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10 THE SUNDAY OBEGOMAX, PORTLAND, MAY 9. 1909. SIMON NOMINATED BY BIG MAJORITY Rushlight Is Second, McDonell Third, in Race for Indorse ment for Mayor. BENNETT WINS FOR JUDGE Almost Entire Assembly Ticket Goes Through Democrats Name Judge Munly Voting in City. Prl mary Election Is Light. 1 (Concluded From First rage.) ticket and its candidates. At the same time, although the campaign was a list less one. It mas expected from the various reports of Rushlight. McDonell and Bai ley following as to the big vote each ex pected that the total vote would exceed -the figure of Chairman A. B. Manley. of the Republican City Central Committee. ho had estimated It at 12,000. Bennett Defeats Fonts. Councilman Frank S. Bennett, for Municipal Judge, has defeated Seneca 4 4 : Rt'BrTIJGHT THANKS HIS FRIENDS A. G. Rushlight last night declined to say anything concerning his atti tude toward the successful Republi can ticket, but announced that he would Issue a definite statement In a day or two. "I appreciate the support I re ceived from my friends." he said. "According to the vote cast In my own precinct, which I carried three to one, my neighbors have confidence In 1 me in spite of the things said about me in tbe campaign. 1 want to say that I feel good and desira to con gratulate my successful opponent." a. Fouts b a majority of 1037. Bennett ran especially strong on the East Side and surprised his supporters and his opponent by also carrying the West Side of the river, where Fouts was regarded the atronjrer. Bennett carried the East Sldo by Su and he West Side by 222. His majority Is 1037. Having no opposition. City Auditor Bar tur. City Treasurer "Werleln and City At torney Kavanaugh were nominated by substantially the full Republican vote. Two Independent Candidates. There will be probably two Independent Republican candidates to oppose Mr. BKFrBIJfAN VOTE BY WARDS AND PRECINCTS FOB MAYOR . AM) MCNICIPAL JX'DGE. PRECINCT. Total . . Ward 6 311 . 4" . 4 1 . Tola! 56) 146; S-r, Side) 103) 502) t"6S;30l: Total w. Ward 7- 23232106 58 36 28 43 98 53 38 20 53 20 44 45 46 47 4S 49 o ill 10 &i 149 S3 o; 17 1 BS l I 56 43 671 6l! 63 2S 43 20 72 35 Total .. Ward 8- 4331 589 447 6flj 6S 101 109 69' 55 62 54 77 3S 2S 14 21 20 21 51 to 75 M 5ft 56 ft" 5S 59 6 61 2 3 ! 4 6 -! i 2 4 i'l 2! 16: 181 io; 8' II 7 4II PI 28 26 42' 4l 30; r.ftl Tl!. 53; 05 1 63 2s 46l 4fti 4sj SOI 98 44 451 49 i?! li 27 T Total 55! 80S 667) SS2 9361 t99 Ward 8 9 I' 3 1 I1 ft 4' 41' 15' 64 121: 57 ltml 5s; il 31 S 59! pi! .-. 90! 6 4; 6ft I 7. 9! 63' 82! 70 ., 71 73 I 73 '4 74 . 75 .. 7 . 78 ! 79 .. 4Sl ...I 691 541 31 1 43 j 54 1 57 43 67 j 6 ft j 411 ' 80! 121 12: 191 14 3 1 To! .. 197- 450' 79ft! 8O0' 66: . I Ward Id HO M K lift 87 168 89 102; 93! 78 43' Si T2' Ml 531 14' 4: 6' 34j ,?l 20' III 25 121 50 93 fl 34 51 5 -t" 671 17S; 8141 503 7SO 496 Fine.! 2sj 93l22ft!'259ri' . Side! 103! Mt 96H30I3 Tots' T. Total W Grand tutsj. . . GJ9, li55;S227. 5608. J442. 44 03 Mayor. . Mu'pal I Judge. I "a s x 5 5" - e a a oe I i I I I ? 2. S 4 Ward 1 I f ( 14 1 1 S IS 70 88 40 I ?, J 2! - 37 41 63 54 60 I I 1; It: 2 ft 47 '48 31 4 10) 21 61 46 37 ( 4 T"' n I 7 7 105 236 206 168 ( I Ward 3 i I 5 . 1 2 18 51 30 4J I 3' 14 -JJ 6S K4 K I ' 2 28 141 05 671 87 J 4, 2s 33H 100 1S:I f0 I 30 3j 0 19j JT1 ISO) 77 I X?'"' .1 I 112! 1S8I 6121 43 331 f Ward 3 I I I I 1 11 Si 82 SI S3 71 f I 31 l;t, 2.1 1 SH 83, 2 1 l 18! 2:t 1141 84 60 34 1 1 & t.; si; f.il 1 a 2 1 ' U to! f.2! 42 67 I J I J 7! ll! 29j 2 I I T",a' : ) 81 341 101 474 29l SOS i Ward 4 f I t I J7 1 .. Il 54 20 36 I 18 2! 251 lSj P7 67 I '!' I Tl lOj SS .19! 37 I -0 8 20 23' 70 A4 61 I 21 3 211 24l 72 0 T 22 S 11 IO 66 Ji 21) T 23 l; 22 25 7ft 60l 79 24 5 7 40 80 8 68 f 25 2' 10 lOl 63 48 34 Toal 26 131 177 S2 4S6I 461 " Ward 5 I I I -v - 17 38 B5 41 CO 27 1 Il 32 52 48 4S 28 3 121 30l 4n, 4ft 4U 2 R 2d 22; CoJ 51 ! 43 3"' 2 2ll 8S llir SI. I l! 4 21! 4S 41j 29 "2 4 i: 32! H2j 00; f.l 33 j 1 I0 22, 7ft; 3ft: 7 34 1 3 l:l 31 ;s; 34' ft6 3' 3 2i: 32 78 Sli 57 36 j 3j 9j lOj 4 .".7; 15 Total 1 30' I63 298! 712 00o 550 Ward 6 ST I S 1SI 431 135 73 113 35 I 1 ml 2S; 34 "71 47 .. 