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PORTLAND, OKEGOX. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1923
Entered at Portland Orepon
Post nf fir aji Second-c1a.s Matter.
Ml
DAY UPHELD
INK
AVIATOR
Coroner's Jury Hears
Oklahoma Oil Man.
SLAYER'S WIFE ON STAND
vArmy Officer Is Alleged to
Have Embraced and In
sulted Woman.
SHOOTING IS DESCRIBED
Recommendation Made That
No Charges Be Filed
Against Slayer.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April
8. On the grounds that Jean P.
Day, prominent attorney and oil
man, was justified in the killing of
Lieutenant-Colonel Ward .'Beck at
the Day home early last Tuesday, a
coroner's jury returned a verdict
here tonight recommending- that no
charges be preferred against Day.
The crowded courtroom was silent
as it heard the verdict read. Mr.
and Mrs. Day displayed no emotion
as it was made public, and after it
had been read they arose, Mr. Day
shook hands with Coroner McWill
iams, and the party walked slowly
from the room without a word be
tween them.
Killing Declared Justified.
The text of the verdict follows:
"We, the coroner's jury, duly
sworn and empaneled to inquire into
the cause of the death of Paul Ward
Beck, after hearing evidence intro-!
duced before us from witnesses and
after viewing- the body of Paul Ward
Beck, do upon our oath find and
report:
"That Paul Ward Beck came to
his death at the hands of Jean P.
Day, and from the evidence submit
ted to us conclude that Jean P. Day
was justified in defending- his wife
and himself, even though the unfor
tunate affair resulted in the death
of Paul Ward Beck, and we, there
fore, recommend and advise that no
charges be filed or prosecution in
stituted against Jean P. Day."
Thp verdict was signed by all six
jurors.
Day Describes Shooting.
Day, waiving all immunity, had
taken the stand earlier in the night
and had related how he killed
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Ward Beck
in his . home ' early last Tuesday
morning.
In a broken voice but with a gleam
of determination in his eye. Day
calmly asserted that he had shot the
army aviator accidentally when he
sought to drive Beck from his home
aftef finding him attempting to at
tack Mrs. Day. T
"Beck threw his arms around me
crying 'Girl, girl, you swept me off
my feet,' and asked me to come to
his room that night," the wife of the
wealthy oil man and attorney said.
"I saw Colonel Beck holding Mrs.
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WASHINGTON COURT
UPHOLDS POU TAX
LAW IS CONSTITUTIONAL, SAYS
SUPREME TRIBUNAL.
Collections for General Fund Held
Lawful and County Refund
Provision Sustained.
OLTMPI A, Wash, April S. Spe
cial.) Constiutionality , of the 192
poll tax law was upheld by the state
supreme court today, all portions of
the act attacked by. John Nlpges In
the superior court of Whatcom county
being- sustained. The decision af
firmed Judge Brown of Whatcom
county.
Attacks of Nlpges were launched
against the provision of the act by
which $1 of each $5 collected as poll
tax is' returned by the state to the
county In which collection was made;
agrainstcollection of the tax for the
general fund under the constitutional
provision that tax levies must state
the purpose for which they are made
and on the ground that the constitu
tion provides taxes shall1 be levied
against property.
The county refund was upheld on
the ground that it was the intent
and purpose of the legislature to
provide this means of reimbursing
counties for the cost of collection of
the poll tax. Collection of the tax for
the general fund is sufficiently spe
cific, the court held, the object being
to Increase the general fund and fa
cilitate payment of demands which
the laws make on that fund. The con
stitution provision as to property tax
ation does not limit taxation to that
source alone, but recognizes "other
sources of revenue," which Is broad
enough, the court held, to Include a
polltax, "which was possibly what
the framers of the constiution had in
mind when they made that provision."
SEATTLE TO TRY AGAIN
Citizens Unwilling- to Give Up Idea
, of Entertaining Veterans.
FUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
April 8. With an expression of ap
preciation of the invitation from
Mayor Baker and J. W. Jones, vlce-commander-in-chief
Veterans of For
eign Wars, oh behalf of Portland, to
entertain the veterans' national en
campment next August if Seattle is
unable to nandle the encampment.
Mayor Caldwell has telegraphed Ma
yor Baker that Seattle Is still anxious
to play the role of host.
The message was sent after a con.
ference with a large number of rep
resentative citizens and the appoint-.
ment of a committee to assume
charge of a campaign to raise the
$20,000 required for encampment ex
penses on a scale commensurate with
the promise made when the organiza
tion chose this city.
CLOUDS . HIDE CREVICE
Hood Kiver Folk Eager to Glimpse
New Split in Mount Adams.
HOOD RIVER, Or., April 8. (Spe
cial.) Hood River citizens who dis
covered a split on the west, end of
the peak of Mount Adams on Thurs
day and whose observations were In
terrupted when clouds veiled ? the
mountain top, are eagerly awaiting
clear weather. Heavy clouds have
hidden the mountain constantly since
Thursday night. .
' The phenomenon was witnessed by
many Jocaf folk. Ed C. Wright, one
of the first to discover the cleft, said
it widened rapidly at the top in a
few hours time. ' '
Manager Reynolds of the Trout
lake hotel at Guler when reached by
telephone today, declared, that resi
dents there had noted nothing un
usual about the mountain.
SEVERE QUAKE RECORDED
KurtU Disturbance Believed to
Have Occurred in Mexico.
WASHINGTON', D. C. April 8. A
"rather pronounced" earthquake
shock was registered on the seismo
graph at Georgetown university to
day, the distance being estimated at
3400 miles from Washington, . prob
ably to the soutli.
Belief was expressed that the dis
turbance may have Occurred in Mexico.
S10.DDO IN BILLS
FDUNDINPOTOMAG
Printing Bureau, Closed
' for Check on Funds.
STOCK IS WORTH MILLIONS
Whether Find Is Linked With
Probe Is Not Known.
OFFICIALS SCOUT FRAUD
Inventory Declared to Be Much
Like Tliat Made Each Year
by Any Manufacturer.
WASHINGTON", XX C, April 8. A
bundle of 2000 new. five-dollar bills
which showed no deterioration was
found by a bcatman yesterday float
ing In tho Potomac river near the
Virginia Bide, across from Washing
ton, it was learned tonight. The boat
man turned the $10,000 over to the
department of Justice.
Whether the bills came- originally
from the bureau of engraving and
printing or whether their finding had
anything to do with the- order for an
inventory to be taken in the division
of the bureau which makes bank
notes and other government securities
could not be learned Director Hill
and a corps of 600 assistants began
taking the inventory at -midnight
tonight. '
Fart of Bureau Closed. v -
Part of the bureau was ordered
closed today by Secretary Mellon for
an inventory of the stock valued at
many millions of dollars. James L.
Wilmeth, director of the bureau," was
removed last week by order of .Presi
denf Harding.
Mr. Mellon's order applied only to
the divisions of the bureau which
handle the paper used in making
bank notes, stamps and government
securities, it being explained that a
quicker and more accurate check of
the paper stock could-be made by a
temporary halting of all. paper work.
About 1500 employes of the bureau
fOTce of 6000 would be ordinarily af
fected by the order, officials said,
but about 60 will be used as count
ers and all others having annual
leave, to their credit will , be given
the benefit of it.
Enormous Value Involved.
According to Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Wadsworth, in charge
of the bureau, the inventory is to be
taken as a check of the stock on
hand in the plant against the books
in much the same fashion that stock
is taken by a manufacturer for the
year.
