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CITY EDITION It's AllHerm and lesAllTrus THE" WESATHER Filr tonight' aid Thursday; northwesterly winds. t - Maximum temperatures Tuesday: ) Portland .... ... New . Orleans. .... 80 "Boise ... 0jNew Tork......i72 ' xjos Angeles ... . . SO St Faut . . .... j 68 CITY EDITION It's All Here and f AU Tm "LET ER BUCK." a colorful study of the Pendleton cowboy tn a rol licking' moment is the subject of a front pare sketch on The Sunday Jour nal magazine section. And the Round Up In is the offing. XTfYW Y Y "m 1 1 Entered ma Second-CUaa Matter YULj. AA. rVJ. AOX. ,t FoMoffic. Portland. Oreeon PORTLAND, OREGON, 1922. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ffTmS' rrr - ' 1 i'JU m ' ,j in . i i m ARCH-MUR RER S UICIBE MATTRESS IN SALEM TRIP OF WEDNES DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, R OSEB UR G DE w COMMITS I ! : PRISON WITH S DR. BRUMF1ELD TAKES HISLIF HI I Man Sentenced to Be Executed for Murder of Dennis Russell, Near Roseburg, Cheats Gallows by Use of Strip Torn From Blanket on Prison Cot; Attendants Misled by Dummy Put in Bed; Leaves Note to Warden and Wife; Protests Innocence. Salem, Sept. 13. Dr. Richard M. Brumfield, convicted slayer of Dennis Russell, Melrose hermit, cheated the gallows today about noon by hanging himself in his cell in murderers' row in the-state -penitentiary here. V Brumfield used a strip torn from his mattress, tying it to a heating plant pipe near the ceiling of the cell and jumping from two rods on top of his bunk,. placed there to support an upper bunk, but not in use in Brumfield's cell. He tied one hand with a hard knot and the other with a slip knot behind him, pulling them together before he leaped so that he could not save himself. The hands were tied with a strip torn from his sheet. BODY HIDDEN FROM VIEW The body hung in a corner of the cell, visible only from the inside, accounting for failure of the guard to discover the suicide. Two notes were left by Brumfield, one addressed to War .den J. W. Lewis of the penitentiary and the other to Mrs. Brumfield. In the letter to the warden, he pleaded his inno cence of the crime charged and spoke of his suffering from neuritis, with which he had been ill for several days, saying no relief was promised, and that he had decided to end his pain. HIM INSTRUCTIONS In bW letter to the warden Brumfield f enclosed the following; h which, he ; re i quested Lewis to -'forward by'wiro to Mrsj Alonso C. Spencer, .No. 392 E. Sixth street. Portland, his niece: "Notify Merle (Mm. Brumfield). Metvtn (Dr. Brumfield) dead. - Don't coma Salem. Everything arranged." He also made disposition of his be longings here, leaving word that his pictures, kodak album and other per sonal effects be sent to Mrs. Spencer for Mrs. Brumfield. who has been living here, but who is said to have moved recently to Portlana. He aiso Risked that a letter to his wife, in ad dition to the note left behind, be sent to Mrs. Brumfield, General Delivery, Portland. 1.KTTKR TO WIFE Brumfield's letter to his wife fol lows : Wednesday, 9-14-1922 My Tiddie girl : 1 hope you are not terribly shocked at my determination to go on over. When Dr. Smith told me that my neuritis might last several weeks 1 found it easy to make up my mind. 1 have suffered a great "deal these last days. "There is no chance of me ever hav ing you again anyway, and life is worthless without you. Vou have been a wonderful wife and I have tried to be a good husband. There has never been any other woman in my life you have filled it completely. I have learned- what it is to worship a good woman. You have: been an angel to me. "You know what I want you to do soon. Be a happy girl. I am glad you are too intelligent to grieve over , me. 1 do not need to ask you to take good care of the boys you. are a fine mother. "Keep young play. sing. Swimming is the beet exercise on earth .to preserve your youth and beauty. Spend your Games Today PACIFIC COAST LEAGTF. San Francisco at Portland. 