislative committee of the State Grange. In his declaration he says: "I will support and defend the Initi ative and referendum, the recall. In fact the "Oregon system' In full and seek to advance further the people's power over their government to the end that Oregon may truly have a government of the people, by the peo ple and for the people. I shall do the people's bidding, not my own. I favor good roads, but I wish them built for commercial use from the market cen ters and railway depots to the farmers'- homes. I oppose the construction of tourists blgbaays by a tax upon the property of the entire state. Mr. GUI Indorses Statement No. 1. J. A. Tufts, Republican candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer, says he will conduct the affairs OT the office honestly and efficiently. Ceartesy Meldraaa'a Platform. D. T. Meldrum. Republican, candidate for renomlnatlon for County Surveyor. declares If elected he will conduct the affairs of the office In an efficleat. economical. Impartial and business like manner and treat all with courtesy. W. L. Mulvey. candidate for the Re publican nomination for County Clerk, says: In the future, as In the past, I will conduct and discharge the du ties of this office economically to the best of my ability, and will give to all people Just and courteous treatment. Mr. strucKen, canaiaate ror tne nomi nation for Recorder of Conveyances on tbe Republican ticket, says. If elected, be will do his full duty to the taxpayers of Clackamas County. James N. Nelson, who aspires to be the Republican nominee for County Assessor, recites the following In his declaration: "I will give to the tax payers of Clackamas County honeet and faithful service, and will make all assessments fair and equitable without fear or favor." Aaaeeesaeata te Be lalform. Mr. Jack, who la a candidate for a aerond term and who aeeka tbe Demo cratic nomination for County Assesor, says he will conduct the office accord ing to law and will make assessments equal and uniform, witn efficiency and strict economy. Candidates for precinct offiree are slow In filing, the onl-one having declared hla candidacy Umg William Hammond, who seeks the Republican nomination for Justice of the Peace C. GILL. for District No. 4. Mr. Hammond says: "I will, if elected, servo the people by giving them my best efforts, using all my ability toward an economical and faithful administration." Candidates for precinct committee men, who are elected at the April primaries, likewise are slow In filing their declarations. IL T. Melvln, of Barlow, Is tho only candidate for com mitteeman who has filed his petition. There are 44 precinct committeemen to be chosen In as many precincts. Petitions for nomination for county offices must be. filed and completed In the County. Clerk's office not later than April 1. The date of the primary nominating election Is April 1. SCHOOL STATISTICS OUT Many Counties of Oregon Send In Records to Superintendent. SALEM. Or, Feb. 21. (Special.) Wttb only a few counties missing a list has been prepared by Superintend ent Alderman's office showing the num ber of pupils who graduated from the eighth grade, the number who entered tbe high school and the number In other schools. The list, which follows, shows an excellent proportion of those pupils who go Into the high schools from the eighth grade: O' '4 c .3 $3 ?3 COTJNTT. S ff 1 v V Baker I 03 61 5 Benton 1" 87 Clackamas 1-1 8 Clatsop K 47 8 Columbia 81 3 Coos ... T 67 0 Crook 6.'. 41 0 Gilliam 2- 11 4 Ortnt 2 11 4 Hood River K9 H Jackson ITS 121 .8 Jiisephlna , 44 6 Klamata no! 43' 2 Lane SOTj 221 O Lincoln 4f! 23 0 Unn 217( 14!( 11 Malheur !ttj K5 8 Marlon SSi 2T 18 II or row S3 26, 1 Hulmomah 115, 43 is Polk 178 ISA 8 Sherman 20 18 3 I malllla 11T SO 4 I'nlon 100 164 13 Wallowa fi9 50 4 Waero Trt 61 8 Washington 201 . 