4j 21 50 4ft 27 1 41 1 26 6, 631 55 j 2' SJ 2SI 4SI 36 44 r 244 083 SUCCESSFUL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES TOR NOMINATIONS AS WARD COUNCILMEN. Simon for Mayor in the June elstioii. State Senator Dan Kellchei will raa in accordance with his pre-prmary declara tion. The anti-assembly people expec: to bring out State Senator H. R. Albee al- in the independent class. These fo.-cs declare that they will no; supporl Ke' laher. They are determines, not to abide, by the choice of the Re-..-iDlican Vo-ers In the primary. While Mayor Lane last night announced that lie would riot havi accepted the Democratic nomination nad his friends secured it .for nun. he S'J mltted that he would support the choice HOW THE MA Y OR A LTV CANDI DATES R.X IN THEIR RE BPKCTIVE WARDS AND PRECINCTS. In every election contest consid erable interest Is taken in tire vote the rival candidates for each office receive In their respective precincts and wards. Teeterday's election disclosed some interesting tacts, par ticularly as to the vote for the four Republican candidates for the Mayoralty nomination. Simon, the successful nominee, resides in pre clnot ten. Second Ward. He carried both his own precinct and the ward. The vote In precinct ten was: Simon 171. Rushlight 19. McDonell 30. Bailey 3. The ward vote was: Simon 612. Rushlight 138. McDonell 112. Bailey 22. Bailey and Rushlight are both reg istered voters In the Seventh Ward. Bailey lives in precinct 51. while Rushlight lives in precinct 46. Rush light carried bis precinct and also had a majority in the. ward. The vote In precinct 46 was: Rushlight 149. Simon 54. McDonell 18. Bailey 4. The total vote for the ward was distributed as follows: Rushlight 522. Simon 433, McDonell 110. Bailey 3S. Registered In precinct 1. First Ward, McDonell lost his precinct and also the ward by the following votes: Precinct 1, McDonell 8, Simon 70. Rushlight 18. Bailey 4: Ward 1, McDonell 46, Simon 236, Rushlight 105. Bailey 7. of his party. Judge M. G. Munly, as against Simon There is a rumor, which has been In circulation for some time, that if Simon should be nominated in the Re publican primary, an effort would be made to bring: Lane out as an inde pendent candidate. But there is a question if Lane would run other than as a Democrat. It is strongly suspected thet Iane desires the Democratic nom ination for Governor in November, 1910. and for that reason it is argued that he would not consent to become an in dependent candidate, since it would in volve a repudiation of Democracy, and at the same time possible defeat in the contest against Simon. Such a handi cap in his Gubernatorial aspirations is not believed to be desired by Lane, who appears to be disposed very religiously to tread the straight but decidedly un certain path of real Democracy. McCusker Discusses Result. "I am not surprised with the result of today's primaxies," said 'Thomas Mc Cusker last night, "tor the reason that when mediocre men set themselves up as candidates, strong and deserving BAILEY IS SATISFIED. A. A. Bailey had very little to say on the result of the primaries. When asked If he would support the ticket nominated he replied. "Most certainly. The result Is perfoctly satisfactory to me and I don't know that there Is anything more that I can say." Mr. Bailey spent last evening at home, and when told the result of the election said it was about as he had expected. men who otherwise would enter the contest are unwilling to go into the fight in which a multiplicity of candi dates on one side is lined up against one man representing the opposition. None of the candidates who opposed Mr. Simon today should have been can didates, and it is to be hoped that the lesson will not be lost.