2 :45 p. m. Ixs Angeles at Seattle, 2 :45 p. m. Salt Lake at Oakland, 3 p. m. Sacramento at Vernon. 3 :45 p. m. NATIONAL At I'hi1delpi Fin came: R. H. E St. liw....l.MS ! M IS 17 0 I'hita'trlrhia. . .O0 010 nsO-r- 4 9 1 Ratten Pfrffrr and ("lriaoaa; Meadowi. ;. Smith and licnlina, "CVUbot. At Philadelphia tVrrond came : R. H. K. M. I.mix 140 KHI H).i 11 IT- 0 I'hiaMelphia .... 001 OOO 00 I t 2 Hatijrte North and Asmnuth; HubbeU and Henline. At Rwtna Firt same: R. H. Tittshuri 310 000 004 - BoU.n 010 OOO 000 1 K 2 0 Hattene t (viper and Srnmidt Houlihan, (ienowita and O'NaU. Uowdjt. At Hrwton Second can: K. H. JS. Ptttaburf SOU 01O 002 1 Ho-lor 1 OO OOO OOO IIS S Matleru-t Morrbon and Oooch; Oouaey, Braxton and tiowdj. ; . At Brooklyn R. H. E Hnrinrtati OO; 004:000 2 S 2 Itrroltljrn ....... OO.I 10 11 3 8 2 itattrriea Kmejr and Hi! grata: Yanca sad la Beirjr. At New Terk R. H. E. hirarn 00S 000 000 2 New Tork 003 000 41. S V 0 Battenea Cbeeres and O'Farreil; Nehf, Rvaa and Siniti. AMERICAS ' At Cr.icato. first same: R. H. F New York 30 OOO OOO 8 6 2 Chinaao 200 00S 20 7 12 l Ratterka Jonea and Schans. Snyder, Fn ber and Schalk. . At Cleretand ' R. H. E. M'aaiiinctoa .... OOO 201 OOl 4 11 1 VleirUnd ... OOO U0 OO 1 1 4 Hattenea Morkl, Jehnaon and Picuuch Boone. land and 1a SewcU. v -i' At IMniit --:. " - tt .'H. E PtiiladelTvhia tK2 00 OOS 2 lroit aoa I0 10- i 1 Mattmea Saytor . and Pertiaa; Jobnaoo. i SeniUuc and Baaaler.- u Boston at St. Ixtuls. clear.' 3 p-'m. - E BY HANGING HIS CELL THIRTEEN HIS HOODOO Thirteen, bane of the jraperstJ Uoua, played a leading part, in the. career of Jr, Richard M. Brumfiefd. cn vlcted..slayer and suicide. . He ended his life today, September 13. Ieiinls Russell was killed. July 13, 1921. Or. t Brumfield " was caught on a farm near Calgary, Alberta. August 13, 1921. He was sentenced to be hanged January 13. 192 J, es caping the gallows for the time by appealing to the state supreme court. winters " here the boys; can get the best school advantages gypsy during vacations. Do not tie yourself down "to a home or a business until you are sure you are quite done roving. You have a happier life ahead of you than I've given you. "My life was given me to live in my own way why cannot I destroy it if I wish? If there's a God in a heaven I have been preparing for them all my life by the way I have lived and treated my fellow man. A just God would not keep me out of heaven be cause I had suicided when life became intolerable. "Give Rosina and the other sisters and brothers my love, also June. "You and I were so happy through all our trials and poys. No shadow (Concluded on Pace Seventeen. Column Four) 'SHAME' OF PUBLIC 'Brumfield was, the eupercriminal -of the century." Thus did Joseph Hammersly. deputy district attorney of Multnomah county, who assisted at the prosecution of the Roseburg dentist for the murder of Dennis Russell, characterize the slayer today when he was informed of Brunr field's suicide. 'Brumfield was a man of, magnifi cent and beautiful education. His school days lasted from his seventh until his twenty-sixth year. I would characterize him as a mental aristo crat who refused to consider any per son not as wetli educated as. him self. He stood aloof from . the , public, socially and publicly, associating with ordinary people only as his personal business and their dental needs e quired. RATED Fl'BLIC SHAME "For that reason he could not en dure the public shame of a legal ex ecution. It was not because he was afraid of death his very suicide shows he was not but it was the outworking of that supercilious intolerance of oth ers that would not reconcile him to being punished by law. "Brumfield was perfectly sane. Dr. William House. Portland alienist who examined him, reached that conclu sion. He did simulate insanity, but the odd things he did and said -were studied efforts to make his poaa con vincing. The objects of the crime unques tionably -was to obtain money' the (30.000 Insurance he carried on his life. The murder was - planned out three months before it was executed, with a nicety of detail that would excite ad miration were the result less repulsive. "If ever the hanging law were jus tified the Russell murder would.