09 1 Wheeler 44 84 0 Tambill 217 143 2 Tot:i 82S6 2183 1T2 (IFFinF NOT nnNTFTFD UrriOCO IHUI UUIV I CO I LU I'matllla's Campaign Has Few Can didates Opposed In Race. PENDLETON, Or Feb. Jl. (Special.) It Is now generally conceded that with but a single exception, all Uma tilla County's present office-holders are to be permitted to retain their offices for another term without opposition. The one exception Is Horace Walker. County Commissioner. He Is to be op posed In the Republican primaries by Mayor Watterman. of Hermlston. The other county officers who It Is now believed mil. not be oppossd either t In the primaries or the general elec tlon are T. B. Taylor. Democrat. Sheriff; O. W. Bradley. Republican. Treasurer; Frank K. Welle. Republican. School Superintendent; Frank Baling, Repub lican, Clerk; B. L. Burroughs. Republi can. Recorder: C. P. Strain, Democrat, Assessor; J. W. Maloney, and H. M. Cockburn, Commissioners, are hold overs. Gilbert W. Phelps. Circuit Judge, will receive the Republican nomination without opposition, and probably will have no opponent In the general elec tion. Samuel E. Van Vac tor. District Attorney, probably will not be a can didate. LETTER TELLS OF MURDER Toulh Admits) In Missive to Mother He Slew Rival In Love. CHEYENNE, Wyo, Feb. 11. A letter confessing an alleged murder tn Re public, Mich., was found today on Will iam Perry, 17 years old, who, with Leo Powers, two years his junior, was ar rested here on a charge of stealing 11400 from Powers' brother-in-law at Republic. The letter is addressed to Perry's mother and aays young Perry killed a man over a girl at Republic four months ago. Perry declines to discuss the matter. Station at Fry to Have Shed. SALEM. Or., Feb. Jl. (Special,) The State Railroad Commission has been advised that the Southern Pacific has agreed to the construction of a shelter shed at Fry, a station near Albany. yS George F. Cotterlll. U i TIGHT LID IS PLAN Salem May See "Blue Laws" Enforced on Sunday. LEAGUE IS BACKING MOVE .Municipal Improvement Organiza tion, Following Recent Revival Meetings, Endeavor to Have Cigar, Candy Stores Close. SALEM, Or.. Feb. Jl. (BpeclaL) Hoping to clamp down tight the lid In Salem, on Sundays at least, a Munici pal Improvement League, having a per sonnel of over 70 members, perfected organization today and by next Sun day will endeavor to have, every cigar store, newsstand and similar places of business closed for the day. This move Is said to have largely resulted from revival meetings which are being held In this city. In a statement Issued from the Dis trict Attorney's office it Is declared that while the plana of the newly formed league have not been suggested In any way to the office, that any ef fort to enforce these laws will not be prosecuted if they are directed at an Individual, but that all Individuals must De treated alike. ine statement asserts that every business that In any way Interferes with the "blue laws" will be prose cuted, or else no prosecutions will fol low. "This office Is not a police office. We cannot ferret out offenders against tne law, is tne statement from the District Attorney's office. "But if any warrant Is sworn out for anyone under these 'blue laws,' It must also mean the prosecution of every business which operates on Sunday and Is not exempt under the law." This will mean that If any move la made It must Include an effort to close picture shows, cigar stands, news stands, confectionery stores, forbid the sale of newspapers on the street and the closing of all but restaurants, bak eries, drugstores and liveries. KMH HAS FREE SITE COMMERCIAL CIXB MAKES OF FER FOR NEW COURTHOUSE. Plan Under Way to Have Matter Definitely Settled So Question Can Be Put to Voters Soon. KLAMATH FALLS, Or, Feb. 21. (Special.) Some weeks ago the Klam ath Falls Commercial Club made known Its birth to the world by walk- ing ,n bodr to the "olent courthouse . and pre8enting to the County Commis sioners a written oner or a free court- house site downtown, appraised at about three times as much as tbe one a mile away offered some time ago by the Klamath Development Company. According to the claims of the club members, tbe Commissioners at the time, promised the would-be donors of the downtown site a speedy reply, which has not been forthcomfng. Now about 60 members of the club have signed a letter to the County Court trying to prod that body into saying something definite. It Is believed that the effort being made to get the County Court to "fish (r cut bait, aa one man expressed It, ,8 , tho nope lhat tna oue8t,on of changing the courthouse location may be submitted to the voters of Klamath County at the next primary election. The club members claim tbat the Hot Springs site Is not within the limits of the original county seat of Llnk vllle. to which Klamath Falls Is a suc cessor, and therefore not eligible for