- Under the direct primary men of small caliber are enabled to go before the people, and for the time being this is one of the weak spots in that law. but when such men learn that the voters will discriminate In favor of men of ability they will cease to push themselves forward for the people's indorsement. For that reason possibly over 10.000 voters re fused to ko to the polls today. They were unwilling to support Simon and iTJ A could not consistently indorse any of the others." When asked if the anti-Assembly forces would bring out an independent candi date to oppose Mr. Simon. Mr. McCusker said: "It is quite possible that such a thing will be done. Considerable pressure was brought to bear upon State Senator H. R. A I bee to become a candidate before the primaries, but he refused to do so, but within the last week additional pres sure both from Republicans and Demo crats asking him to become an Independ ent candidate has been brought to bear upon him, and while I have not talked with ,Mr. Albee about the matter, still I believe he cannot consistently refuse to allow his name to go before the people at the June election. In event that he should still refuse it may be expected that another lot of candidates such as figured in the primary election may be found in the contest at the June elec tion with a possibility of the same result. "I b?lieve that if Mr. Albee or any other good man should vcome out for this offlo he could be elected." So scattering was the Democratic vote for candidates other than Mayor that some time will bo required to complete the count and ascertain who today's nominees are. It is evident from the Democratic returns as they were reported last night that City Attorney Kavanaugh. City Auditor Barbur and City Treasurer "Werlein. of the Republican ticket, has each received a flattering indorsement from the minority party. There Is more than a possibility that these three Re publicans have received the nomination of the Democrats. Incomplete returns of the Democratic primary vote last night Indicated that while the members of that party had lavished their votes on prac tically every member of the party, the Republican nominees for the three of fices enumerated appear to have the best of the situation. This is particularly true of City Auditor Barbur. This situation is regarded surprising from the fact that Judge Munly, the Democratic nominee for Mayor, was recommended by the Kentucky klick. which at the same time suggested stal wart Democrats for each of the other nominations filled by .yesterday's elec tion. In addition to Judge Munly. that ticket consisted of: City Auditor. J. W. Ferguson : City Treasurer. George I. Smith; City Attorney. Frank Schlegel: Municipal--Judge. J. B. Ryan: Oouncil-men-at-Iarge, D. A. Chambers and D. F. Campbell: Second Ward. Thomas Gui nean: Third Word, F. T. Berry; Fifth Ward. J. G. Nichols: Xinth Ward. El Versteeg; Tenth Ward, W. T. Vaughn. It is believed that the Democrats have nominated all of the candidates for Coun cilmen suggested by the kiiok. but it is not a certainty that the candidates rec ommended by the same organization for the more important municipal offices were successful. Following is the vote in detail: REPUBLICAN. Mayor. A. A. Bailey Charles 10. McHonell A. G. Rushlight Joseph Simon . 330 .1255 .3227 .5808 .2381 . 887 Plmon'a plurality Simon's majority Municipal Judge. Frank S. Bennett 5442 Seneca Fouts... 4 to5 Bennett's majority 1037 Councilman at Large. (Two to be Nominated.) Fred J. Brady S;VS Tho:nas C. DevMn.'. 506S M. M. Dimlck. . , 1699 J. J. Jennings ...4320 Gay Lombard 4375 Devlin's plurality 746 Ivorobard'e plurality 55 DEMOCRATIC. Mayor. w ST. G. Munly 886 Harry Lane SOI Munly's majority . . 8ft ( euncilran Second Ward. (One to Be Nominated.) W. W. Banks. 376 H. W. Wallace 439 Wallace's majority 63 Councilman Third Ward. t One to Be Nominated.) G. D. DunnlnE 334 E. C. Mears 2T.6 Dancing's majority .73 Councilman Fifth Ward. (One to Be Nominated.) Eugene Colin 220 Frank E. Watklns C09 C. K. Zilly .' 320 Watklns' plurality 2S9 Councilman Ninth Ward. (One to Be Nominated.) R. E. Meneree 730 F. E. Reed :. 353 Fred Tonsing 427 Menefce'a plurality '. ; 803 Coaucilman Tenth Ward. (One to Be Nominated.) C. H. Beard r 125 t.. M. Davis 70 M. F. Donahae 122 Joseph T. Ellis 264 Ronald P. McDonald 135 William 1 1 . Payne.. 