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4 TTIE MORMXG OREGOMAX. MONDAY, JULY ID, 1915. U. I FELLOW- PRISONER " STABS LEO M. FRANK Surgeons at Late Hour Un able to Staunch Wound in Jugular Vein. ASSAILANT IS REMORSEFUL 4'1 Thought I Was Doing Something That Ought to Be Done," Says Convict, but He Regrets He Embarrassed Warden. MILL.EDG E VILL.E, Go.. July 18. Leo M. Frank, serving: a life imprison ment sentence for the murder of Mary Phasan, an Atlanta factory girl, was was attacked last night while asleep and his throat cut by William Creen. a fellow prisoner, at the state prison farm here. His condition is serious, but there is a chance for recovery. Frank's tnroat was slashed for sev eral inches and the Jugular vein par tially severed. Some animosity has been shown to ward Frank by his fellow prisoners since his arrival at the farm, but prison officials said nothing had lndi ' cated danger of an attack on him. Creen was placed in solitary confine ment. He is serving a life term for murder. In a statement to the prison officials he said he was-sorry that he had made ihe attack, but that at the . time he thought he was doing the right thing. JuKirrar Vein Is Cot. The attack on Frank, which . was ' mace shortly after 11 o'clock, was made from behind. The assailant used a butcher knife. Franks jugular vein w3 cut, but neither the spinal cord nor the windpipe was injured. The attack was made in the dormi tory. All lights were out at the time. Craen is said to have had the knife eecreted in his prison clothing. So sudden was the attack that no guard had time to interfere. Frank fell to the floor, his cries calling the attention of the guards, who switched on the lights. Blood was spurting from Frank's wounds and his assailant was trying to make his way back to bed. A knife made from a file and which the convicts had used in killing hogs during the day was found on the dormitory floor. Surgeon Convicts Give First Aid. Dr. George B. Compton, the prison surgeon, . was immediately called, but before he could reach the prison dormi tory, two surgeons who are serving prison terms were at Frank's side, ad ministering first aid. "I guess they've Tot me," Frank is quoted as having said to tbe doctors when they reached him. He did not lose consciousness. Frank, was removed to the operating room in the hospital, where tbe wound was dressed. The physicians had not succeeded in stop ping the flow of blood at last reports. Prison officials said Frank had a chance to recover, but that his con dition was serious. Sentence Recently Commuted, Frank was brought to the state prison farm June 21 after a midnight trip from the Fulton .County jail in Atlanta. A few hours after his arrival here it was officially announced that the then Governor Slaton had commuted bis sentence to life imprisonment. Less than a week ago the state militia companies here and at Macon were ordered held in their armories, a ro rt having reached the state of ficials that an attempt would be made to lynch Frank. While Frank was on the operating table. Warden Smith took Creen's statement. I'm awfully sorry I did this." he i reported to have said. "At the moment 1 thought I was doing what was right. 1 thought I was doing something that ought to be done. Frank Asleep When Attacked. "I am sorry because of the criti cism it may bring on the officials of the state farm, especially of Warden Smith. I wouldn't do a thing in the world to injure him in his position. He had confidence in me and I have violated that confidence. I am ready to suffer the consequences. Creen said that Frank was asleep when he was attacked. There was only one knife wound. After Creen -made his statement he was put in irons and placed in soli tary confinement. STOCKS GET ATTENTION CONSERVATIVES Tl'RS FROM WAR TO RAILROAD ISSt.ES. Great Is Wealth Belnjf Taken From Soil, and Farmer, Success In Har vesting of Wheat Astonishes. CHICAGO, July 10. Wheat, oats and hay, all great crops, avail not to save the railroads, and even as to cotton there is anxiety, for while the crop promise is good, the English block the way to the foreign markets, and hold up such careoes as are admitted to the ports which they control. Corn moves rapidly through youth to matur ity under favorable conditions, but abundant reasons exist now for anxiety as to its development. Drenching rains have prevented its growth, and much discouragement prevails over large areas of the belt. The aggregate of all crops will no doubt be heavy, and in this many peo ple have been predicting an advance in the prices of railroad stocks. The tendency among the more conservative has been to turn from the war stocks to the