DEBUTANTES DANGEr ESTHETIC STEPS AND PLEASE CONCOURSE , ! . v Miss-Editld Varney Gives Re cital, Assisted by Society Maids and Chittfrerv NMATES OF COUNTY WHITMAN MAY NOT 1 BE BARNES WITNESS: .. CAUSE: DUELL LETTER ;;" ! : " i J-'"--" New York .Governor's Namo -Figures in Conference of ; Big Bosses in Syracuse, HOLLADAY PUPILS GIVE OPERETTA FOR ARTISAN CHILDREN M0N0L0GIST TO BE GUEST IN PORTLAND . FARM REVEL IN THE MAY DAY DELIGHTS j .... . - . . - '.. ,-. .. .:-- ' ' - . T' -- - -- . - v.- c : -V. - c ; . . ' T 1 1,1 1 - " ? - .-r I -1- -.: Fruit and , Flower Mission . Plays Host to Unfortunates . in Most Gracious Manner, . ii n - ..I, I ii ijj.. 11 V- .' - , ' - r v , , ' ' - y X it ir-b''- , 3 ft TREAD GRACEFUL MAZES Tclisl4Q ot Tiny Tots Abmm Spec tators Who Applaud CIstst Inter pretations of JfoTement. Mere r babes "and society maids charmed In their dandngr Friday after noon at Jhe Eleventn stre'et playhouse, when : Miss Edith Varriey gave a re cital of socUty and esthetic danclnjr. The true poetry of notion was shpwn In its fullest) by the pretty debutantes end the tiny ; little misses of tender years. - There was a bU of ballroom dancing by Miss Pauline Yeon, aged 6, and Master Harry Keats, only a trifle older, lit whch the lailu Fade" was given -wltb droll abandon. Helen Tyrol!, also 6,! danced an old fashioned gavotte arrayed in a quaint period gown all hoops and lacey panta lettes, the dress being of delicate blue taffeta with touches of pink rosebuds. Jane Talbor I and Elizabeth - Holbrook , canced a little duet, as did Margaret ' Leet and Jlelen.; Dietrich. Dorothy Mitchell gav the vals brllllante and the Pavlowai was danced; prettily by Klslo Bristol, Anna ' lawrence and Marian Peacock, t Owenia "Walcott and Mildred Keats, maids tof, 10 and .XI dance, "Cherry Blossoms." i Miss Maud Ains worth assisted Miss Yarney in arranging: this program and nnnon yoA tn tu-n of tbi daneea . Hfiiia . Katheripe Laildlaw and Miss Ains wortlVdaiTced the fit. Denis mazurka Jn short white satin skating costumes banded : with j black fun.. They also danced together a . clever . Chinese lance "The iTa-Tao. their costumes being of nisltoric . note and of great value. 'They (were of a rich shade of electric or Copenhagen blue heavily embrofdered. The dance was especial ly quaint andj rhythmical. Miss Mary Stuart Smith land Miss Mary Brownlie danced charmingly "Valse Debutante," in which thejr were attired in pretty ballroom-frocks. Both girls are ex ceptionally graceful- dancers.'; Pretty Jane Frledlander, a -mere butter-ball ofj babyhood, danced alone to the "complete captlvatlon -of : the spectators.- She. counted her time with solemn : concentration , on her work, pointing her liittle toes and posing her arras ii. graceful precision. Among the debutantes. Miss Evelyn Mag ruder scored a success in her rendition of a Russian dance In cos tume. I . Miss Mildired - Keats, the little daughter of jMr.. and Mrs. Harry .1 Keats, whosei dancing has created such a furore of comment this year at various bejnefits, gave several dif ficult dances, which in their technique interpretation .were put with her 11 years. She and dramatic is a beautiful child, simple and unaf fected and seems to lose herself In the delight of heir dancing. Her numbers were "The Joy of the Rose;" "Sum mer and Oeniee's famous and difficult hunting- dance ''La Chasae." Miss Cornelia Ripley, : of Tacoma, Who formerly) attended school hrre, graduating from Miss Catlln's school, also appeared!, in several numbers of interest., Shj is a debutante of the Sound city, having lust finished her schooling with several' years abroad. She has much creative talent in her dancing and her numbers, .with the exception of "Teasing;" were