151 J. J. Walter 158 Sam 1.. Woodward 253 Ellis' plurality is KAISER WANTS BIG NAVY Admits Frankly He Desires Commer cial Supremacy or Sea. BERLIN, May g. (Special.) The Kaiser has been confiding to an English Journal ist his views as to the mercantile ma rine competition between England and Germany. Ha admitted it was one of his dearest wishes to see Germany command the largest "commercial" navy of the world, and made the somewhat novel assertion that the English people 3hould not regard the accomplishment of that ideal with any feeling of Hostility, as the German people are naturally more a nation of business people than any other. "That I and mj people are sincerely desirous of having nothing but the amic able relaltonshlp with the English peo ples may not be believed in England, but we are used to being misunderstood. Why should the English people Imagine that by some divine right, the over-sea carry ing trade of the world has been specially entrusted to them, to the exclusion of all other nations in general and the father land in particular? Am I not to be ex cused for thinking that the English shipowners'--hatred -of our atreat mercantile marine is solely based on their fear of losing still more of the world's carrying, owing to my people's better knowledge of bow to conduct It. their better equipped ships, and their contentsdness to supply every transit facility at a minimum of cost. Ail competition Is disliked by those who have to meet It, but your shipowners are angry because the days of 10, 30, 30 years are gone from them. "Why. the English people ought " to thank my people for the very competition for which you complain. It has reduced transit costs to all nations as they would never otherwise have been reduced. But the English are selfish and suspicious, and make tbe mistake of not so encour aging their shipping men by state as sistance and by honoring their patrlotks ones, so that there shall be some other aim for them than mere money gain." REPtTBLICAN VOTE BY WARDS AND PRECINCTS FOR COUNCILMEN -AT-LARGE PRECINQT. Ward 1 1 2 3 4 321 56 32 30) 61 38 25 36 Total Ward 2- 5 . . : 6 7 8 . 9 10 Total . . Ward fi ll 12 13 14 15 16 ISO 28 16 38 57 162 48 153 461 41 85 - 451 164 B O 9 '? ? 20 64 35! 37 171 SO ! irj. &3 j w 214 j 21 52 1 SI 46 19 6ft I Siii 154 I 16 53 I 21 147 1S3 5211 77 409 474 33 55 .15 34 36 22 73. 10 46 57 19 ! 21 45 91 8 .! 1-1 26 65 24 ." 15 43 33 14 32 9 23 27 120 875 81 217 SOU 21 38 11 18 32 24 70 20 53 53 2 44 15 24 30 22 60 23 51 61 24 80 14 47 73 14 54 8 27 63 31' 67 27 52 60 401 63 28 47 4S 17 55 12 22 43 1851 530 138 341 465 25 49 30 44 29 17 52 22 36 32 15 44 21 32 M5 22 . 42 24 37 5S 2ft S3 29 51 73 " 10 38 11 21 32 86 70 23j 44 51 23 41 12 43 41 23 53 181 46 40 18 73 29 56 69 S 46 4 27 49 222 591 225 436 510 33 DS 28 64 63 15 42 9 35 25 23 29 14 31 26 38 56 30 43 53 30 48 7 25 29 144 273 88 198 196 34 76 44 70 47 18 58 16 43 44 14 22 1 0 29 14 50 53 34 62 36 67 73 53 118 57 45 70 ' 18 56 45 20 36 15 42 16 22 6 17 22 29 63 30 66 48 16 22 6 17 22 287 494 232 520 335 39 57 31 44 44 39 83 34 56 - 82 31 88 33 71 77 32 74 23 75 55 34 63 21 62 5 20 3? 17 43 43 17 13 13 16 20 33 17 43 .25 IS! 16 17 29 21 9 23 13 22 20 32 51 81 47 31 38 7? 311 55 64 30 89 25 79 81 17 88! 11 49 42 22 49! 17 36 40 191 53! 18 50 4S 409 845; 345 774 753 5 71 1 7 49 98 361 61 87 10 65 6) 36; 52 58 Sll 261 731 63 20 5 17 14 07 18 86: 14 55 89 3 3 1 5 5 44 56! 16 60 46 34 50 18 50 43 31 68 14 55 53 51 67 17 481 67 43 4$ 15 45 33 491 28 23 82 63 S95 701 204 628 671 41 68 36 80 79 37 75 K2 7S 64 25 58 12 4ft 41 23 43 II 561 34 47 SI 43 111 S5 5 32 IS 43 39 23 50 20 79 61 38i 68 28 68 61 17 26 12 26 18 to! 41 20 61 30 30) 522 341 647 602 j 1 14001356211022 2569 2261 9O3!2ft01 677 1751IL-114 2303506!l639 4S204375 Total Ward 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total Ward 5 28 29 ::o 31 i 34 I 35 Total . . Ward 6 37 33 39 40 -. 41 Total .. Ward 7- 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Total Ward 55 it 57 58 59 60 b! 63 S 61 Total . . Ward 9 6S 69 70 . 71 72 73 73 V is 74 75 79 ...' Total Ward 10 to 81 82 83 84 to 6 87 88 89 Total Total. E. Side Total, W. Side-. Grand Total . . , ELECTION IS QUIET Remarkable Lack of Interest in Result of Primary. MANY VOTERS STAY HOME Xo Disorder at Polls and No Ar rests Democrats All at Sea as to How io Fill Out the Blank Ballots. The great lack of Interest which at tended the primary campaign was only emphasized in yesterday's nominating election. Had it not been for the pres ence of the tented voting booths, the average citizen would net have realized that an election was being held. And REPUBLICAN NOMINEES FOR COUNCILMEN-AT -LARGE. TVOff. C. ZPTHiCW- even