courthouse purposes. Attorney-General Crawford in a re cent letter wrote that If a majority of tbe people wish to enact a law direct ing ths County Court to defer building the courthouse, submit the question of building to a vote of the people, or make other disposition of the question, they might do so by Initiating the same and voting upon It at the election In November. THE DALLES PIONEER DIES Mrs. M. H. Roberts, Former Mis sionary, Paid Last Honors. THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 11. (Spe cial.) The funeral of the late Mrs. M. H. Roberts, a pioneer of The Dalles and vicinity, was held at tbe Congregation al Church today. Rev. C. F. Clapp, of Washougal, Wash., officiating. Myra Holman Farrington was born September 22, 1835, at Holden, Me. She was married to tbe late Rev. Ephralm P. Roberts, September 6. 1857, and on October 18 sailed from Boston for the Caroline Islands, where they were en gaged In missionary work for several years. In order to educate their children they returned to the United States, arriving at White Salmon, Wash., In March, TO BUYERS AND HOME-BUILDERS ! Just 23 days left in which you can take advantage of the 15 per cent building dis count and second-mortgage privilege on Laurelhurst lots. After March 15 no more lots will be sold for less than the list price. Select the site of your future home before that date and save from $150 to $300. Since one week ago today, February 15, when we announced the discontinuance of the building discount for March 15, we have sold 85 lots. In our announcement we limited the number of building sites that we would sell with the building dis count to 200. When critical investors turn from the high-class, high-priced residence districts on the West Side and buy in Laurelhurst as they are now doing in large numbers, there must be a reason. There is! They are looking for a high-class residence park, where everything is equal to the best with the high price left out. They want an ideal place to build a home at a, cost which will leave more money to be spent in building the home. In Laurelhurst they find just what they are looking for, which accounts for our selling 85 lots dur.ng the past seven days. We have helped a large number of people get homes in Laurelhurst during the last year, and we will help you, provided you come in and select your lot before March 15. Make your selection at once interest will not commence on new con tracts until March 15, and first deferred payments will not be due until 30 days thereafter. Before buying,' compare prices in Laurelhurst with prices quoted in other high grade residence additions and you will find that Laurelhurst is from 25 to 50 per cent lower. Don't forget this. Laurelhurst is within the 1 4-mile circle and is the center of the best and most desirable residence section of Portland. The property may be reached in less than 15 minutes by five carlines the Rose City Park, Special Laurelhurst car, East Glisan street, Mount Tabor and Sunny side lines. Prices and terms $1000 and up, 10 per cent cash and 2 per cent a month. Special building discount of 15 per cent will be withdrawn March 15. MEAD & MURPHY, Sales Agents PHONES: MAIN 1503, A 1515. 522 CORBETT BUILDING . We maintain a special automobile service from our office to the tract. Office at Tract Phone E. 989. Ask for Salesman. 1862, moving here two years later and removing to The Dalles soon afterward. The following children survive: Thom as H. and Emma S., of Boston; William J, of Olympia, Wash.: Mrs. Charlotte Elton and Akbert S., of The Dalles: Mrs. Anna R. Stephenson, of Portland; Mrs. Alice L. Rawson and Mrs. Nellie Davlee, of Parkdale, Or. Ashland Chinese Honor Republic. ASHLAND, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) Ashland Chinese generally have an nounced their allegiance to the new republic of their native land, and the transformation of the form of the Flowery Kingdom's government from empire to republic was celebrated with great eclat yesterday in the Ashland Chinese headquarters, with the explo sion of crackers and bombs which were also Intended as a greeting to a quartet of republican dlgnatarles who tarried in tbe city en, route to San Francisco. Mrs. Gobi, Murderer's Wite, Sues. ABERDEEN. Wajh.. Feh. 21. There "My, Look at Those Pimples!" 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