all of her own arranging. . , Bach of the-performers received a deluge of lovely flowers. Raising of Bid Is ft i ! :i i tp r'J A. J. Anderson Shows Ml Memoran dum Book to Show Tha He Added PIgTxres Incorrectly; Ho Action. '' Salem. Or May 1. Charges that the state board of control raised the bid of A. J. Anderson for the construction of a dryer building and, milk house at the Cottage farm of the .state hospital for the insane are based on facts, it appears from (the records. Anderson's bid was $459(1 for" the work, and the contract was liet at $5690. However, itj is explained by Secre ts ry Good In tills afternoon that when the bids were opened it was remarked that Anderson must have made a mis take and. : on investigating, Anderson found -that in adding up a column of figures he had made the total $3430. instead of $4430. Anderson showed his memorandum j book to the board, to . ar fc . . aaa 1 1 oaa made a mistake. w: -Anderson's fbld, with $100.0 i added, was $475 less )than that of Sewiert and Ertgstrom. thet next lowest bidder. He had a certified check for $300 on file and the board iwas confronted with! the proposition ofj forfeiting this check, or , giving bim $1000 more than his ibid. It was i decided that the latter plan would' be the best, and that it would ,be an injustice to forfeit the $300. - While it was asserted that the board had absolutely no right to raise An "derson's bid 11000 on the plea that he had made a mistake, and that if he ditt not car to take the Job at $4590 his cnecK snouia nave been forfeited and new bids called for, no move has been1 made towards, upsetting the contract. Gresham Grange Is : After State Meet Another .indorsement of the plan -- to secure -the 191 state grange ses c slon X or" Gresham was given yesterday when Evening Star ? grange at its monthly! meeting passed a resolution instructing Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nib lin, Us delegates, to the state grange May Hi at I Tillamook? to support Gresham.' This action followed; an address : by H. ' E. Davis, lecturer of Gresham - grange. .'-;;:: - - ... j Talks were made by" James G. Kel ly on "Pure Milk." and Mrs, Cj H. Blanchard oa. "The Scope of the 'Fu ture Work of the W. CT. V.- Miss Nellie Fawcett, lecturer, arranged tae program and J. J. . Johnson, . master, presided. : I 1 ; . Various 1 types of paving for the county roads were r discussed. The general sentiment .seemed to favor open J specifications permitting the selection of any type of paving. In the morning W. A, .Young, mag--ter of Ijents grange, talked of. grange work and four candidates were: initiated- . j' v , . s '-, 1 7 7 All the. beloved characters of Moth er Goose, from the. old woman herself to .Jack . Sprat, who could eat, no fat, and Jack Horner, who sat in the -corner, came to Hfo in 'the quaint and fantastic. , operetta "The- - House That Japk Built,'" presented by 'the" children of the Holladayi BChooV-ln the Selling Hlrsch building, last night,. r for the benefit of the juvenile department of the United Artisahs. - The top.. floor of the 'building was fairly overrun with youngsters, -wee actors and-quite as small spectators, as well- as a large -number of- grown ups. Humpty-Dumpty and -Little Red Riding Hood walked 'hand in hand, and the Selling-Hirsch building's -venerable walls danced with-Joy at the music of so many childish voices. 1 wa a--May Day celebration of a novel sort,iand"it's."safe .to. say , every one had a good tfme, whether little or big.'