Check of the bureau's store of bank
notes, stamps, government securities,
paper, plates and other supplies,
which officials said total an enor
mous 8mount In value, will be begun
tomorrow by a committee appointed
by Mr. Mellon, representing all the
departments, such as the treasury,
federal reserve board and, postoffice
department, which have work done
at the plant, and a staff of justice
department agents assigned to Louis
A.' Hill, the new director, by Attorney-General
Daugherty. Mr. Wads
worth said he expected the count to
be completed within a week at the
outside. -,
Harding Is to Get Report.
Whether the results of the inven
tory will be made public, as is cus
tomary when the cash in the treasury
Is counted, has not yet been consid
ered, according to treasury officials.
The report of the justice department
agents who are experienced in bank
examining work, it was said at the
department, will be submitted to Di
rector Burns of the bureau of Inves
tigation, who will in turn transmit It
to Mr. Daugherty, from whom it is ex
pected to go to President Harding.
Announcement of , the closing
brought into prominence again ru
mors that have circulated among some
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NEWS TOPICS FiCTORIALLY ILLUMINED BY CARTOONIST PERRY.
BEAUTY SPECIALISTS
ADOPT GREEN ROUGE
ORANGE POWDER USED TO
HELP LIPSTICK LILY.
Conclave Decides Just How to
Slake Temples, Cheek Bones and
Eyelids Charm Beholder.
BT MARJORIE TAYLOR. .
Copyright, 19-2, by The Oregonian.)
NEW TORE, "April 8. (Special.)
To those who think the rouge is red
and the violet blue there's a distinct
shock coming. A conclave of beauty
specialists here has told the world
that rouge is green and the violet
orange, and they can prove It.
It is the hairdressers who have in
troduced green rouge and orange
ashes of violet powder at their an
nual conference to determine how
best to lipstick the lily and to paint
the American beauty. - A delicate
green rouge combined with an ivory
talcum was found to give Just the
right tint to certain complex com
plexions in the evening and in the
proper green-shade gown. It brings
out the sparkle in the eyes yes of
the beholder, at any rate. A rabbit's
foot caress of orange powder on tem
ples, cheek-bones and eyelids will
add allurement to the evening war
paint provided the natural founda
tion is of a creamy tone.
And with the orchid shades so pop
ular for street and evening wear to
day surely no woman would make
the mistake of using more red rouge.
Ugh! How blowsy and bourgeois she
would look. A brushing of lavender
Is needed, shading to purple beneath
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather. ,
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 49
degrees; minimum, 35 decrees.
TODAY'S Generally fair; moderate west
erly, winds. , -Departments,
Editorial. Section 3, page 8. $
Dramatic. Se-ction 4, page 8. x
Moving: picture tiewa. Section 4, page 1.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
page 8.
Churches. Section 6, page 4.
Schools. Section 5, page 10.
Automobiles. Section 6.
Music. Section 4, page i.
Garden department. Section 5, page 9.
Radio departments Section 5, page 8.
Chess and checkers. Section 3, page 11.
Women's Features.
Society. Section 3, page 1. ,
Women's activities. Section 3. page 10.
Fashions. Section 5, pages 1 and
Miss Tingle'a column. Section 5, page 6.
Madam Rlchet's column. Section 3, page 1.
Auction bridge. , Section 5, page 3..
Famous women in the news. Section 5,
page 3.
Fresh air needed jn health building.: Sec
tion 5, page 7.-.
Darling's cartoons on topics roX,. the day.
Seution -5, pause -11. -
Special Features.
Two love calamities teti tragedy of Russia.
Magazine eection. . page 1. -
The truth about Hollywood. Magazine
section, page 2.
No Dramatis Persona, fiction feature.
Magazine section, page 3.
News of the world as seen by camera.
Magazine section, page 4.
Moonshine warfare waged in south. Mag
azine section, page 5.
Trees suffer from sickness. Magazine sec
tion, page 6.
Pauline Lord saya she hates men, but
Magazine section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons, "Among Us Mortal." Mag
azine section, page 8.
Home arrangement. Section 3, page 11.
