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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. APRIL 7, 1918. 0 mml . M jaMUIH t W i sHsssi fit "-JJi"M"a""fl Ml TmTi ill NMssHMWi I IIMM ! ill M T ittlMi IT i sM --J. mii iiii'.iijr DAVIS AS CHANGE American Falls Man May Be Unopposed for Governor. BORAH'S OUTLOOK BRIGHT With Democratic Administration In M'ahlnrton Apparently Faror able to Senator- Re-elc-tn, Opponent Has Little Chance. BOISE. idaha. April . ?petal ) Clll IX VT. Da is. tba American Fall. banker, be sneppowil for th. r.uber natorial nomination from within hi. own party at th. Iteoubllcan primaries? It would seem .o to observers hera of a political .Itn.tlon that I. recognized as moat peculiar. No man haa been prominently mentioned a hi. opponent. XVhlla he la silent, hi. friend, .ay th.t Mr. I.tI will be a candidate for Oor- emnr. and I. .ntltled to the support of hl pmrtr. which I taken to mean that ha phould be unopposed. Should the Non-Iarttaan Learue enter the Ke publican primaries. It la held to be certain that It will hare tta own candi date for oemor. Other party lead- era than those bark In Mr. Pa via may decide that some other man .hould be entered In the race. Rut to all ap pearance, at th pre.ent time. Pavl. aa.'a clear field. The possibility of rnlted Ptatea Sen ator W. K. Borah. Republican, not hav tnc oppoeltion at th. a-eneral election, la one of the thinas that make the political eltuatlon peculiar. Not that there la anrthlnr at all peculiar about the .enlor Senator, but becau.e a can didate for ouch an Important office to be unopposed I. unique, to eay the lea.t. Kven Pemocrats are willing to acknowledge that It will take the tronrest possible man they ran brine out to aire Senator Forah the sem blance of a race. Confirmation of thle possibility la contained In a report from Washington during- the week, which Mid: -Senator Borah probably will hT no opposition for Senator. If the Ad- mlnl.tratton can have It. way. Idaho Pemocrat. will be unred to nominate Senator Nuaent for the short term and to make no nomination again.! Borah." .n-Partteaaa Claim roarrol. The situation 1. made more peculiar by the uncertainty a. to what the ulti mate action of the Non-i'artlsan Ijcaaue will be. This league allege, that It will have enough vote, to con trol. Both old partiea make the same claim. The Democrat, are confident that thev will coma back Into power. and bold over. The Republicans be lieve that, without Wilson's strength to aid the Democrat., they can ret con trol of the .tate government again. The launching of the boom of Frank I Moore, of Moscow, for Democratic Gubernatorial honors, has set many of the leaders thinking. It had been sup posed by many of them that Mr. Moore might be a candidate for - Attorney tieneral. Some believe he Is the Haw ley wing'a candidate. The 1 democrat, do not appear to be confined to one or two men, so far as Gubernatorial timber Is concerned. It ! reported there Is a possibility that P. L. Evanv of Malad. may get Into the running. Mr. Kvans has been of fered political honors before and has refusej them. His brother. L. L. Evans, of American Falls, it la hinted, hss am bitions along political lines. He rep resented bis county in the Senate of th last Legislature. Hia name has been linked with both Governor and Congressman. In addition. Attorney-General-T. A. Wa Iters and Secretary of tit ate W. T. Dougherty, two of the strong men In the present administration. It Is said, may enter the Gubernatorial race. Either would make a strong candidate. Peaaoeeota May Confer. There probably will be a Democratic conference before the primary cam paign opena to review the political ae tlnn to be taken, canvass the Held 01 likely material for candidates, and de clda on those who are the logical men to run for certain offices. Governor Alexander Is out of the running a far aa being a candidate for any office Is concerned. He has stated that ha will retire to private life after his second term. Within short time ha will issue a more specific statement. Another appointment which will like 1y be made from Washington has some little political significance. Marlon J. Kerr, of St. Anthony, candidate for Representative In Congress at the last general elertlon. haa been nominated for the new Federal post of state labor employment commissioner. - This ap pointment probably will eliminate him aa an aspirant for an elective office. He la one of the most able men of the Democratic parly In the southeast. The announcement that comes from Lewlston thst Miles Johnson, an attor ney, may be a Republican candidate for Attorney-General, created no end of Interest here. Johnson is well known In the state's capital. He has openly thrown down the gauntlet to the Non partisan League and made It plain that he will not. aa a Republican, be dictated to by that organisation. FLAMES SEAR TWO BOYS LORA LITTLE HELD Einonov or gasolixb will PROBABLT CAV9E DEATH. Match Lighted te See Ceatrata Task of Aateaaeblle Haa DU aatraws Hesalfa. FREEWATER. Or, April . (Spe cial. Lionel Leroux. 