--- : - ' ' ; i Tbe operetta Will be repeated next Friday night, in', the , Holladay school, -under the . auspices of the Holladay Parent-Teacher association, of which Mrs. L. Holbrok is ; president. .? The proceeds will go-to meeting the ex penses of the' Holladay : pupils ' in the Rose Festival . children's , rosebud pa rade. ' ' 'V.C t t .i ;.. ;.r The House That Jack Built" was produced under " the supervision ot. Principal Arthur M. Cannon and the personal -direction of the Misses Leah Rogers and William -;Munro. . Miss Kuby Lloyd served as pianist, r . The cast f characters follows: ; v, ; f "Mother Goose," Helen Moo rehouse; "Jack; Durward ' Anderson; "King Cole." "Ralph Jenning; "Qoeen ' of Hearts, . f Ina Chapln; "Knave of Hearts," -Horace Klngsley;'Humpty Dumptj'. Cecil Bush;,, "Three Crows,' Helen Thomas. - Gertrude Smith, Sarah Lamberson j "Farmer, ; William . Hepp ner; "Farmer's Wife,": Grace -Wells; "Bo-Peep," 1 Ramona Klngsley; Little Boy Blue," i 'Frank - Nlbley; "Tommy New Fruit Tree Disease Is Found Eugene, Or., May l.-r-A .new fruit tree disease which, experts have .so far been . unable to correctly - diagnose, has recently been discovered inland near Eugene. Professor, H.' S.- Jackson, plant pathologist at ' the Oregon;' Agri cultural college x. at " Cbrvallls, - was called here yesterday by 3 E. Stewart, county fruit inspector, to examine: the trees which . are affected He was unable to tell what the disease is and took a number of , twigs to Corvallis to be examined under - the microscope. The new 'disease resembled to soma extent fire blight,- which has been dis covered in some sections of ; this coun ty, but it differs materially from: this disease, - say- Prof essoT ' Jackson and Inspector Stewart, For severalweeks It was thought to have been blight "and fruit , men were ; greatly . worried over its appearance, but experts now declare that they were mistaken. , The disease appears mostly on pear trees, which are also almost exclusive ly attacked by fire blight, It first aV tacks the bud and young shoot on: the trees and eventually kills the limbs. ' We know it is not fire blight, said the inspector - yesteiroay, ,but ? are un able to tell Just what it is. The O. A. C. horticulturists will try to .work it out.' The disease, may be" due to soil conditions.. ; It: does; not seem to be in fectious at all . and has not yet ap peared in the commercial orchards. It is -found - scattered - here - and there-in . 1 . '-.1 - ' ' ' '. ; y. 1 X i : 3 A t.-i ' -V -.i :M:mmmv:-, r v, -A - - ivV ? , - 1 ' I- o ' - rim: . f ' - , V 1 Top, left to right Simple Simon,' Pierre Collings; Clown,. Jlobert Dod 6on; Bowl Bearer,; Raymond Graap; 'Pipe Bearer, Chester Hamel; ' King .Cole,? Ralph' Jenning; - Fiddlers .Three, Fred Hagist; Dudley Clark and William Jasmine;, Humpty-Dumpty, Cecil Bnsh 1 Center,' circle of fairies, left to right -7-Marian Myers, Ruth Tuttle, Herminia Russell, Helen Parrish, , Helen Wtllard, Marguerite Ger ' "fin,"" Gene Speiers,5 Blanche Johnson Edna Bell, Shirley ..Gear hart and Lucy Gearhart; in center, two daffodils, -Leslie Kerns and -, ; Helen Chambreau. , " ; Bottom, left to right Leslie Kerns as a Daffy Down'DIllie; Helen ; J Chambreau and Leslie Kerns. - - - - - Tuelcer,4' 'Howard Cox; "Jack Horner," Edward Applegreen; "Mother - Hub bard," Helen Buckley; - "Jack Spratt," Milton Rows; -"Spratt's Wife," Annie Amidon;" "Simple Simon," Pierre Col lins; "Jack aid Jill,'" Harry - Coffin and. , Virginia Troutman; 'Crooked Man," ' Truman Peterson; MIss Muf fet," Halen Christian; -"Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe," Fern Boehme; her childrenr K Clare "McGrath, John Nibley. Beulah Johnson. Aileen Fallen, Dorothy Dick, . Robert Bell; - Polly Flinders," , Helen Gage; ' "Mary Quite Contrary," Cleo M6oney;, "Red 'Riding Hood." - Marian Machim; JBobby Shaf to.' Clark Wright; -"Daffy ' Down Dil lles,",' Helen Chambreau : and ". Leslie Eugene and in the