Mrs. Asquith finds American women beau
tiful but worldly. Section 5, page 2.
Foreign.
France still smarts over slights at Wash
ington conference. Section 2, page 6.
French president dares travel precedent.
Section 1, page 6.
London financial circles stirred, over fail
ure of Insurance company. , Section 1,
' page 4-
Auto-suggestion "cure" throws shell
shocked veterans into hysteria. Section
1, page 1. b 1
National.
Borah wants General Semenoff deported.
Section 1, page 5.
Ship subsidy issue of vast portent. Sec
tion 1, page 4.
Federal troops for coal strike denied by
l Harding. Section 1, page 3.
Arid land bill called aid to east. Section
1, page 2.
Cox urges fight to get United States into
league. Section 1, page 1.
$10,000 in bills found In Potomac. Section
1, page 1.
Foreign valuation plan for tariff agreed
on by committee. Section 1, page 17.
Domestic.
Beauty specialists adopt green rouge. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Judge Pierce of Massachusetts goes on
trial tomorrow. Section 1, page 7.
Killing of colonel by Jean Day justified,
- coroner's jury finds. Section 1, page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Lgng Beach wakes to its advantages. Sec
tion 1, page 9.
Goethals indorses Columbia basin irriga
tion project. Section 1, page 16.
Washington poll A tax declared constitu
tional by Btae supreme court. Section
1, page 1.
SPRING SNOW HITS
WHOLE NORTHWEST
OREGON HILLS REPORTED TO
BE COVERED AVITH WHITE.
Freezing Temperature Followed by
. Warmth Which Melts Flakes
, From Low Altitudes.
EUGENE, Or., April' 8. (Special.)
Eugene residents were surprised
when they awoke this morning to
find a light coating of snow on the
around. -It soon disappeared from
the floor of the valley, but remained
longer on the nearby hills. The mini
rnuih temperature last night was 82
degrees and the maximum today was
46. This is the first snow here this
late in the spring for 12 years. -
ROSEBURG, Or, April 8. (Special.)
A very unusual April storm struck
this city today.- The hills around
were white with .snow and frequently
during the day the city- was visited
with snowstorms or sleet. The tem
perature remained low throughout
the day.
GRANTS PASS, Or., April 8. (Spe
cial.) Chilly winds and intermittent
snow flurries have caused the tem
perature to drop in the last 24 hours,
during which time the thermometer
registered slightly under 84 degrees.
Owing to the backwardness of the
season, fruit will be able to withstand
a more serious freezing spell.
- SPOKANE, Wash., April 8. A light
blanket of snow, which, according ta
weather bufeau reports here, extend
ed from western Montana to the Cas
(Concluded on Paga 3, Column 2.)
Pacific Northwest.
Standards of scholarship improve at Uni
versity of Oregon. Section 1, page 10.
Washington to appraise, telephone system.
Section 1, page 10.
Tax reduction body faces dissention. Sec
tion 1, page 9.
Corporation commissioner raps blue sky
dealers Section 1, page 7.
Oregon public service commission denies
higher rates to Western Union new
service. Section 1, page 6.
Spring snow hits whole northwest. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results:' L-os Angelei
, 7. Portland 8;. San Francisco 4, Seattle
2; Sacramento 2, Oakland 7; Salt Lake
game postponed. Section 2, page 1.
Negro and white battle funniest of scraps.
-Section 2. page 5.
City baseball league adopts schedule. Sec
tion 2, page 5.
Six girls and one boy. all of same family,
wonderful swimmers. Section 2. page 5.
Five Portland teams to compete at north
west bowling congress in Spokane. Sec
tion 2, page 4.
European talent set-ups for Dempsey.
, Section 2, page 4.
Baseball future at University of Oregon
shines. Section 2, page 3.
State relay carnival allures college ath
letes. Section X page 2.
Frank Troeh first in Portland Gun club
tourney. Section 2, page L
Pennsylvania relay men finish second. Sec
tion 2, page 2.