transportation issues. In the face of these things comes a slump in railroad stocks of greater ex tent and with larger aggregate of gen uine sales than at any time since the Stock Exchanges were reopened. The large number of these issues involved in the decline suggests one general and important cause. Foreign selling is no doubt an element, but people ap preciate that while industries are prospering up to a certain point through the orders for war supplies, such activities do not contribute large ly to railroad freights. It Is a broad question of general business prosperity .jrrowins: out of domestic affairs that is involved in this decline. Investors . are cheered from time to time by a promise of increased railroad rates, but the amount of money the companies get out of those increases is of mod erate importance compared with the needs of the roads, for the policies of the 48 state governments toward these properties have been such these many years as to make necessary the saving of every dollar possible in the main tenance account. A number of increases in earnings by the railroads have been reported recently, but the statisticians go back to the fact that a year ago at this time the earnings were unsatisfactory, and thus the gain of the present time serves not to bring the earnings up to normal. The decline in the prices for railroad stocks began with those internationally held, notably Canadian Pacific, but it has not stopped there. St. Paul has been weakening for two or three years, even after the brilliant execution of the plan for the Puget Sound connec tion and the large amount of freight that extension has given to the system. St. Paul, when compared with certain other roads in the West, has always been a bit off color and in the specula tive schedule. In this city It has always been com pared . unfavorably with Chicago & Northwestern, which has been a favor ite with a conservative class of buyers. The late B. P. Hutchinson, who was much of an oracle in his day, waa In the habit of turning from his Board of Trade speculations from time to time and putting his profits into Chi cago & Northwestern. One may guess that even that choice issue may have its turn in the decline, though most of the certificates have grown yellow in their boxes and will be chaken out only under the most trying circum stances. Western speculators are making nothing out of the decline in Western Railroad stocks, for. the brokers say. there has been no short interest in them here. The stocks that come out from this part of the country are the real thing, and in most Instances they represent losses at present prices. It is no new experience. Rock Island and Alton have taken their turn at the pockets of our people, and even the old and sedate Illinois Central, still moderately prosperous, has chipped a couple of points off its dividends In the last 10 years, and has given Its holder much concern respecting mar ket values. But huge Is the wealth coming out of the soil and the onlooker Is astonished at the success with which the farmers are harvesting their Wheat in the face of a wetness in the soil perhaps never before experienced. Kansas authorities report that 25, 000.000 bushels of wheat have been lost through the floods, hail and Hessian fly, but still Kansas is re joicing in the wealth production of this year and boasts that it is not going to borrow a dollar of money to handle the immense wheat crop." It is estimated that the farmers of that state will spend $49,260,000 during the crop season, harvest hands and threshers getting the bulk of the money. Hay also is yielding hand somely in Kansas. OHIO CROPS DAMAGED COR.V, WHEAT AND OATS SUFFER FROM GREAT FIOOD. Problem of Sanitation Confronts Lima as River Recedes Dancer at Kansas City Is Past. COLUMBUS, O., July 18 All rivers in Central Ohio, which have been out of their banks during tbe last two days, were falling rapidly tonight, and weather bureau officials predicted that with favorable weather normal levels would be reached tomorrow. Reports received today by the State Agricultural Commission indicated that Ohio's corn crop was damaged by storm and flood at least 10 per cent and that the damage to wheat probably would exceed that figure. The oats crop also suffered. With the passing of the flood at Lima. serious sanitation problems confronted the city officials. A force of men under the direction of the health department began Inspections to guard against an epidemic. KANSAS CITT. July 18. Afternoon reports to the weather bureau led to declaration tonight that danger to either the Bast or West bottoms here from flood waters from the Kansas and Missouri rivers had been averted. DEAF MUTE IS DETECTIVE Carries Card Telling Policeman to Arrest Man He Designates. NEW YORK, N. Y.. July 10. Play ing his own detective. Floyd Bingham, a deaf mute, of 333 West Fifty-eighth street, has caused the arrest on a charge of assault and robbery of Ed ward Broderick. 