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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING7MAY6r1905-SIXTEENl,AG.ESr
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Cessation of Scenes of
i:Yiolencein Chicago:
- Due to Storm.
EMPLOYES SWORN Jfir
AS DEPUTY SHERIFFS
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fTrTFfantfanil Mak6Te1tvertear
-Without Trouble N o N e
. cessity for Troops.
(Jeerael Special Servlea.)
Chicago, May. 4.A heavy rata this
moraine -apparently put - a -damper oa
the spirits of - the strikers, kept the
crowds moving and temporarily at least
gave Chicago a ceaaation of the violent
scenes of the past week.. .Everything
Indicates that the striking - teamsters
realise that the employers "are well
situated with the unusual protection af-
.'iorddthein by the extra policemen
anda.aar.tfre -deputies and Uvat :.mey
have giod prospects for bringing the
hauling business back to something like
-tta-normat eonditlona. w 1th the aid of
- im ported strike-breakers.
The -Federation of ltor at the meet-
In Sunday- afternoon Is- expected to
care full y canvass - the -probabilities of
making concessions . tnat 'Wiir cna .me
trouble. '.',. - v. - ,;
Meantime a ew. move toward bring
ing about arbitration will probably be
started today - by- -union leaaer, ei-
" though the) exact form It will take la
unknown. Both the police department
and the sheriff's office swore in addt-
tlonal menthls'roornlng,-although Sher
iff Barrett declereshat behna-the slt-
uation well In hand' and there Is no
- likelihood that troope- ill bo needed.
Three men, said to be strikers, were
arrested early this morning for an at
tarkr on a United States express wagon.
The Employers' association has -decided
that thousands of truated em
ployes of boycotted department stores
and wholesale houses will be 'sworn In
as deputy sheriffs and - be placed In
, wagons to act as escorts to the drivers.
The- Employers association this morn-
Ins- reports having 4,00 wagons In serv
toer.-"' wlU Da increases Monaay v
- METHODS OF-TOBACCO
4RUSTHNVESTIGATED
(Joarnal gpeelsl errlee.J - -NewTorlclLMay
. By order of the
president an Investigation Intonhe
methods of the tobacco trust has re
be fore the federal-grand Jury In the dls-
ct of New York, under the Sherman
antl-truat law. 'inis Decarao anun 10
day when the grand Jury asked Judge
Lacombe to direct a wltnesa as the -official
of a subsidiary tobacco company
to answer questions and produce books.
For months Henry W. Tsft. a brother
of the secretary of war, has assisted
Felln JL Levy and B N. Hill of Boston,
all specially appointed Vnlied Btates
district attorneys. In quietly Investigat
ing the trust and subsidlsry companies,
not only In New-Torlt city lut through,
out the Union.- Independent manufac
turers and dealera In tobacco -by the
core have been asked for testUhdny.
EUROPE WORRIED OVER -1
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS
. JoTili1rSpetir-SrTIe.1
London, May .Disquletude over the
- European situation la considerably In
tensified and both 'British and French
- governments are seriously apprenhensive
. regarding possible developments. Alarm
.Is again reflected In flnanolal circles.
tha markets bmr on tha yrgo de
.naraHsatton. There Is not yet any
official sign' of a crisis beyond the
, sudden, ordot postponing " the. British
naval maneuvers Indefinitely, but It may
be safe Iyaald Jthatthlsjunprecedntel
action la perfectly understood In Berlin,
"1 where It will probably be Interpreted
also as a peremptory Warning. '.; .
INVESTIGATE RATES ON""
; CORN PRODUCTS WEST
(Jwstl Rpwlat "SerTtcc.t .
"lTrasnlngton. ;"May " I. The lnrtt
commerce commission left for Chicago
Vday.. Next week It will continue the
Investigation of private: car Haea-and
reconsider the question of rates on corn
aroduots from Missouri river points tJ
Washington, Oregon and California and
also rates on woodenwara between the
him points. .-
OAalrBaV-rOl
. . ' ' .(Jenni'al Mpw SwTlee.)
Vsshlngton, Msy" e Kcresrr Tsft
has-cabled Oovarnor Davis at .Panama
to return at once to the United Btates,
Distinguished Menof Ore--gon
Attend Picnic and
r Make Addresse!
CELEBRAT10NATTEI.DED3
- BY AN IMMENSE CROWD
Visitors:Sh"6wrir Wontferfat
Growth"
Devetopn
- tho Rich. JlegiorjLofJBut-
"ter Cre ek Cou ntryv
(Rpcelil Dlapetrh to The J mi mil.)