Elimination play to clos today. Section 2.
page 3. -High
school track squads kept busy. Sec
tion 2, page 3.
Commercial and Marine..
California found sound financially. Sec-'
tion 1, page 21.
Winter wheat condition below normal In
-. Oregon and Washington. Section ,
page 20. v
Eastern buying causes Quick upturn in Chi
cago, wheat market. Section 1,. page 21.
Record week in New York bond market
Section 1, page 21.
New level reached in stock exchange deal
ings. Section 1, page 20.
Big British motorship Loch Katrine object
of interest In harbor. Section 1, page 10.
New York shipper studies Portland. Sec
. tion 1, page 19.
Surplus In England 43,000,000. Section 1,
page 20.
Portland and v Vicinity.
Walter M. Pierce issues platform. Section
1, page 18.
Telephone numbers of 16,643 patrons to be
changed in June. Section 1, page IS.
Judge Rossman turns municipal court over
to successor.- Section 1, page 14.
Huge bonfire built of gambling implements
taken in recent raid on Chinatown. Sec
tion 1, page 14.
Invitation to Rose Fete ready for Hardings.
Section 1, page 14.
Hydro-Electric league pledges support to
exposition movement. Section 1, page 13.
Sanfleld Macdonald enters race for con
gress on "Light Wines and Beer" plat
, form. Section L page 16.
George A. White joins race for governor.
. Section 1, page 16. . -
Mayor Baker appoints committee of 25 to
revise charter. Section 1, page 12.
The Oregon Ian arranges big radio events
for this week. Section 1, page 5.
Eve of primary battle Is here with nine
in field for governor. Section 1. page 1.
Fall of Judas laid to selfish nature. Sec
tion 1, page 8.
837 arrests made by federal agents. Section
1, page 12. -
Teachers' salaries will be little changed,
says head of state association. Section
1. page 8.
"Well Baby Week opens tomorrow. Sec
tion 1, page 13.
T
COX URGES FIGHT
TO JOIN LEAGUE
'Business Adversity' Laid
to U. S. Rejection.
CHANGE IN POLICY DEMANDED
National Democratic Club
Meets in New York.
WILSON SENDS MESSAGE
Ex-President "Ready to Support
Any Man Who Stands for
Salvation of America."
NEW YORK, April 8. (By the As
sociated Press.) Jamos M. Cox, ex
governor of Ohio, directly attributing
our present-day "business adversity"
to the failure of the United States to
join the league- of nations, in an ad
dress here tonight urged a continua
tion of the campaign to have this
country Join the league.
His address was made before the
national democratic club and was one
of his few public utterances since his
campaign as a democratic candidate
for the presidency in 1920.
Asserting that "as one surveys con.
ditions at Washington, he finds little
ground for hope of a stable prosper
ity." Mr. Cox declared that "the aver
age person of the average community
believes there is something radically
wrong in Washington and that it con
sists chiefly of a lack of leadership.
There is no captain of the ship."
Change In Policies Foreseen.
The democratic ex-standard bear
er, declaring that the republican
administration in -its attitude toward
international co-operation Is permit
ting "this republic to remain in the
world view a selfish, greedy people,
strapped to our money-bags and un
affected by the distress of. others,"
said "these intolerable conditions can.
not endure."
"Policies opposed to the general
welfare," the speaker said, "and to
our - moral, religious and . economic
tenets, must yield to the controlling
will of an- intelligent people.
"As we foregather tonight as dis
ciples of the creed of Jefferson, Jack
son and Wilson,' let us resolve to hold
the line. No great cause was ever
won in a single battle. Our princi
ples are right, and they must and will
prevail."
Humanity Held Ignored.
"In America's failure at the polls
ir. 1930 to express a mandate for In
ternational co-operation," the Onto
ex-governor declared, "we witness
the spectacle of suffrage expreeslon
without regard to the interests ot
humanity. There was not enough
thought of the future and what was
to be done for the common good.