1,-year-old eon of John Leroux, was probably fatally burned last night, and Harris Hemper. l-year-o!d sou of H. P. Hemper. also badly burned as result of gasoline tank explosion at Umapine, six miles west of Freewater. The boys, who had taken Mr. Leroux' Ford car to Walla Walla, unknown to their parents, had returned home and were filling the tank of the car with the amount of gaa they thought they had used on the trip when Lionel lit a match to ascertain If the tank was full. Immediately the explosion oc curred and the boy was enveloped in flames. Hemper endeavored to help his comrade by smothering him In his macklnaw and was badly burned about the face and hands before alarm was given and help arrived. The car and garage were burned to the ground. Dr. GUlia, of Milton, was summoned and found young Leroux In a bad state, the skm being burned off his body with the exception of a small portion of the left side. Both boys were taken to Walla Walla Hospital this morning. Veterinarian Hills Himself. GREAT FALLS, Mont, April . Dr. Chsrles A. Rspp. veterinary inspector of th United States Bureau of Animal Industry for Northern Montana, with headquarters here, committed suicide this morning by takinfr cyanide of potash. Dr. Rapp was 4 years of age and single, his trouble seeming to be melancholy. He haa a brother here and pelativea In California. Ex-Portland Woman Arrested in Bismarck, N. D. GOVERNMENT IS ATTACKED .Woman Circulates Publication In Which Vaccination of Soldiers Is Declared Crime Kn forced at Behest of Medical 'Trust.' BISMARCK. N. D, April . (Spe cial.) Lora G. Little, field agent for the League for Medical Freedom, whose North Dakota organisation Includes a number of prominent men. arrested for alleged violation of section 3 or the espionage act. which relates to those specifically encouraging disobedlance and mutiny in the Army and Navy and discouraging enlistment, has given $1000 cash hall for her appearance here April 10 before Commissioner Fort. Mrs. Little, alter being denied use of a public hall in Bismarck and Man- dan, went about these two cities mak ing a house-to-house csnvass, distrib uting copies of the "Truth Teller," pub lished at Battle Creek. Mich., by the League for Medical Freedom. Articles In the paper attacked vaccination in the Army as a huge graft of the "med ical trust." The articles declared that the "trust" for profit profaned the bodies of soldiers who were helpless to resist and that soldiers had died to satisfy a medical theory. Mrs. Little obtained probably 100 sig natures of women to a petition calling on the President to abolish compulsory vaccination in the Army and Navy. She denied making any eflort to handi cap the United States In the prosecu tion of the war. Mrs. Little formerly lived in Port- Isnd and spent much time agitating against the established order of medi cal practice here. She especially was hostile toward vaccination and during recent years led several movements against this form or combating certain contagious diseases. She always waa present at budget sessions of the City Council, urging a decrease in the expenditures of the Bureau of Health or, failing In this. demanding a drugless system In whole or In part aa a substitute for present methods. brought him back to the United States in time for lilm to fill out his ques tionnaire and he arrived at Camp Lewis last night 'with a special draft con tingent to take his place In the Na tional Army. Lulnlnto, who is a native of Finland and not a citizen of the United States, thought his duties to the land of his adoption had ended when he registered under the selective service law at Mount Vernon last September. He set sail on a South American voyage as a ship s carpenter, and early in the Win ter the ship caught fire and was de stroyed off the Peruvian coast. Lulnisto, with other members of the crew, were five days and six nights at sea in a small boat before they finally reached Lima. Luistlno Is 6 feet 1 Inch tall and is one of the finest specimens of man hood to be received Into the 91st Di vision. ' Several hundred miles of barbed wire is being salvaged on the Camp Lewis artillery range, where old farmhouses have been abandoned and the need for fences has disappeared with the change of the countryside from a peaceful habitat of farmers to an Inferno of noise, where the big guns' roar " be speaks more plainly than words the fact that Americans are preparing to meet the enemy in battle. Two men are kept busy tramping back' and forth across the prairie tear ing the old wire