Echo. Or., May 8. The second annual
picnic iprEcbo, - Oregon; ".opened - this
morning with grand parade, headed
by.J)iJ3..Ihpmpson. marshal of the day,
assisted by 100 mounted aldea and the
Latter Day Balnts' band of LA urande.
Twe thouaand people were In line and
marched to the picnic grounds south of
town. A e pec lot train containing -400
guesta, from. Portland and Penilletonari
rived later and were met by carnages
and taken to thenroundn In ample time
to participate In thd program.- '?
Tbe MH4seppenc4-wa.n addresa
of welcome . by Mayor L. A. Eetab of
Echo, which waa responded to by Oov-ernor-Qeorge
E. Chamberlain-. Short
speechea were also made by Hon. 8. A.
Lowell of Pendleton, United States Sen
ator-Charles -VFulton. B. A. Worth
Ington, vice-president and, general mana-
rer of the Oregon Kanroad. si naviga
tion company; Jefferson -Myers presi
dent of the Lewis and Clark commis
sion ; Hon. Tom - Richardson. . secretary
of the Oregon Ievelopment league; W.
w.Cotton of the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company, T. Q. Halley, Hon.
Walter N. Pierce. Hon. James A. Fee.
Hon. CTJ-'Smlth. Hon.'James FX Kaley,
Dr. ti.Qs Blalock and others.
The Latter1 Day Balnts quartet of
La Grande and the Echo quartet fur
nished vocal, musio and an enjoyable
time is being had by an Immense crowd.
numberinw fully 4,000, which Is partak
ing of the hospitality of the Butter
creek country.
At J:15 last evening two peclalcar
sre attached to the regular traln,No.
headed toward-Umatilla county. At
Pendleton, a third car waa picked up.
In each prominent Oregonlans were the
guests of the Oregon Railroad -4c Navi
gation company. They were on their
way here to attend the third convention
of -fwalusasnefi'aBd faruiaia of tlxsfiBtv
ter Creek coufttry, a meeting that haa
attracted 1.0 interested men and
women and jriven Echo a touch of high
Uf.tojlrtChJt will be more accustomed
in the future than It has been In the
past
llr llra Mm Speeches."
When-the-train -of notables arrived
Hie Miiiniun bisss band fiuiu Ija Oi'ande
was blowing a national air, .Mayor Es
teb of Echo was on hand to meet them
and under the direction of the marshal
of the day a procession was ' formed,
which marched to the grove near town,
and without much delay the convention
waa called to order.
There were speechea. by a majority
of the distinguished guests and a great
picnic before the day was over.
The most promising feature of the
trip, however, la the drive set for to
morrow. The special guests will go to
the head of Butter creek, viewing 150.000
acres of land, two thlrda of which la un
"der cultivation. They will drive aoroae
fertile fields, through great orchards and
by alfalfa tall enough to obscure their
teams from view. .This Is the Oregon
Railroad A Navigation company's sys
tem"ctrovlng that the rich region does
not' consist solely of what may be aeaa
f,rom.a railroad train.
Thla trip will give the visitors an In
sight of eastern Oregon's progressive
spirit They will . be dined at farm
houses in which there are telephones
of the modern tyj, connected with a
switchboard at Echo.Tsy means of which
any farmer can-tnlk to his neighbor or
to a man living TTeVeral hundred jnlles
distant. If he willies. '
And a Sospltable People.