19, of 412 West Fifty sixth street- Both men are mechanics. At the Forty-seventh street station Bingham wrote out on a pad the story of the robbery. He wrote that while passing through Central Park one night recently he was stopped by three men. one of whom held him by the throat while 'another went through - his pockets. They took his gold watch and 60 cents. Since then he has been haunting Col umbus circle on the watch for his as sailants. He wrote that all the time he carried in his pocket a note say ing: "That man asaulted and robbed me," so As to be able to state his case quickly to a policeman. He says he saw one of the men on the street. He went to Policeman De guiro, who was standing near, and made signs to him to follow him. When they were close to Broderick, Bingham pulled out the note and showed It to the policeman, who took the accused man to the station. Broderick denied all connection with the case, but Bingham struck to his story and his alleged assailant was locked up. BURIAL IS STOPPED BY LAW Woman Gets Injunction to Prevent Interment of Her XTncle. PHILADELPHIA. July 10. 'Injunc tion proceedings to prevent the burial of her uncle, Arthur G. Norse, at the Naval Cemetery In Chelsea, Mass., be cause it will cause her brief, humilia tion and an Irreparable loss If his in terment takes place there, have been begun in the equity session of the Su perior Civil Court of Suffolk County by Helen V. Pearson, of Philadelphia. She asks possession of the body "for proper burial in a proper burial ground." Her action is aimed s gainst George Lee, of Boston, and George Doherty, of Somerville, as defendants. Lee, ehe says.- engaged Doherty, an undertaker, to bury her uncle's body without consulting her. The grave has been prepared at the Naval Cemetery Judge McLaughlin ordered counsel to complete pleadings for a hearing. FISH DEPOT TRIED HERE Portland Firm Starts Shipping Dl . rect to Portland From Coast. Practically the first big shipment of Newport halibut to como direct to Portland from the fishing grounds ar rived in Portland Friday, and by noon Saturday the entire consignment 20,000 pounds had been absorbed by local dealers. The fish was brought to Portland in the steamer Cora, under the charter to the Burke Fisb Com pany. It U the intention of J. R. Burke to create a market for the Newport fish in this city. Heretofore most of the halibut in the Portland markets has come via Seattle, but if a market Is established here fish will be brought direct from the Oregon coast and dls posed of to the local dealers. FARMS FOR JOBLESS MEN ARE PLA1E0 Three Secretaries Working on Scheme to Put City Folk on Government Land. CONGRESS MUST APPROVE Western Members Will Oppose More to Make Homestead Lavr Discrim inatory ; Equal Basis for All Settlers Demanded. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. July 11. The scheme, roughly outlined by the Secretary of the In terior, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Agriculture and now be ing worked out In detail by officials of those three departments, looking to placing the unemployed on Govern ment irrigation projects and on other vacant public lands and financing them until they can establish themselves as farmers, will have to be approved by Congress before it can be put Into ef fect. Connected with this general scheme of helping the jobless from the cities to establish themselves as farmers, it is proposed to liberalize the homestead laws for their benefit. Apparently however, it is the intention that the homestead law shall stand as at pres ent Insofar as it applies to the self supporting homeseeker. If the pro posal Is sent to Congress in this form a fight will be started by Western members that either will defeat the scheme to provide for the unemployed or result in a general liberalization of the homestead 'laws for the benefit of all entrymen. Scheme Presents Difficulties. The incomprehensible feature of the scheme of getting the unemployed onto the land is that it Is proposed to locate as many of them as possible on the Government Irrigation projects. In the first place time has demonstrated that the reclamation act is not a poor man's law and men without funds who have tried to establish themselves on the Government projects have, almost without exception, failed and been obliged to relinquish their entries. Secondly, irrigation farming