country between thlj city- and Junction- on the north, but so far as' we have observed it does not seem to , exist, in .the fruit sections south of! Eugene." -' . " Inspector Stewart says that the firs blight which bad begun to spread in some sections of the " county, is en tirely obliterated or under i absolute control. While this new disease works something like the blight, it "is hot as deadly, ;he says. i' "y ..' - I :.i , GRANGE INITIATION HELD Russellvllle grange. No. 353, at . a special , closed business ' session.', last night at its hall on the Base Line road, acted on 43 applications ; for member ship, brought, in at its regular meeting the previous Saturday.-; President U. A.. Lewis,,; of - the Multnomah -. County Fair association brought in 28; appli cations. The der f. Evening Star grange :were invited' yesieraay 10 conduct the initiation of the "new candidates into, the third and fourth -degrees at r Russellvllle grange hall on the evening xf May 2S. ; " , BaUey Is XHected. .: " University -of Oregon, Eugenel Or., May. - L Merlin Batley, who 3 for two years hasjlbeen 'stunt ' man. on - the Universltir of Oregon Glee club, was unanimously- elected president of that organisation to succeed Henry Heiden relch of La. Grande. ? " Batley is also a La G rande man. Bothwell ; A vison of, Oregon City was chosen vice presi dent, and. Larry Mann of .Portland, secretary-treasurer. Batley Is a junior." , y 1 Kerns; : "Man All Tattered and Torn," Wesley Quirk;- "Malden All Forlorn," Margaret Holbrook; ."Priest," Norman Mace; t Fairies, "Sweet Peas," Ruth ffuthill, Helen Parrish, Herminia Rus sell, Helen Williard, Marguerite Ger fln, Jean Spelers; . Fairies, "Grass -Blades,' Marguerite Hoffing, Shirley Gearhardt. o Frances JBeatty, Blanche Johnson, Edna Bell, Lucy MacGreor; Queen's Attendants, Kdith Lohse. Jen nie Bell,!. Leah Schass ; ; King's Attend ants. Pipe Bearer. Chester Hamel, Bow4 Bearer, Raymond Graap; Fiddlers Three, . ( William . jasmine, , Dudley Clarke,' i; Fred Hagist;. substitutes. Robert 1 Rogers, William . Heppner, George Holbrook. . " . Normal. School. Is Scene; of May; Party Students, Teachers, Business Ken and Graduates Take Interest In Danees, : May Pole PestiTities and Program, . : Monmouth,. Or., May' 1. Tfday. over 1600 J people .gathered1 at '"thes Oregon; Normal -school to .witness - the annual Mayday? festivities, e- People, from the surrounding country brought their pic nic dinners and enjoyed ; a . holiday, merchants closed their places of- busi ness, to see , the- games, and numbers of alumni returned for-the day.' . - .The opening feature was-a proces sion of . students and straining school children who assembled; on the court to greet -.'the Queen. Mls& Beatrice Chaney; and her attendants. V ;? x' -The diff erent - classes competed be fore - the : Vqueen'V in pageantry. May pole winding, -folk dancing, club swing ing,' tennis and volley:, balL . Pageants of French,? English' and .; Spanish- his tory and colonial s times were-'-given with spectacular efforts.-'? Gaily cos tumed i-girls -wound; --May-pole', and danced-Quaint folk dances.; The con test in the tennis and volley ball were close and exciting. The -children from the ; training 'schol. performed ln.cos tumes," drills : and Brchea'.cfSxi xs When, the scoring; in the events was -completed the decision of - the Judges' showed a tie. between Juniors and sen iors for i the handsome --xcup 'awarded by. President Ackerman. The Judges were - Miss - Lewis -of Corvallis, .: Miss Porter Of Portland, and Superintendent Elliott of Salem., t ( X j - V 4 '-TV.-x-. 