They -wilt nlt firms ImprovtcTy
modern brick dwellings with every mod
ern appliance not associated exclusively
wlthttwtropoUtan- cities, - They will nnd
a-ltberalr aoepltabla people boosting But'
ter creek , first. Oregon next and the
northwest thereafter.. The drive will
last all day and the vlattors wlir return
to Portland about-Mooday. - -
The purpose of the convention and
the Interesting events Incidental . to It
Is to boom a eountry In., which It Is
possible to raise from eight to nine tons
of alfalfa to every acre: a eountry. that
lias two weeks more of sunshln thsn
any part of California; a country which
boasts of fruit farms II years oldk and
finally a country that Ilea where water
can be taken from Umatilla rtver and
spread over a quarter of a million acres
of rich soil. - The farsrtera haye orean
lfd" mtrn "Ompanfra anriTthi dtrf Is
flying before unmistakable energy, sixty
nillea of 12 miles of ransls have been
completed, and when the whole work lr
j - -wearael peeui Berviee. IW L "US -' VJ'I ffliaQViVA VV-,
J- - ,-y,. ' ,New Tork. May .-Mrs. Leslie 4 YY k fffl tfffj lu V v Sjfia
' ' ' J ' - Carter the celebrated actres f I I AW-V X Vvfv,
J ' , ' . tha theatre, missed the carriage - nW 8 S I V SS&HtWdStoA
-4,., - - Step and went down ao hard-on- I ilVil' r I I JP Wf JwHTiV
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ments or ner rigni root were . b Slll-i-ft. ifTia ri ' frJivf !ati f
broken. She limped to the the- "I, J H 11 ,1 1 fe CZllirV- iaJ5VQl
-atre. where : a physician - was -" fa M i V t CSii?! vKaTiV
called and her foot bandaged. . . V'fe- V CTl-M V r k? V '
-Despite the Intense palnsuf- vl ?Vlv vCi A"'
4 -fered .she went through last tiShv P SaTvSt. i 5
night's performance. Her. self-. , IfMl' 1 jfi m VVVA iftVi."- r
control was so perfect that no . Yftlj!, I S I iaCm A t5i '
4 -one' In the jtudience .suspected-' .r"": "ast' '"-'"' IMS If 1 Jsb rlv JLjIv'
the agony which the actress was Wi Vlr - if jf L'SxhXirSf,'i' fj
-auXfarlng -rr-t'Or I 'jRN&V V7
Mrs. Leslie Carter, Whote Injuries
rTIUnrIy"7T!rnaTnie'enTii
Its standard la hlKh and every week
week la no exception. Being first In
romana II was enauira io nacure ins
-4ished in the country. Maud,-the
Jammer Kids Tlnds the hardshlpa of the transgressor's wsy, and all the
.other f eaturea hat-jdeilght the children axaThero to amuaa and Instruct. ..
JJEWS-AND-SEECIAL ARTICLES
In The Sunday Journal have long been a fe-ature,. and tha best that 4
money can buy In both lines has been secured. You'll miss nothing If i
you buy, and you'll bear the news from your neighbors If you don't buy
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
ROOSEVELT ENDS
HIS HUNTING TRIP
Last Chase for Grizzly Unsuc
cessful and President Starts -
QjLCtenwood Springs.-
(onrnil gperU! Serlee.t .
Glenwood Springs, Col., May . The
presldentrwith' DrLambert and Phil
B. Stewart left camp thla moram. com
ing toward Newcastle. Het expected
.heralatOjiB af ternooaor
Testerday was spent truotlng for grlnly.
-but the chase was Unsuccessful. If the
president eoroeS fnlgMrSunday wlllJ?a
spent here quletlyi The party leaves
for Denver on Monday morning, making
the run ovrUia dlvkla. hy. daylight
THREE FATALLY SHOT -IN
CALIFORNIA TOWN
(Jeoraiil SpeeUl Serrlre.) .
" San Diego, Cel., May -As a result
or a shooting affair due to Jealousy In
tha red light dlstrtdt this morning, two
men and one woman are probably fatally
wounded. The man who did the shoot
ing, William Doud, la said to have cotpe
front Loa Angeles. -
Tha victims ware Cliff Gilbert for
merly of Lona Beach. and a woman
known as Roaa. who Is also said to travel.
coma from Long Beaoh. iillbert was
shot through the bark, and- the womsn
In . the shoulder and head, Doud then
fired a bullet at his own heart but ahot
Doctors think aU wUl die. ,
Compel Her Retirement for the Season.
4V
sees It set a little higher. Thla
the field of modem Journalism in
oesi oomio color supplement puo- - A
mule tackles Jhv JI'eu. the- Katseni
COMMITTEE MAY
GOVERN EQUITABLE
Meeting of Directors Called for
Monday to Discuss 'Chang-::
ZTZZ 'Corhpa,alDffTcers.-.'!T
(Jearatl Spedal aerrlee.)
New Tork. May . An Informal meet
ing of the directors of tha Equitable Life
hI been called for Monday. . Ir laidw
claretl-upon excellent authority that the
reklvnatlnn nr mnMiilnii.Af T. lfn I
evenlna-Lit,,,,,, vice President Jfyde and
Second Vlce-rresldent Tarbell will be
discussed..
lit n known- that -at least aoo-Hltreetot
will demand .that these officers be bus
pended. T1m affairs of tha-soeletywlll
be ilaccdiLin .the hands of a ateerlng
committee or tba-dlrecUi
SH00TSW0MA1. AND BOY -.-.