requires experience beyond that required on the non-irrigated farm. The city laborer, without training as a farmer, and especially without ex perience In irrigating, is bound to en counter all manner of difficulties for a series of years before he can suc cessfuly handle a farm on one of the Government projects. Herein, again, arises a problem that Congress has always dodged In the past that of extending financial aid to the farmer ort Government projects. It is true Congress did give the farmer 20 years instead of 10 In which to pay for water, but It has never been will ing to go beyond that point. Men to Be Paid for Learnt. It is now proposed that the Govern ment shall not only liberalize the homestead and reclamation laws for the benefit of the man out of employ ment ho is found in the cities, but It also is proposed that the Government shall lend him funds with which to earn to become a farmer and with which to finance his farming operations during the years he is learning to be come a farmer. It is a moral certainty that when this proposal gets to Congress It will not be allowed to go through unless the legislation Is framed in general terms and treats all settlers on Gov ernment projects alike. If the Gov ernment is to extend financial aid to one class of settlers on Government projects. Western Senators will see to it that like aid Is extended to all. Be yond this. Westerners in both branches of Congress will be glad of the oppor tunity to use this scheme as justillca- tlon for liberalising the homestead law and the reclamation law as well. GERMANS QUIT AUSTRIA ROME REPORTS TROOPS LEAVING IV FEAR OF CHOLERA. Italian Theory Is That Kaincr la Pre- paring to Abandon Ally and That Contagion la I'sed aa Pretext. ROME, July 18. (Special.) From a neutral diplomatic source comes tbe Information that under the pretext of guarding against the Introduction oC cholera, which Is raging In Austria Hungary, extraordinary sanitary pre cautions have been taken at the fron tiers as a prelude to the withdrawal of German troops irom Austria. The reason for Germany's refusal to send troop. to help Austria Is said to be this: Since the Russian retreat from Gallcia, German troops gradually have been withdrawn from Hungary. and military operations have been con ducted separately, a. union of the Aus trian and German armies being no longer considered necessary. The Kaiser promises to keep the Russians In check, thus enabling Aus tria to send reinforcements (o the Italian frontier. He is reported to be convinced that the cholera in Austria also will serve aa a protection against Invasion. Withdrawal of the German troops from Austria is considered significant and is interpreted by some Italians as lnuicatlng an intenton on the part of Germany to abandon Austria to Its fate. It Is argued that If this were not so. fear of cholera would not have prevented Germany from helping its ally at a time when all the Austro- Hungarian frontiers are threatened and the Serbians have resumed the offen sive. CHARITIES FUND if SIGHT REMAINDER, AMOUNTING TO 9103a, EXPECTED THIS WEEK. Traveling Mem Promise Net 'Proceed! From Sale of Pleale Tickets to tho Organisation. The campaign for tho relief fund of the Associated Charities probably will be closed within th. present week, ac cording to Secretary Manning. "There Is now needed only (1056 to complete the 15000 for which we be gan the campaign." he said, "and th. generous response of th. citizens of Portland indicates that th. amount will be made up this Summer and the Char ities will be able to continue its work throughout th. Summer without closing ita doors." Among the cases that passed through the office yesterday came an old ward of the Charities, who had almost placed! himself and family on a self-supporting I basis and with & little more assistance this (Summer will be restored to a posi tion of independence from charitable assistance. He Is living on a claim a few miles from the city with his wife and two children. This family waa kept on the claim by the Charities a short time back, when found to be destitute and starving. Tbe Charities furnished grub stake and seed for the family and thus avd ths claim. The crops are now all planted and the man has left his wife to care for the Utile ranch white ' he comes to the city to try to get work i enough to earn supplies and clothing for the Winter. lie has done railroad j work and has been employed as a watchman. Employment is needed Immediately for him, and It he Is able to get work , for this Summer it is thought that by next Summer the family will be freed ; from the need of charity. ! On August 17 the Joint picnic of the I United Commercial Travelers and Trav- ' elers' Protective Association will be 1 held at Crystal Lake Park, a ad the committee has announced that the net j trunk irora lit bsiq ui iickcii to nis picnic will bo turned over to the Char ities. This amount will add materially to the relief fund of the Charities. Tickets can be procured from Alex Kung. at 310 Morgan building. SENATOR DISOWNS LAW 'BAGGAGE LEGISLATION" SOT HIS WORK, SAYS CUMMINS. Storm of Deoanetatloa From Travelers Worries Iowa Aspirant (or Next Presidential Nomination. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. July 16. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, entertaining the hope that be may be the Republican nominee for President in 1918. has been vlgorouslv denying responsibility for. not to say authorship of, the "baggage valuation-' law passed at the last session of Con gress. No law enacted by Congress In recent years has been so universally unpopular as this nor called forth sucti general condemnation. No sooner had the unpopularity of the law been demonstrated than the public came to believe tt was the, result of a bill in troduced and pressed by the Iowa Senator. Senator Cummins could not afford to let the country believe he was responsible for this enactment, so his press .-tgent shifts responsibility to Senator Reed, of Missouri. Senator Cummins was in Hawaii when tho baggage valuation law went into effect. When he returned he found his desk covered with letters from men and women all over the country denouncing him for having forced such a "fool law through Con gress. The Iowa Senator announced that the legislation in question was not his. but on the other hand was passed over his protest. Not content with this disclaimer of responsibility. Senator Cemmins In tends to offer a bill repealing this enactment, so that those who travel may be relieved from the burden of declaring the value of their baggage before being allowed to check it. As a result of the law of disputed author ship every person who has been in convenienced by it has "cussed out" Senator Cummins, or spoken unkindly of him. SHELLS FALL IN RHEIMS A fill A 5 ALSO ATTACKED FIGHT l.N'CS SLACKENS AT ARRAS. Germans Aaaaalt Violently on Heights of Siena, and Resaln Trench See . tlon at On. Point. PARIS, via London. July II The fol lowing official communication was Is sued by the War OiTtce tonight: "In Artois the cannonade has dimin ished in Intensity. Soma shells were fired Into tbe town of Arras. "On the right bank of the Alsne. In the district of Troyon. there has been fighting with mines, as well as a vio lent bombardment. Trenty shells were thrown into Rhelms, on. civilian being; killed. and one seriously wound ed. "On the heights of the Meuae the Germans, after last night's bombard ments, launched a violent attack against our positions from the Calonne trench to the village of Les Eparges. On the southern ridge of the Sonvaux ravine they succeeded at only one point In regaining a footing In the trench section which we captured on July 6. Some parties of Germans vha succeeded in creeping into the ravine were killed or taken prisoners. "Between the Sonvaux ridge and the Calonne trench the enemy was also re pulsed with heavy losses." DAUGHTER IS SOLD FOR $1 Xfw York Man, Vnable to Provide for Child, Paris With It. NEW YORK. July 12. When he signed a bill of sale a few days ago that looked like an ordinary legal document used in real estate transac tions. Samuel Gaines gave up all rights to his 6-year-old daughter Mollte and transferred her as a tangible piece of property to Morltz and Becky Green of 14S Forsyth street In consideration of $1. This remarkable transaction, tho first of the kind ever recorded In New York, is one of the curiosities of th. Register's office. Mr. and Mrs. Morits Green wanted a child badly. and Gaines, whose wife died some time ago. leaving him five boys and a girl, pre ferred to sell his little girl to th. Greens, who coveted the child, rath.r than place the Infant In an institution. When Mr. and Mrs. Green saw little Mollle Gaines. who Is now Mollie Green, they were delighted with the child and wanted her for their own. Gaines was approached on the subject, and not being able to provide suitably for Mollie himself, he agreed to let th. Greens have her. They were afraid, however, that Gaines might regret h!a action, so they decided to have it recorded In legal form. Gaines agreed to this proposi tion, and they all went to the office of William Herrmann, notary. Ill Rlvlng ton street, and had a regular bill of sale drawn up. signed by all parties and recorded in the Register's office. After the payment of the II to the father of tbe child little Mollie was taken to her new home and seemed well satisfied with the change. BOY IS GIVEN AWAY OFTEN Finally He Gets Tired of Being Passed On and llecomes a Hobo. NEW YORK. N. Y July 10. A -year-old boy beat his way her. th. other day on a freight train. He la tbe youngest hobo seen here in many a week. . His name Is Wlllard Dllbeck. and h. ran away from his foster par ents, who live at Sprite. On. He rod. a Central of Georgia freight train Into Roma. The boy's mother died several years SKO. Aa th. littl. boy tells It, his Really, All the Joy of a Kodak or Cam era Comes From the Finished Picture mm If that's a failure, what's the use? 