then there was very little activity at any of the voting places. The elec- MAYOR LANE ON TUB RESULT. At midnight,- with 4 " precincts missing, Munly. Democrat, had 380 votes against Lane, Democrat, 301 votes. When Informed of the status of the election Mayor Lane said : "I would not accept the nomina tion were it finally to be given me by the last count; I did not seek It, and do not want it." "Will you support Judge Munly 7" he was asked. "As against Simon, yes." was the reply." "Will you be an independent candl daboT" "I can conceive of no situation that would lead mi to run as an . independent," was the reply. tlon scarcely took n the appearance of a contest, 'and will be remembered as the least active in the history of the city. Although the polls opened promptly at noon, only a straggling vote was cast up to 5 o'clock, and from then until 7 P. M-. .when the voting ended, there was greater activity. The. vote was particularly light in the business dis tricts during: the early part of the afternoon. In Precinct No. 17, where there is a registration of 264 Republi cans, .only 52 ballots had been cast at 4 o'clock. The same light vote was found in many of .Lie other precincts on this side of the river and in the business section. Tne interest in the election was a trifle greater in the resi dence districts, but the total vote fell far below what tta expected in view of the thorough campaigns which had been waged in the interest of three of the four Republican candidates for Mayor Simon, McDonell and Rush light. Small Orowil at Booths. With the saloons closed and innumer able restrictions imposed under the cor rupt practices act, the voting booths were practically deserted, save for the mem bers of the board who had to remain at their posts of duty. Even in the most thickly-settled districts, pedestrians had no difficulty in oassing the entrances to these booths "without getting into the street. There was no consresTion of ex cited election workers in the vicinity of any of the voting places as is usually the case in an election contest. Throughout ths day only one report of BOW. THE EAST AND . WEST SIDES VOTED FOR MAYOR. West Side... East Side. . . 103 562 Rn.1: 968 3013 236 2259 2595 Total 3391125013227)5608 Simon carried West Side by 2045 votes. Simon carried East Side by 336 votes. Simon carried the city by 23S1 votes. Incomplete. trouble at the pells was sent In to Chief of Police GriUmacher and this did not result in an ar.-eEt. It was complained by the election board in one of the pre cincts that some citizen was circulating an initiative petition for signatures among the voters as they came to vote De termining that the petition bem cir culated dLd not relate In any way to the election being he'd. Chief Gritzmac.her ad vised the complainants that he was powerless to interfere and all that the members of the board could do wa.s to insist that the seeker, of signatures keep 100 feet distant from the polling places. Not a single arrest was made during the day and -so far as an augmented ft.rce of patrolmen could discover, there were no violations of the law. Democrats Are at Sea. If George H. Thomas, chairman of the Democratic City Central Committee, has anything fi say about it two years hence. It may be said that the Democrats will have a regularly nominated ticket to be submitted to the voters of that party in the primary election. Mr. Thomas re mained ir. his office the greater part of the afternoon trying to attend to some private business. But he did not make much progress. Every few minutes some confused Demo cratic voter, presented with a blank ticket at the polls and not having digested the recommendations of the Kentucky Klick as to candidates whose names should be written on the ballot, would ring up the city chairman and request some Informa tion as to how be should vote. Mr. Thomas avoided advising any of the anxious inquirers Just bow he should vote, other than to suggest the names of some of the more prominent members of the party who had been proposed for nomina tion to the different offices. "IRON NECK" TOO SOFT Trapeze Performer Slips aod Is Ac cidentally Hun. ST. PETERSBURG. May 8. (Special.) At the Cirque Clniselli, one of the largest places of