THEN 'COMMITS SUICIDE
J - (Jenrait Special Serrlee.t
Sharon Ta., May '.John Soroskt this
morning shot- and killed Mrs. John
Smith, her nephew. A. Roeet aged 14.
snd then killed himself. r Jealousy was
the cause.
smiomoK otn roiTfoaip.
IJmrtil Kpertal Benlce. .'"
Montreal, May 4. After a legal battla
for' the defense, th Oaynor-Oreena ex
tradition cade today got a further post
ponement until Tuesday. Application
was made for ball which was ao post-
i POaed,
All the Candidates for Mayoralty Nominations Expresrthe Utmost Con
s, f idence inTheirContests aitdEach SaysrHeffljLeadVenit
the- Polls
OYAHA COMMENCES
ACTIVE OPERATIONS
Rirtslanteft- Feels " Effect -.of
' Huge Japanese Off en- 7
slve Movement.
COSSACKS FORCED TO
RETIRE BY THE ENEMY
Kuropatkin4oJletwtrm-Ffont
and Be " Succeeded by :z
Zaronbaieff.
. Jironral Speeltl-SerTlre.)
Feoghuahleng. May . Oyamahss be
gun" active operations on the Russian left
and Indications are that the. Japanese
are preparing for an offensive move
ment' on a large scale. Another generul
battla la believed to be imminent. The
Japanese have concentrated heavy col
umns near the neighborhood of the Liao
river, and tb(r advance forces are al
ready in contact with the Russians that
are guarding the main road from Oako
men to Bashlen Chen. '
. Thursday . Japanese cavalry attacked
a force of Coasacka - and forced them
to retire. ---Japanese-Infantry immedi
ately hurried up and aelsed tjhe village
of Palltoun. fronrw aloft-, the.. Rusnlani
fled. Twenty miles to the west a force
of Ruasiana engaged In-making are
cpnnolter ran Into a Japanese ambush,
and ail except .five of the party were
killed. v
SUCCEEDS KUROPATKIN.
Oaaeval Bacoabaiaff to Be kTew Com
mander a Front. '
. tJourml SierUI aVrTtre.) -
St. Pereremirg.- May Th f eport
that General Kuropatkln will return
from the front la confirmed. ItTs said
that General Zaronbaieff, commander of
the" foHTtn east Siberian corps will sue.1
ceeAfrlm. Failing health Is said to be J
the- cause Of Kuropatkln'a retijrn.
A Sluaapore dispatch statesHbat Vlad
imir Antonovltch, the alleged Russian
spy arrested on tha fortified Island of
Bran let, waa sentenced today to 'three
months Imprisonment; and fined fato.
A6tonovltch baa appealed from tha -sentence.
JJTFBOTXS OalXTX) FXOJTbV.
- Jearaal SptcUl 3arU.t
Waahlnaton.i May 4 0nerl Mao-
Kanala oh let at tha army aiisLaeera. baa
approved the plana of Major I.angfltt
for tha Celllo canal, and construction
will begin at the upper end as soon as
the attorney approves the title to the
right of wsy and the contracts are let.
Close at Seven : o'Qock
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' ' ' ' .. ' ' y x-ir-zrrr rr-rrj-; :
- Republican eallmatea of. the vote for mayor at the primaries;
--r-H. R. Albeo Albee. 3.000; Williams. J.000; Olafke,' l.oOO; Jtbwa, a
1,100;- Merrill, t,000r Cooper.-jaO: - . : . -' . ' ' -
' 4 -Oeorg II. Wllilaa WlUIama,- J.B(rr"Albee, I.OOOyOTaTkeTT.JfiOi-"
itowe, x.uuv; jaerrni, i.wo. n- . .
W. "O. tUtt'tka uimfks,1 I.IIOOTI'T'imams.-iiWKrr-
1,0.00; Merrllll.tOO. . . ,
fl, Rn
-Row, 1,500; fflllUaii l,IO Albe
I.IOO; Merrill. .1,000; Cooper, I60.