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Anyway they always do. "After awhile I decided I wasn't going to stand it any more, and that I was going off. "When you've been give away five or six times you get pretty tough." "CLOTHING JS IMMORAL" Pilgrim Advances Odd Ideas About Dress and Food. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. July 10. "Ood made food, but the devil constructed the kitchen." This waa the observation of Eleazar Kaminetsky, back-to-nature advocate, who has started on a walk ing tour to San Francisco by way of Chicago. Kamlnetsky la attired In his usual costume, sandals, loos, white trousers and blouse. He wears no hat and his ''tVX."VZ V"..7:.d -nd h.l. Democracy demor.ll.ed nresents a Dicture of c lowing good health. His skin Is clear and ruddy and his muscles are as hard as rock. He attributes his perfect health to hl outdoor Ufa and total abstinence from all cooked food. His meals consist of raw cereals, fruits and vegetables of all kinds. "Our clothing." Kamlnetsky said. "Is Immoral, for It deforms us both phy sically and mentally. For the sake of this foolishness of ours w. are enslav ing millions of human beings that are found In sweatshops and factories to mak all nurh unnecessary things for us: collar and cuff buttons, cravats, col lars, hats and so on. BABY IS BORN ON STEPS Woman Collapaes aa She Keaches Hospital in New York. NEW YORK. July 11. Mrs. Margaret Noona. of 3ul West Forty-third street, became the mother of a girl" on the steps of the Harlem Hospital recently. She and her husband. Frank, started for tho hospital at 4 o'clock. Just as they were mounting the stairway on the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth strert .m. N'noni screamed and col- lasped. Dr. Gluckman. on night duty In the hospital, heard her. H. ran out. Several nurses followed him. Noona stood by and wept until Dr. Gluckmann went over, seised him by the arm, and said: "Laugh, man. laugh! It s a nine pound girl baby, a splendid child, born on the hospital steps. Better name her Stephanie." Noona not only laughed, hut Be hugged tho .doctor and tho nurses. CHICKEN IS RANK COWARD Husband Pl!covered Its Lack of Courage When He Began to Carte. BOSTON. July 10. Mrs. Jones bought a chicken at the family butcher shop and after embellishing it with bread crumbs, celery, cranberry sauce and other glad things, she set It before th. head of th. family. "What la th. matter. John?" asked th. young wife with an anxious look as hubby laboriously carved th. bird, "Isn't the chicken all right?" "Why. yes. I guess he Is all right, dear." was the hesitating response, "but I fear he was a very great coward." "A great coward?" returned the per plexed wife. "What do you mean?" "Don't they say. Mary." smilingly replied the old man. "that tho bravest are alwaya the tenderest?" D1SEASEIS RAGING IN ARMY Asiatic Cholera and Smallpox Re ported Rampant in Gallcia. ZVRICH. Switzerland, via London. July IS. Asiatic cholera and smallpox ar raging fiercely In Gallcia despite all efforts of the military and civil eanltary autnorltles to check them, ac cording to dispatches received here. It is said that 120 cases of cholera were reported In Lemberg. capital of Gallcia. last Tuesday, and that 419 cases of smallpox were reported In Gallcia between July 4 and 10. Umbrella and Honesty. Judge. "What do you think? A man brought back th. umbrella he took from our hall stand!" "H'm! It speaks well for the honesty of the msn. but it'a a terrible alight to the umbrella." t j by 5 o'clock. The "W O O D LARK" FOUN TAIN serves NO B E N Z O A T E. Our Fruits are preserved in pure cane sugar our Flavors and Sy rups have no i Clarke & Co., Alder TRIP BRINGS RUMOR "Wilson and Walsh" Is Hint From Massachusetts. END OF JUNKET AWAITED Bay Stale Wonder 'Whether Gover nor Will Return Kroni Coast to Jtun Again or an Candidate for Vice-Presidency. BOSTON. July 10. Th. departure re cently of Governor David I. Walsh and an official party of exposition Jun keters, pledged