entertainment in St. Petersburg, a prominent number hi the programme was ths' appearance of Slava, the Czech gymnast, billed as the "Man With the Iron Neck." The (Umax of his turn was to mount by a rope ladder to a high trapeze sus pended under the cupola of the building. Then he passed a noose of rope round his neck, and as tbe drum rolled out a death salvo, he dropped downward and was-hupg ten feet from the ground by the rope, which, instead of passing round his throat, was supposed to be held above his chin by a gripping knot. The audience was horrified on this oc casion to notice that as he took his drop his arms shot out, and his hands .clutched convulsively. ' Shouts of "He is strang ling" came from the house and men rushed into the ring. Women fainted at the sight of the man's face turning blue, black and swollen. At last a steplaider was found and placed under him and an army officer cut the rope with his sword, the gymnast dropping on the mat. He was bleeding badly from the mouth, ears and nose, and quite unconscious, and In half an hour was carried back to the ring, but fainted again in the presence of the audience, and had to be taken to the hospital, where he lies in a -serious condition. The Governor of the city ljas issued an order forbidding performances such as that of the "Man With the Iron Neck." MUNLY TO MAKE FIGHT PLANS ACTIVE CAMPAIGN FOB MAYORAL-TV. Democratic Aomlnee Says He Con siders It Houor to Defeat One so Strong as Lane. Judge M. G. Munly, the Democratic nominee, remained up late to receive the final returns, in which he exhibited much interest. When th resu?t was made known to him by The Oregonian', he said that he felt highly gratified to think that tie had received the nomina tion over Dr. Lane, whom he regards as strong personally and politically. Judge Munly mdde the following statement: "I filed 'no petition for the Mayoralty nomination and did not voluntarily place myself before1 the public as the Democratic candidate. Nor did I per sonally make any call for party sup port. To the extent that any call was made. It was the work of my friends on my behalf; and to them I feel deep ly grateful. "In this connection, I must acknowl edge my many obligations to the press of the city for uniform kindness and mention. The contest has been, In a measure, devoid of revelry and strife or bitterness of any kind. To be de feated by a candidate as strong polit ically and personally as Dr. Lane would not have been surprising, and I take it to be no small compliment, should the result show me to be the success ful candidate. "I thank my friends, one and all, 'for the result, whatever it may be." Concerning his plans for the campaign leading up to the general election. Judge Munly said that, in case of his nom ination, he had pledged himself to make an active canvass, and that he will, if the official count shows him to be the Democratic nominee, enter into the cam paign accordingly. "Dr. Lane, when Informed that you were the Democratic nominee, warmly congratulated you," Judge Munly was informed. "Well. I certainly thank him, and deeply appreciate his kindness," replied Judge Munly. Blaze in Residence. Fire of unknown origin broke out last night in the house of. B. F. Casper, a carpenter, B21 Leo avenue. The family was out attending a dance and the blaze was discovered by neighbors, who sounded the alarm. The house was al most completely destroyed, the loss being estimated at $500. The victims of the blaze were brought back from their amusement to And their house In ruins. Will Speak to Socialists. - George Holmes, of San Francisco, will address Branch 8, Socialist party, at Marxian Hall, 208 Stark street, tonight at 8 o'clock on "The Situation in France." Admission is free. Ask anybody about Rockaway Beach $20 lots, $5 down. So per montn; no inter est. C. J. Owen & Co., 414 Lumber Ex. LAW REDUCES VOTE Corrupt Practices Act Has In fluence on Election. FEW, IF ANY, VIOLATIONS Banners Advocating Choice of Sen eca Fouts for Municipal Judge Carried Through Streets, but Disappear Early. Part of tiie cause for the failure of such a large percentage of the voters to participate in yesterday's primaries is ascribed to the influence of the cor rupt practices act. Even In warmly