There was too much thought of
the past and punishment for fancied
wrongs.
"In the calm review of history, the
period and events in question will be
referred to as 'the madness of 1920.'
"If we had lifted our voice for in
ternational co-operation we would
today be prosperous. As one surveys
conditions at Washington, he finds
little ground for hope of stable pros
perity. V Taxation Burden Cited.
"The burdens of taxation remain:
there seems to be a hopeless confu
sion of policies as to a tariff system;
t.e reorganization of government
bureaus s yet in the nebulous state
of uncertain tj',J the probabilities be
ing that the reorganizers on the pay
roll outnumber the employes that
have been taken off. 1
"The dollar sign still hangs ever
the senate door, as the password to
tho'se who are willing to join New
berry in doing emergency jobs about
the place. Nothing has been evolved
to ascertain what is the matter with
tho railroads. ... .Industry ad-
(Concluded on -Page 6. Column 2.)
SHELL-SHOCKED MEN
THROWN INTO FRENZY
SEANCE OF AUTO-SUGGESTION
CAUSES WILD HYSTERIA,
I'rcnch Neurologist Sponsored by
Lady Realty Creates Fearful
. Scene In London Hospital.
(Copyright fcy the New Tork World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
LONDON, April 8. (Special Cable.)
Amid scenes of hynterlcal pande
monium, M. Coue of Nancy concluded
yesterday his auto-suggestion seance
in London.
At the invitation. It la said, of Lady
Beatty, who Is supposed to be one of
M. Coue's "cures," he visited the spe
cial neurological hospital at Tooling
to talk with a large number of shell
shocked soldiers.
Lady Beatty, who is the wife of
the admiral of the fleet. Lord Beatty,
and before marriage was Miss Ethel
Field of Chicago, almost suffered a
nervous breakdown while on a visit
to the United States during the Wash
ington conference and has been
greatly Interested in the welfare of
the shell-shocked soldiers. She went
to Nancy, it is reported, was cured by
M. Coue, and thought he would be.
ableable to help shell-shocked men in
the hospital here.
Accompanied by Lady Beatty, M.
Coue visited the special neurological
hospital, and Js said to have cured
one man of a headache. Immediately
afterward a soldier named Withers,
suffering from bodily tremors, went
before him. M. Coue, with lightning
like rapidity, passed his hands up and
down the man's trembling limbs,
suggesting at the same time that the
tremors were as unreasonable as they
were uncomfortable. Suddenly the
patient emitted a piercing shriek and
flung himself to the floor in wild
hysteria. The effect of the frenzy
of this patient was to cause the
wildest frenzy among the other shell
shocked men present and many had
to be carried bodily from the room
while doctors and nurses tried to
soothe the others.
Lady Beatty and the other visitors
had to make a quick exit from the
room.
Before leaving for France, Af. Coue
said that even the' power of auto
suggestion is quelled by hysteria and
he did not seem, to be much disturbed
by his last tragic seance.
Lady Beatty is only one of a num
ber of Americans here who have been
deeply interested in M. Cane's work.
Indeed, it is asserted he was brought
here the first time at the Instance of
American women.
One of the neurological hospital
doctors Is quoted as saying that the
work of the hospital has been put
back for years .as a result ot 44.
Coue's seance.
GOLD STRIKE REPORTED
Placer Minors Abandon Claims and
Stake Out Places in Show.
GliANTS PASS, Or., April 8. (Spe
cial.) Placer miners operating along
the Illinois river and its tributaries
have temporarily abandoned their
holdings with the report of a rich
gold ore strike on Briggs creek In
the Illinois valley and about 25 miles
southwest of Grants Pass.
According to reports reaching this
city, there is great excitement in the
vicinity of the strike, and claims are
being staked out on the snow, which
is several feet deep.