- Fred T, Merrill Merrill, M00;
a t.tWT. Cooper. S6 , '
. Democratlo eatlmatest-
. Dr..Matry Lene Lane. 1,100;
Oeorge H. Thomas Thomas,
. Betting odda at - 2 o'clock favored
Mayor Williams for the Republican
nomination for ma yor, nd tr. iiiirry
Lane for the Democratic Several can
didates for other offices are favorites
In the betting circles, but the major
portion of the money has been placed
on the mayoralty issue. r -r 7-
"'TfcrwoveTf-th,:e
belora-the priraartearclose, the antl-William
a elements may concentrate on soma
a of the TP"'""" anj m-
l eat the tnoumbwfe
It is obvious that were the issue clean
cut between Williams and anU-Wliliama
forces, the mayo would bo snowed un
der by attout 44 or 70 per cent against
htm. That Williams seems to ba In the
leaiLappeara tn be tha PPlnl?IL.of . P?'h
tlclana-who are not actively booming
soma of the opposition 1 candidates.
Many who-vouched for this forecast de
sire tha defeat of Mayor. w imams.
Predictions may ba wide of the mark,
however, in this primary, election,
Everyone -whose-polttteal sagacity-,1s
worth considering expresses the view
that a majority-tot the voters In the
Republican party of the city desire to
prevent Mayor Williams' repomlnation.
Tha antl-WUllama vote Is overwhelm
ingly larger than the pro-WtUlama vote.
If durtnr the day the silent vote, tnai
haa remained In tha background and has
awaited Indications of which of the op
position candidates is the stronger, cen
tera on any.ef -hla-opponsnts. that-ono
will win .the Republican nomination.
' ' : Baca Is Confident.
At all of the Republican candidates'
headquarters estimates were based on
the theory that J.000 votes would nomi
nate. Of course, each claimed tha 4,000,
and each claim was based on what w.re
asserted ""to" ba accurate reporta- from
thepwlncrliWia-maaaaanytaths
day. 1 . '.
The-llquofVote Is going with prac
tical unanimity to Williams. OnlT small
portions "ara Tavorinr Merrill, atafkaand
Howe. Albea got,, no votes from that
element
V"?.1' ...... - laauaJ bv the
wholesale -liquor dealers, headed . with
itVotal the tii kat slraiglil
and let us all pull together.'
The slat
Is: ' V " "- .- --
Mayor, George II. Williams; city at
torney, JA.McNary; municipal Judge.
Oeorge J. Cameron; councllmen-at-large,
John Annand. Thomas Oray, Kan Kella
her, D. J. Vulmby and John P. Sharkey.
Ward councilman First. Robert A.
Preston; second, third snd fourth, vote
for anybody; fifth. A. J. Fanno; sixth.
Henry A. Beldlng; seventh, vote for any
body, eighth. Frank 8. Bennett; ninth,
R. K. Menefee; tenth. E. U Shaffer. -
The Indorsement of Cameron for mu
nicipal Judge by the liquor forces drew
from the Municipal association an In
Hnr.emont of Otto J. Kraemer, and tha
word was passed jjpund. that ..Cameron 1
would be more lioerni man -
tha issue of the 1 o'clock closing of sa
loons ordinance. -
, Kay ..Tote by Aft Idarlt, -
A It has been sj(tarent for several days
that the voting byaffldavlwold be
heavy. The Judges In each precinct hav
been supplied by the city auditor' wkh
20 blank affidavits for use by unregis
tered voters, and If Is known that thoux
sanda have been printed for some of the
the candidates for mayor and councll
meiL. Workers for Olafke, Rows.. JVll
llams and Merrill are liberally suppltsd
with affidavits and the liquor men are
also-prepared- to awear in- hundreds of
votcsfor council candidates whom they
have' ehdoraed. '
It was rumored this morning- that
hundreds of affldavite had been signed
by freeholders, with the name of -the
voter for whom they vouch left blank,
the purpose being to repeat tha frauds
which were practiced last June. .Many
of the election Judges called thla morn
ing on City Auditor Devlin and City At
torney McNary to learn wheiher they
should permit unregistered - voters - to
rote upon affidavit. . They were In
structed that such voters bad tha right
to swear in their votea. but -that it
Was In the power of tha election Judges
to Insist that tha attesting freeholdera
appear In person at the polling place,
whenever there waa reaaon to suspect
fraud: waa -being" attempted. "- Under,
thaaa Instructions tha election- officiate
will be able to check any extenalve t
tempta at fraudulent voting.
: In view-Of the large" number Cif blank
afldavtta . which have been secured It
Is th opinion of Auditor Devlin that i
Mais.