contested elections it is often difficult to set out a repre sentative number of electors and in the past the use of carriages and automo biles, now prohibited, aided in rolling up the total number of votes. Under the corrupt practices act the solicitation of votes and the employ ment of .precinct or ward workers, the passing out of cigars by the candi dates and other practices customary in the past are prohibited. The law was well observed yester day in Portland, at least so far as sur face indications went. Some of the mayoralty candidates spent the day ex hibiting themselves, shaking hands and the like, but the active workers were called in and if there was any solici tation of votes it was done strictly on the quiet. The principal incident of the day that might he construed as a violation of the law was the carrying through the business streets by newsboys of ban ners advocating the election of Seneca Fouts as Municipal Judge. Section 32 of the corrupt practices act provides that "No person shall pay for personal service to be performed on the day of the caucus, primary, convention or any election, for any purpose conjneoted therewith, tending In any way directly or Indirectly to affect the result thereof, except for the hiring of persons whose sole duty is to act as challengers and watch the count of official ballots." Of course tho boys may not have been paid for their services, but s.-tme insist that the character of the banners them selves was in violation of the law in that they Jld not bear on their face the name and address of the author. Whether Mr. Fouts or som2 friend was responsible for them was not shown'. The banners dts-. appeared from the streets early in the afternoon. At tho District Attorney's office it was stated that no complaints had been' made concerning alleged violations of the law. Thrushout the campaign the candi date themselves have given their ap proval to one provision of the act. This section prohibits persons from inviting candidates to huy tickets to balls or en tertainments, or from soliciting similar species of small graft to which' candidates have been a ready prey in the past. Some of the candidates in the campaign were invited to buy entertainment tickets and to make contributions for various pur poses, but they were familiar - with the provisions of the law, although the so licitors apparently were not. WANTS DEFINITION OF LAW Railroad Company Raises Legal Point. Fine SAN FRANCISCO. May 8. The ques tion of what constitute interstate ship ments within the meaning of the "safe ty appliance act" came up in the United States District Court today in the case of the Government against tho .North western Pacific Railway Company for alleged violation of the act. A jury was waived, and It was agreed to sub mit the case by briefs for Judge De Haven's interpretation of the law. An indictment against the railroad company was based upon the lack of required safety appliances on cars in which shipment was made from an Oregon point to Duncan mills in this state. It is contended by the railroad com pany that the law regarding interstate traffic does not apply to this shipment, because it was transshipped from cars which brought it across the Oregon line, and which admittedly were prop erly equipped, into the defective cars in California. Assistant United States Attorney Black will argue that a through way bill was made out from the Oregon point to Duncan Mills, and that this made it an interstate shipment within the contemplation of the law. ADA REHAN IN BAD HEALTH Has to Be Assisted on Board Steamer for Southampton. NEW YORK, May 8. In such poor health that she was assisted on board the steamer. Miss Ada Rehan, the actress, sailed for Southampton today. She will return in October. Longworth. Not to Be Ambassador. WASHINGTON. May 8 Regarding published reports that Representative Longworth, of Ohio, will be appointed Ambassador to Germany, it is officially stated that no change in the Embassy at Berlin Is considered. Ask anybody about Rockaway Beach 120 lots, $5 down, $5 per month; no Inter est. C. J. Owen A Co., 414 Lumber Ex. Tempting Delicious-- Crisp Post Toasties A dainty food for Everyone, Every Age, Everywhere 'The Taste Lingers" Sold by Grocers.