The reported strike is In the neigh
borhood of the big Briggs Brothers'
strike, made several years ago, from
which nearly 850,000 worth of ore
was mined. !
WEDDING TO BE ABROAD
Date of Oser-McCormlck Marriage
ITet Undecided.
STAUNTON, Va., April 8. The
marriage of Miss Mathilda McCor
mlck, granddaughter of John D.
Rockefeller, and Max Oser, Swiss
riding master, will take place abroad
at a date to be determined later and
Oser will not come to America, ac
cording to a statement today by
Howard A. Colby, friend of Miss Mc
cormick's father, Harold F. McCor
mick of Chicago.
Colby, with several members of th
McCcrmlck family, Including Miss
Mathilde, stopped in Staunton en
routs from theMcCormlck homestead,
near here, to Hot Springs, Va.
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EVE OP
PRIMARY
BATTLE IS HERE
Six Republicans Are in
Race for Governor.
GEORGE A. WHITE IN LISTS
Three Democrats Expected
to Make Campaign Lively.
TICKETS TO BE COMPLETE
Scramble for Places on Mi 'ir.t-niah
Delegation to Legislature Is
Becoming Interesting.
With six candidates contending for
the republican nomination for gover
nor: with a possibility of three demo
crats seeking to head their party
ticket, and with aspirants for the leg
islature bobbing up on all sides. In
Multnomah and all other counties, the
grand primary scramble Is almost In
full swing.
Next Friday, April 14, Is ths last
day for filing for state and district
offices, so that in the five remalnlns
days there will be many men, nd
some women, formally notify the sec
retary of state that they want this or
that nomination. A week hence the
line-up will be complete and the
primary fre-for-all will ba on with
everyone campaigning until the eve
of May 19, when the votes will be
cast.
Four Hrpubllraua In Field.
Gubernatorial candidates have hd
a flying start, on the republican side,
with four of the half dozen already
afield seeking the reluctant vote in
the highways and byway The re
publicans have for their selection Bin
W. Olcott, Incumbent: lyouls K. Hean,
speaker of the house; I. L. Patterson,
ex-state senator; Charles Mall, mem
ber of the state senate; J. . Lee.
member ot the house, and George A.
While, adjutant-general, who cum
Into the same yesterday.
The democrats have Walter M.
Pierce, who has filed; Harvey G.
Starkweather, who Is expected to file;
Webster Holmes of Tillamook, who
will file If there Is enousrh pressure,
and it Is quite within the range of
possibilities that Milton A. Miller niny
become a candidate before next Fri
day night.
TrVketa lo He Comnlrlr.
There will be complete tickets for
democrats and republicans all down
the line. There are now four aspi
rants for the congressional nomina
tion in -the republican camp In lh
third district, and there will be a
couple of democratic contenders. C
N. McArthur, Incumbent; .M. K. Crum
packer. Franklin F. Korell aiuljaii
field Macdonald want the republican
nomination. As Mr. Mcdonald Is run
ning on a "light wines and beer" plat
form, the vote he receives will be
watched with Interest. Possibly Klton
Watklns or Colonel Itobcrt A. Miller
will seek the democratic nomination
So far as the republicans aro con
cerned, the gubernatorial entries are
believed to be complete, unless, per
chance, Seymour Jones of Marion
county ambles up and files.
In democratic circles a somewhat
different situation exists. Mr. Tierce
has filed, but he does not meet with
acceptance from the several factiona
into which the minority party Is split
Milt Miller is the real choice of many
democrats, but that gentleman has
been holding off and hasn't positively
made up his mind. Mr. Starkweather
is tne choice of the anti-C'hatnberUiii
group of democrats.
Democrats to Wee KtsM.
Thus, the democrats, normally hav
ing a dead primary election, are con
fronted with the prospect of a reui
fight. The leaders of the party sis
trying to get up a full ticket, flsur
ing that there may be republican
dissatisfied with the primary reault
(Concluded on Pas 8. Column 1.)