4Xxf t i V x x: :.xxt:.:.x.;.; r x-:.x :-: x-. f s V x x::X:XX;vy i :X: yy:-Ji:: iJitf ' - NO SEPARATE ROSE . SHOW IN PENINSULA T, IS BELIEF But; North Portland Wants All to See Blooms at the Sunken Garden, ,The separate rose show successfully conducted at; Peninsula park',, last year by the Korth Portland Commercial club and its Woman's auxiliary, with community exhibits from Various dis tricts , of the peninsula prooably will not be heid this year. General senti ment of North Portlanders is declared to favor . Instead a concentration of that section's efforts on a Worth Port land rose booth at the -downtown cen ter of the Rose Festival. Mrs.; G. -E. Lawrence,; president of the auxiliary, stated yesterday that she favors this plan, believing the sunken rose garden at Peninsula park is, an exhibit in itself and that dis trict exhibits at the park mean more or less undesirable, rivalry. With the Rose Festival; itself. i E., M. , Orth, president of the club, stated, yesterday that he also favored the new plan, since the North Portland district would have as . good a chance as any other section of winning prizes at tne aowntown civic center and a great amount of effort and time spent in , securing district displays for Pen insula park would be saved. Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Orth and Mrs. Marshall N. Dana, president of the Ockley Green Parent-Teacher associa tion, were appointed at a joint meet ing af North Portland : library Friday night to conier with the board of gov ernors of the Bose Festival Tuesday night at the Hotel Multnomah In re gard to the downtown booth. A con cert at Peninsula park one night dur ing the festival, with the sunken gar den illuminated, is a contemplated feature. r . . :. t, . Pine Grove Plans A Baby Exhibit Hood River,3 Or. May 1. The Par. ent-Teachert association of Pine Grove will conduct better baby fair at Pine Grove during all of next week, s . The work Is in. charge .of Mrs: -King Ben ton, Mrs. S. G. Campbell, Mrs. Dr. Col lie, Mfs. tT. K. CofHn, Mrs. A. W. Peters.- - Exhibits -of beds, clothlna baby; buggies and other paraphernalia Injurious tor the I raising of babies will be exhibition, together ; with the kinds and varieties that conduce to health and. physical betterment. - Pat- ent .medicines and cheaply painted toys Will come in lorr a grilling. Each Will be labeled showing the amount of laud anum, .cocaine -and other poisons con tained, r The kinds and qualities of rooa best suited to the babies.) and the best manner-or preparation will be' on exhibit. , . . . f I . I White Salmon Wins. :' Hood River, Or May l.The- White Salmon .and Hood River, high school baseball teams played - on. the local diamond yesterday. Hood River was defeated by a score of t 5. - - Hood River Students Eat. Hood River, Or., May l.The Junior students of the Hood River nigh school tendered the seniors a reception last night at the X. of P. hall. A literary and i musical program was rendered, followed by the "eats.' About 100 stu dents attended the reception. ' ;'J . : ' '- " V V':x"-;;-;':r- ; t . j Smyth Case Appealed. .i 1 Salem, Or., May 1. District Attor ney Ringo today ;took an appeal to the supreme court in the case of May S. Sniythe,; teacher an the institution, for feeble ,minded, - against Ignatius M.n DISTRI Smythe. of Elk Point. S. D, in which Judge Galloway of the circuit court granted a decree! of divorce March 13, asserting that the charge of desertion was not proven. 1 The unique feature Is the fact that Smythe did not oppose the divorce proceedings, and Ringo is proceeding ion his own initiative in ap pealing the casej ':- -,...'..:",: ,. - x..-..