not to look upon th. win. when It is red tunlesa they ray for It themselves), has left Mas.achu- and the state wondering whether, upon their return. It will have a candidate for Governor or a Democratic candidal, for the Vice-Presidential nomination. The demoralization Is due to the fact that, despite th. pleadincs of tne or ganization of his party, Mr. Walsh de parted without saying whether or not he will be a candidate this year for another term. Admittedly th. only Democrat In the state who has a fair chance of being elected Governor. Mr. Walsh apparently has not been able to determine to his satisfaction whether bis own chances are especially brlsht. With an eye on th. United Stales Senate. Mr. Walsh docs not desire to take any step that would injure his chances to defeat Henry Cabot Lodge in 1S17. He evidently feels that In the event of the return of a Republican Governor to Beacon Hill he would not care to ba the defeated aspirant. Hence his refusal to announce his candidacy until he has had further opportunity to observe the political straws in Massaciiusetts and the country at large. Mtaatloa VnnauaL Mr. Walsh will not return from the Coast until the middle of AugutK. If he then decides to become a candidate ; for a third term the organization will I have but one week In which to make ' up Its slate. If he decides not to oe- ; come a candidate, aspirants ror tn , nomination will find their time for : campaigning cut to a minimum. The' situation is unusual, since it has j brought Democratic politics here vlr- tually to a standstill. If Mr. Walsh should not seek a third cup of coffee, be would retire as ono : of the most popular Governors In tho recent history of Massachusetts. He Is not friendly with th. Democratic state machine, which supports him be cause he is stronger than It Is, and th. only man in all probability they could elect this year. But with tlo people of Massachusetts he Is un doubtedly strong. As he journeyed westward with his Altamead Homes This organization ac quired by purchase Fri day 62 beautiful lots in the Altamead District, East Stark : and 84th streets, adjoining Mt. Tabor District, and will finance and build to suit clients. Terms like rent. First Come, First Served. The Oregon Home Builders Oliver K. Jeffery, Preatdeat. riMr Krfawatersi Basic Bide 25c 4711 White Rose Glycerine Soap, cake 15 25c Tears' Glycerine Soap, scented, cake 15 1.3 doz. "Wood-Lark" Quad Soap, as sorted in box Glycerine, Oat Meal, Buttermilk, Elder Flower, box 14c $1.00 Othine $5c L. T. Fiver's Ferfume, assorted odors, dozen 75o "Wood-Lark" Cucumber and Elder Flower Cream, -1-oz. jar 50c4 jar 75 c 6c "Fairy" Soap pure, white, float ing:, 6 for 25c chemicals or artificial dyes. If your stomach is worth anything to you this is a fact worth noting. The "WOOD -LARK" LUNCH and TEA ROOM is a mighty nice place to rest and refresh. Dainty dishes and appetizing PEKOE TEA, REAL CHOCOLATE, "OLD MASTER" COFFEE. St. at West Park party on tho prohibition special, with J6000 to spend among a dozen Junket era, not one cent of which, by order of the Council, may be expended for rum. the people will see a handsome, well groomed young man. pleasant of face and possessing a winning personality. Mr. Walsh No -lloney Fits." "If he speaks they will listen to an orator of considerable eloquence." it has been said of him. "The first Irish Catholic Governor In the history of Massachusetts, they will hear from him no picturesque "boosting' of his city and state, for he is not of the type of "Honey Fits." He will dedicate the Massachusetts building at the Fair In a frock coat and ailk hat of latest fashion, and the general surroundina.4 will ba Impressive, for he is a man cf dignity. If tho politicians talk with him they will find him keenly slive to tho existing political situation In state and National affairs." Massachusetts remembers that not long ago John W. Weeks Jnnrntyid to the Coast a plain I'nited States Sen ator, and came bark bearinjr as a trophy a full-blown Presidential boom. Some folks hereabouts believe that X.t. Walsh may return a candidate for sc ond place on the ticket with Mr. Wil son and they are wondering whether some such nebulous ambition as thi has anything to do with his retlccnrn respecting th. gubernatorial nomina tion In Massachusetts, which a major ity of folk believe, however, lie will finally accept. The country will also have an op portunity to see the man who will en tertain the conference of Governors In Boston next month, and he may even transact some business iu connection with that event while he Is shsent- Mr. Walsh Is a bachelor. 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