THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, KAY 13, 1917.
IT
DALY-BAKER RACE
CENTERS INTEREST
Apathy in City Campaign Van
ishing With Election Only
Three Weeks Away.
2 MORE FOR COMMISSIONER
W. L. Brewster and Dr. I. M. Davis
Announce Candidacies Mr. Daly
Plans to Have Small but Solid
Backing "Singleshoot" Name.
The city campaign may now be said
to be in full swing. The apathy that
characterized the race up to the past
week, principally because of the great
er interest in war developments, has
vanished. The three weeks between
now and the election, June 4, will be
full of activity.
Keenest interest, of course, centers
shout the cpntest for Mayor. There are
six in the race, but the real flgrht i3
conceded to lie between George 1
Baker and Will H. Daly.
Others' in the field are B. S. Josselyn,
E. N. Wheeler. Will H. Warren and A.
O. Rushlight. Mr. Rushlight was
Mayor of Portland in the last two years
of councilmanic government.
Daly's Foil on In a- Solid.
fThe campaign issue is Mr. Daly, ad
vocate of municipal light plants, uni
versal meters, unregulated jitneys and
other radical and high-priced, experi
ments In city government.
Mr. Daly is a minority candidate, but
he has a solid following. His main
hope of winning the election lies in ob
taining a majority on first choice votes.
The word has gpne out informally
among his followers to "single shoot"
his name on the ballot that is, to vote
for Mr. Daly on first choice, and not to
vote second or third choice at all.
On the other hand, there is a dispo
sition among the great number of citi
zens who feel that the election of Mr.
Daly, because of his peculiar and rad
ical views, would be a municipal calam
ity, to urge that regardless of who Is
voted for on first choice, voters should
exercise their second choice to insure
that, whoever wins, it shall not bo Mr.
Daly.
Friends of George L. Baker will take
steps early this week, in response to a
general demand all over the city for
such an organization, to form the
George L. Baker Booster Club to work
for Mr. Baker's election as Mayor.
The organization will include men
and women from every walk of life.
Among its members will be many busi
ness men, but there will be also Just as
large a proportion of small home own
ers and working men. Although Mr.
Daly is looking for a great part of his
support to come from the -ranks of
labor, Mr. Baker is going to draw heav
ily from him among the working peo
ple. He enjoys their confidence because he
has always played fair with them. And
the small home owners favor him be
cause he has protected their Interests
n every occasion.
15 Out for Commlsslonershlpa.
There are 15 candidates out already
for the two vacancies to be filled for
City Commissioner. How many more
will come out before next Tuesday
night, the last date for filing declara
tions of candidacy, can only be guessed.
Those in the race so far are W. L.
Brewster. ex-City Commissioner, and
Dr. L. M. Davis, a dentist, both of
whom announced themselves yester
day; Dan Kellaher, John McQuinn, K.
K. Kubli. C. P. Church, George Gar
rett, Norman S. Richards. Archie Ma
son, Robert G. Dieck, John M. Mann,
-O. Laurgaard, A. L. Barbur, George- W.
Caldwell and F. W. Jobelman.
Mr. Dieck is the only one of the 15
who is now a member of the City Coun
cil. He is Commissioner of the De
partment of Public Works.
Mr. Brewster's entrance into the race
yesterday was made at the insistence
of friends who have been urging him
to become a candidate. After long
consideration, he decided to do o. His
petitions were being circulated yester
day, and will be filed Monday. At that
time Mr. Brewster will make a formal
statement of his candidacy.
HAY TO LECTURE
AUTHOR OF THE FIRST HUNDRED
THOUSAND TO BE HEARD.
Noted Highlander Captain to Describe
Ufe in Trenches Visit Is for
Benefit of Red Cross.
"r'". fn 25ay Be,th- author of
The First Hundred Thousand," viewed
oy many as the most human and inter
esting document that has come out of
the trenches, will give an illustrated
lecture in Portland on the night of May
"."the Heilig Theater for the ben
efit of the Portland Chapter, American
Med Cross. The Junior League Girls
or Portland are making arrangements
to receive Captain Beith, who is best
known in the literary world as lan
Hay, author of a number of delight
ful Scotch novels, and especially his
two war stories, of which "The First
Hundred Thousand" is one.
Captain Belth is of the Argyle and
Sutherland Highlanders, and under the
pseudonym of "The Junior Sub" wrote
his graphic story, "The First Hundred
Thousand." which also will be the sub
ject of his Illustrated lecture in Port
land. Captain Beith is one of Kitch
ener's first army raised and trained
for the European trenches. He de
scribes the daily life of the soldier
with its accompanying Joya and sor
rows in a quaintly humorous way that
has won him a vast audience. He car
ries with him several reels of pictures
of timely interest, and shows trench
warfare at first hand. He also de
scribes the earnestness with which the
German takes his warfare.
The Junior League Girls have taken
hold of Captain Beith's visit with the
hope of getting a large crowd out to
hear him, and Indirectly doing "their
bit" to swell the Red Cross fund in
Portland.
The box seat sale is already under
way and exchange tickets are being
put out. Miss Isabella Gauld is pres
dent; Miss Cornelia Cook and Mrs. A.
D. Norris, vice-presidents; Helen Ladd,
treasurer; Irene Daly, chairman of the
ticket sale, and Mrs. Henry Ladd Cor
bett, chairman of the general commit
tee arranging Captain Beith's visit.
Exchange ticket booths will be sat
up &i bipman, wone ec jo.. Olds, W ort
Gills.
and
Youthful Gardeners Aided.
SALEM, Or.. May 12. (Special.) The
Sumpter Power & Water Company has
notified the Public Service Commission
that it will furnish free water to
school children for use on vegetable
gardens
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