-..fe:.v, - ,.r-.S :' i":-; :l x' PROGRAM IS PRESENTED Iiocal Professional Entertainers ;a. pear, and Candy and Other Good Tnlng-s Are Distributed. I " vt; "Better than the Heilig" is what ires, ldents at Mnltnomah county poor farm said about : the .May Day party -with which; the Fruit and Flower mission entertained them yesterday afternoon. By tne time the : entertainers arrived the . aegembly hall was crowded to standing room, with the inmates; all dressed in their Sunday, bib and tucker, and filled to the brim with the holiday spirit. I They were in the mood to enjoy rag time, and, unlike the one littlo woman, who said she had a preference. but would not tell what it was, because she did not ;want ' to be partial, I the guests as a whole did not hesitate to make knowny their delight in syncopa tion and applaud: such numbers with crutches, cranes, hands, etc f . The ; managements of the Oregon, Benson and Rainbow grills and the Friars' i club loaned some of their i en tertainers to make up the varied pro gram of instrumental and vocal music. Anita Osgood gave some of her typ ically clever numbers; Pauline Arthur and J. Hurley were prime . favorites with their ragtime and character songs. Other entertainers who contrib uted -were Ef fie Burton, Iva Lyons, Miss Hamilton, Camilla Taylor, Fritz Hanelln, .Wlll Burt, F. C. Beldin, Rob ert Bayne and Joe Marks. For i the finale the -entire chorus sang "Tlpper ary" and "Good-Bye, Everybody," the latter to words they had composed specially for the occasion. At the clcse large quantities of oranges,- cookies, sacks of candy and to bacco were distributed, and there were armloads of tarnations for the tuber cular 3nd hospital wards, where del icacies i were given. . t This is the third of the mission May Day parties, nvhlch have now become a tradition-of the farm. Among the members of the Fruit and Flower mis sion who motored out . were: Mrs.; M. M. Morrison, president; Miss Harriet Jelllson, vice-president; Mrs M. ! L. Kline. Mrs. L. B. Stern, Miss Bickel, Mrs. CL E. Koehler,. Mrs. Eliot Haber sham, Miss Jamison, Mrs. W. E. Co man, Mrs. F. O. Downing, Mrs. H. Mc A His, Mrs. L: IL Knapp, Mrs. . E. C Mears, Mrs. Frank Spencer, Mrs. Fer dinand P.eed, -Miss Lily Fox, Mrs. Os car Rittenberg and Mrs. Altman. t At Dresent there are about! 300 In mates at th6 farm, and of this number but 26 are women. 0. A .0. Juniors Are Very Well Keceived Oregon Agricultural College, Corval- lis. Or., ; May l.The junior class or Oregon Agricultural college staged its annual Junior play, "A Bachelbr's Ro- mance," aV the -Majestic theatre last night. The play was declared an un usual success, it being the first strict ly modem production ever' a tempted by- the local Thespians. Kenneth L. Fox of Portland played well ;he lead', in the part of David liol nes, the bachelor. This was Mr. Fox's first ap Dearance. ' " ' ' t Miss Mildred Manual ,of Los Angeles, who played' opposite Mr, Fox. scored a hit and won the hearts of the a-udience in the part of Sylvia Somers, David's ward. x- Miss Sarah Teatman, as an did maid. and Lyle Wilcox. As a pleasure seeking brother of DaVld Holmes, ware good Much credit .for the Bucces of the play was due to Miss Grace Rosaaen, the director, Cooperation by Merchants yUjrgea tJnlverslty. pf Oregon,' Eugene, Or., May I.-- "Merchants must cooperate or go out of business." . was jthe key-note ; of a. lecture delivered by Pro fessor Dubach, head of the political economy, department at Oregon Agri cultural college, yesterday before the Students in industry and commerce. "The two cardinal sins .of - the com mercial world are; selfishness and ig norance and these have caused more bankruptcies in ! the past few years than- all ' other causes . put t gether. he said. : ' - ' ": '- . Professor . : Dubach proposed. ; five methods by' which merchants can co operate and thereby carry on a more profitable business. The remedies enumerated were along