off the rotting fence posts and rolling it into big bundles, which are placed on an automobile truck and carted away. Salvaging of the barbed wire Is an other task of the conservation depart ment of the quartermaster's corps which Is to save the Government a big fortune by reclaiming everything about camp that can be saved. MILK PflODUCEBS UNITE UNFAVORABLE MARKET CONDI TIONS ARB COMBATED. . Centralis Woman Bnrned. CENTRALIA, Wash.. April 6. (Spe cial.) The funeral of Mrs. John Bun ker, aged SO years, was held here this afternoon. Mrs. Bunaer Is survived by her husDand, one son and her parents, Mr and Mrs. Qui Kosola, residents of Lincoln Creek. Flas gugffested by Gomnmesfs Bi rean of Markets Adopted by Dairy men's Association of Spokane, SPOKANE, Wash., April 6. (Special. Abandoning all former plans for com bating what are considered unfavor- able marketing conditions In Spokane, the milk producers of the Inland Em pire today launched a campaign to establish a central selling agency, by which they aim to control the majority of the milk producers in the district. The plan was suggested to them by representatives of the Government's Bureau of Markets, and has been adopt ed by the directors of the Dairymen's Association. The plan was explained to the members at a meeting held to day. The establishment of an office in Spokane with a capable representative In charge who will have complete con trol of the dairies is the principal feature of the plan. Estimating that there are 4000 cows contributing milk to the city and that 1000 of these are owned by producer-distributors, it is aimed to secure a membership repre senting 2000 cows, or the majority of the independent milk sources In the city. R. Abbott were appointed as a com mittee of five to investigate all com plaints of disloyal agitation. Kelso Against Pro-Germans. KELSO. Wash.. April 6. (Special.) A Kelso auxiliary to the Cowlitz County Council of Defense was organized last night by Kelso business men and citi sens to suppress all seditious or pro- German agitation in this city. B. M. Atkins was elected chairman of the organization and J. W. Couch secre tary. C. "A. Pauley, Al Maurer, Rev. E E. Greening. E. M. Hubbard and C. Cmp Lewis Notes. CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma, April . gnorant of the draft laws and a ship wreck on the Peruvian coast came near giving the classification of a draft vader to Olva Lulnisto, or Mount er- non. Wash., but a Seattle fishing boat Zora Marie Fisher to Wcd. TACOMA. Wash., April . (Spe cial.) Kenneth P. Mlckersall, Chicago, and Zora Marie Fisher, of Portland, obtained a marriage license today In Tacoma. . "What Did You Do In the War?" That question Is going to be asked when man meets man after the war. Tou cannot get by unless you can say : "I was In France" or "I bought Liberty Bonds" Remember, you are going to be asked that question. Buv a Bond! Shoulder Arms! March! Any bank will help you buy a Liberty Bond. The Wswdstsv-k Typewriter Ageaey. RU4 Oak, at. A. T. Jacksha. Manager. 'T'ILL the ilURSE A young Jesuit priest of Belgium wrote in his di ary: "When formerly I read that Huns under At tila had devastated towns, and that the Arabs had burnt the Library of Alexandria, I smiled. Now that I have seen with my own eyes theT hordes of today, burning the churches and the celebrated library of Louvain, I smile no longer." As a punishment for this in his diary this Belgian priest was shot in the presence of thirty priest prisoners who were made to watch his death agony. "The Germans in Belgium," by L. H. Grondys. McDOUGALL MUSIC CO, 325 Alder Street. i The NORTON! A HOTEL Where quiet dignity; home-like comfort and perfect service predominate. - The many pleasing; features of this hotel make it especially desirable for residential guests. Attrac tive permanent rates, either American or European plan. Eleventh and Stark Streets Off Washington Church Officers Re-elected. CENTRALIA, Wash., April 6. (Spe cial.) Rev. W. J. Sharpe, newly elect ed pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Thursday night presided as moderator at the annual congregational meeting of the church. All of the church offi cers were re-elected. Rev. Mr. Sharpe will preach his first sermon as pastor of the church tomorrow. Monday night a reception in his honor will be held by the men of the church. Banks Juniors liaise $35. BAXKS. Or., April 6. (Special.) The public school gave an entertain ment raiding $35 for the Junior Red Cross Friday evening. The young folks surpassed themselves. Particularly fine was a patriotic drill and a playlett "Dreams," by the primary grades; a Hawaiian song in costume by Misses Alice Moore and Erma Walker and two farces. "The Persecuted Dutch man" and "Taking Father's Place." 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