Tonighto
7 . ' : i
Williams, t.iOO; Albee. 1.800; Glaflta,
, . s -
--
Thomas, 106.
100'; Lane, 400.
tha vote will be heavy, and may exceed
tha registration.'
Albee and Olafke headquarters wera
the first to show signs ot activity this
morning. - The Albee men were nhdr
direction of O. P. M. Jahnjlesoh at tha
rooms on the fifth floor of the McKay :
workers were there at S o'clock, jdontt
denca -was apparent among them, and
Already pi sulnet reporter wera -coming -
In, and watchers for the polls were mar
shalled to. go to their respective sta
tlons. -They claimed an absolutely per
fect org animation, .and that .they would
Win.
tlon. We have gbne Into the matter of
figures, and think we have returns such
as to make our prediction, rational, that
Albee Will have a substantial plurality
for the nomination of the Republican.
The problem hasr been to center .tha
opposition to Mayor Williams on. some
candidate who could convince the voters
tha.t h. mrmm ttiA irmmt mA
lleve that we have succeeded In convinc
ing me siiem vote that Albee Is tha
only' man who can defeat tha nreant '...
cumbent. It la the silent vote that will
decide this light today the men wno
have waited until today before deciding
whom toi.uppo.rt. And tt-have Ifa-
sure." .
: So Arm Olafke Workers. . .
Hugh McQulre. Paul W." Cuatem d-
ward Newbegla and R. O. Morrow were
most In evidence at Olafke headquarters
in his, store on Front street.
"W have mora than tha 1.006 votea
necessary to win," said . Mr. McQulre. ;
president et-the Olafke club, and -Mtz
Newbegln and Mr. Custer enforced tha
elalm with the aasertlon that they had
cioaa to e.vvv - votea pledged to their
Rowe vnen -at the headquarters, sec
ond floor of the Breeden building. Third,.
In d TVa'afiTngTun sfreeli' were enthu-"
slaatlc.
"One-third of the Mitchell vnl.r.
with ua," aald Dr. Lmmet Drake, "and
we have In thla book the actual enroll
ment to prove it. Such men aa L N.
Flelachner, A. L. Mills, Thomas Hlslop,
W. P. Keady, Charlea Bradley, Nathan "
H. Bird. U. J. Wulmby and F. E. Beach
are openly for Rowe. and our preotnot
organisation is tha strongest of any of .
the candidates. "
F. T. Merrill attended to Ms own aleo
tlon predictions, and did not hesitate
to aay he would be nominated.
"They think they have ma beaten.
said he, "but If you. will- wait until tha
polls close and the 'returns have coma
in, you will see that Fred Merrill, haa
been nominated foe mayor by tha Re
publican party of Portland. . .
;Cad WillfMia avMiii.'" ' 7-
Jay H. Upton, president of the Toung
Men'a.-RecuiarRepttbtcan clob,' which
has been supporting Mayor Williams
stron!- expressed the conviction that
tha -mayor-waa aura or Tenotn inatlon.
"Wa have gone over the flgurea cara
tnlly, . said he, "and cannot sea that
Judg Williams haa neitx deleaUU. We
believe that It has been conceded that
ha haa been In. the lead, and are sure "
that nothing haa ' been done that ma
terially alters the situation In tha paat
few days." .(.,--.
H. 1L Cooper, at his store, 474 Waah
inatou street, also indulged It -victory -claims,
and believed that bis eampatga '
for plain business government for Port
land had gathered support .rom quar- ',j
ter that would surprlaa taajioUMclans - .
;hen the polls closed tonight '
Both Dr. Harry I.ane andTTeorg H,"""
.Thomas were eonflrtetit-of winning the"-"
Democratlo nomination. .for mayor., Dn
Lane'a headqoartajs, were In hie office
In-.aa Hamilton building on tliird . ;
street, and ha aeemed-to-hava been -'- ;
sured that he would receive tha naming.
"From reports that have Been r-.
ceiyed." aald he, "1 believe It la safe te
claim that -nomination is coming ta
me. Thla appears to be the opinion ef
the beet Informed men. end la Justified
by the polls of precincts tbat hare been
made. Mr. Thomas and I bve not bn
quarmllusV however, arid tr, bent fea
ture of the Dera : ratio cam en' a t I hit
sfter the prlmrl have cUieed. We ai.t
have a united perty ! support whl' it
ever one of us Is 'immlnsted." . ',
tContinutJ ou I'e Thr.)
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