the 1 ollowtng lines: Delivery of goods, credit basis, advertising, cooperative buying and cooperative marketing. r Aberdeen Mill to Start Work Again ' J. ; -i - i. Aberdeen, Wash., May 1. Bay City Lumber company's mill, which has been idle since the war started, will open on a 10 hour shift Monday morn-ing-with a full crew of over 100. This announcement was made todd7 by 8. Mi Anderson, ' manager. He said the orders twhlch the mill would begin cutting immediately were comjnsr from Australia, and predicted a shortage in tonnage to transport the cargoes to foreign porta. The opening of lhe mill indicates some brightening in-the lum ber market. - Opening of the mill will add between $8000 and $10,000 a month to the pay roll of iAberdeen. FIELD DAY FOR GRANGE Sentiment of many grangers of the county ! seems to favor holding the proposed public field day for grangers and farmers in the form of a Fourth of Julyr celebration at the Multnomah County fairgrounds at Gresham.. ? ; The public field day plait was sug gested by J. 3. Johnson, " master of Pomona grange -and Evening Star grange." Committees of three from each of the lOi granges of the county will co-operate. Si F. Ball, chairman, Miss ; Wllda Mucktnan and Sayler J3, Smith were announced yesterday at the field day committee from Evening Star grange. wmmsmmm Miss Ruth Draper, Miss Ruth Draper .will return from San Francisco tomorrow - to be the guest . of Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett. She will give the public a chance to hear her recital of original' monologues at the Hotel Multnomah, tomorrow evening at 8:30. o'clock. - i While In San Francisco Miss traper attended gatherings at the homes of Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels, Mrs. William Brown, Mrs. William Crocker and at the University of California for the benefit of the Canon Kip Day Nursery. MILWAUKEE DEFEATS TWO WATER WORKS AMENDMENTS BY VOTE ! Little Interest in 'Special Elec tion but Opposition 'Wins Two to One, Few Mllwaukio voters expressed their desires at the water question election yesterday, but the few that did so emphatically downed the amend ment to .the; city charter proposed by the council to compel the. acquisition of the plants of the Milwaukle Wster company and the Mlnthome Springs Water company. They - also put the skids under the advisory amendment proposed by Initiative asking whether the people ;pVeferred purchasing Mln thome Springs rather to buying Bull Run water (from Portland at a fixed price per gallon.- ; The vote! on the, first amendment was 99 for-and 1G8 against. On the advisory, amendment, 67 r favored the Alinthorne - Springs contract and 198 favored Bull Run water.- .; . 1 This ; election will have no effect nnn Utisation now rtendlntr In th ait I preme and circuit courts by which will ibe determined the:right of the city to f use a bondtissue for the securing of i Bull Run water. . . . v i Yesterday's vote was Ughf and came late in the afternoon. 'The count was completed about 20 minutes after the polls closed. Mayor Says lie Rljrned. ; Aberdeen. Wash., May Former Mayor Cook of Westport denies In a written statement' that he was forced out by Westport council. ' He Says on account of ' ibuslness reasons he pre sented his resignation, and that it was finally accepted. , HOTPOINT it feW1 Step MAY 3RD TO 8TH REDUCED FROM $5.00 TO i iifr 'r.ptrcTnvn ts am Fi vrrnin snrnvv. BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW ITS GLOWING COILS, AND PERFORMS TWO COOKING OPERATIONS AT THE COST OF ONE. . i IT OPERATES FROM ANY LAMP SOCfTETrAND CAN BE USED ON THE DINING-ROOM TABUli. IN THE KITCHEN. OR ANY OTHER CONVENIENT VPLACE.-' . :-.'t. .:;;..;:-.;,-.:-; ; ..--i. EL GRILSTOVO IS THE HANDIEST i V ALL ROUND CONVENIENT ELECTRIC STOVE 'EVER OFFERED THE PUBLIC. r THE HEATING ELEMENT IS GUARANTEED FOR FIVE YEARS. i REMEMBER THE DATE, MAY 3-8, ' ' . 1 AND SEE OUR ALDER-STREET WINDOW DISPLAY OF HOTPOINT SPECIALTIES. ' . THE EVER POPULAR t HOTPOINT ELECTRIC IRON ,VVILL BE PERMANENTLY REDUCED ON THE ABOVE DATE FROM $3.50 TO ! KEEP COOL ON HOT DAYS , BY USING A HOTPOINT IRON HONEYMAN I , FOURTH Hy fkJiid r. Oeddes. (United Press Staff ' Correspondent.) Syracuse, ..N". " T., 'May 1. More politics was Injected Into tlin Barnes-Roosevelt libel trial tonight. The case was In recess until Monday, but Important political developments concerning Republican leaders of the Empire state were rumored to be breaking. These were) said to concern 1 Governor Whitman. : j . Barnes held a conrVrenoe late thin afternoon wtth a Republican henclv man from Albany.. (Governor Whit man's attltu 1e oj the famous Dwell letter.'his course on recent . legislation and his attitude tovard tin .Republi can organisation were known to have been discussed. , ,; j -' 1 .' While the Barnes counsel have prac tically decjjjjed not to ask Governor Whitman uf take the stand .In the libel suit, 'the conference this- after noon was reported to have borne on the measure of future -support Whit man : may receive from the Barnes faction. 4 From a source close to Barnes it was learned that he Is "peeved" over the -Duell letter end -Its proposal from Whitman for an ' alliance' - of Hull Moose and progressive Republicans. Politicians here toSilght were dis cussing the outcome if Barnes should openly break with;; Whitman or at tempt to "break" him, because of Whitman's sentiments In the puell letter, after Barnes land the organ ization had elected Wbltman,- . ; - The ' politicians arer getting 'thicker here. , In the hotel lobbies the Booso veft adherents as the icolonel's defensfi is being completed, are growing less numerous, and being; supplanted by Barnes -supporters. . j A cold, clammy, rainy day kept co horts of the principals Indoors. Even the' colonel did not stir out until l;it thl. afternoon for a ishort walk. II j had to forego a horseback rldo and4 spent most or tne day catching up on his correspondence.; j- Barnes is said to ba anxious to taks the; stand. He will probably be the flrat witness In rebuttal. Th Roose velt defense espectedto rest Its case by Tuesday or Wednesday. That there Is scant? hope of finish ing the trial next week was expressed by the lawyers tonight. They look for submission of thai case to the Jury about May 11 or 12. I' Tomorrow Roosevelt will attend services at the Klfnt Dutch Reformed the' - afternoon church . and spend motoring. Looking for Dlsea-Hed Cattle. Grants Pass, Or.. May 1. State Vet erinarian Lytle was In the city yestei day trying to trace a mhlpment of Hol stein cows made to this vicinity from Salem. It Is claimed by Dr. LytleHhat the shipment of 18 head Included 10 head that were belnii held In quarati line, having "reacted'') from the tuber culin test. The quarantine, was brok en, the 'doctor says, without authority, and he Is now trying-to loeutn the.fi cattle. If they sret found, arid are diseased, th lossiwlin foil upon the Shipper and not upon the innocent pur chasers. -'' ,l ; .- '. i !, i HI, I " Sailor Jumped Into Hay. r ; Marshfield. Or., May 1. Jack' Schuf fer, sailor on the steamer Acme, tiu bound in the flower bay. In delirium threw off hi clothing and Jumped in the bay. For- two j hours ho swnru about in tho coldiwater before blnu rescued and taken oj Empire, lie was nearly -dead from eblll. Phynlclan took him to a hospital, where ha,Js suffering from shock) and tremens. Ho has a chance of recovery. WEEK SPECIALS HARDWARE I CO. AT ALDER - , J v. V