- be its vindication. If. ever the gallows were cheated. Brum field . has done so. I knew he , -would ' attempt this after he had cut his throat in the Roseburg jail. I warned tae-f guards . that he would try 't again and urged every precaution to prevest it. . HANGING AVOIDED Cheats State's Gallons R. RICHARD M. BRUMFIELD, Roieburjj dentist who committed suicide today in the Oregon penitentiary at of Salem, where he was awaiting execution for the (murder Dennis Russell. 1 swaiMaWMyMWMiHawiwan mi.aum'.ipjM " ...n i j',!iiws'ffluiwwwuit'aweyjii ' - c v 1 . - - i X v-.-; -:-:--: ; .-:v ---".-:wJ .v. .'... v. -a V ' :-WK':3 - I 'XI 39fctl. . . - fay, TasWaa ; mrr.niaat-at - - --'1 irnrillnS n 111 y iltrijl iMBus.iss i il t 'Y, j trtania n -i lain i i - ,:t''l-.. ----joe-- ffi i ' ' f i-rnr-rmiTi rut is i 1 1 mi ill I Willi iwJWiJiliiJlUjijij.,ji.i.Lllllilii"l .ispiiitii i mw ill m 'JJi m WQ MeaMrMMMNaa .- ,; ij,.- -l . , , j : Roseburg Was Shocked By Murder of Ruisell i 'i ; "i Pr. .Richard M. Brumfield, not many months ago an envipd leader in Roseburg society, went through swift gradations from his j beautiful country home the only one in the countryside wiyi French windows. down to the strongest cell in murderers' row in the "big gray rouse." Affairs were going quietly in Roseburg until ! On July 14. 1921. a charred body was found under Dr. Brumfield's wrecked automobile a classy car over the bank of the Melrose road. A little stream prevented the body from being charred beyond possibility of recogni tion. The public for the moment ac cepted the conclusion that the body was that of Dr. Brumfield and that the much respected dentist, going home In the night. habeen hurtled from the road. "But then there spread the story that Dennis Russell, the young recluse, was missing, and soon friends of Rus sell identified the- body as his. ROSEBURG IS DIVIDED Roseburg was agog. The town was divided oyer the question. Brumfield had disappeared, hf Indeed, the body was that of Russell, as all the evidence seemed 'to indicate upon investigation. The town was shocked. The respecta ble elemant hesitated to believe it pos sible. It overthrew their idea of the correctness of things. On the other hand, the cynical were only too- glad to believe it. In the harness shop, where Judges and lawyers and busi ness men and farmers met to discuss the topic of the- day, it was threshed brtdi ana iorth. Finally, the decision was against the "doctor. ' Meantime, the law had instituted a determined search throughout the Western states. Rumors -came from here and there." Shadows of Brum field were pursued in ' Portland and upstate "towns, and back into the mountains, especially the Cascades this side of 'Bend. A ' box -.shipped to Se attle containintf pink pajamas and in dicating that . perhaps Brumfield was Implicated with a woman figured largely In the news stories of the day. BKtTMFIEliD ' CAPTCKED , .Then the Northwest mounted police at Calgary, Canada, captured Brum field at work on a farm. He sub mitted quietly and returned, though he was haughty and bitter. He said that he had suffered a lapse of mem ory and did not remember anything that had happened to him from a day before the murder until he was on the train returning to Portland with the deputies from Roseburg. THEORY OF CASE ' The theory of jGeorge Xeuner, dis trict, attorney of Roseburg; and Chief Deputy ; District Attorney Hammersley f Multnomah 'county. ' who assisted bink." was - that" . Brumfield, . In debt, started out to be a ,"master criminal." He wanted to collect his heaTy insur ance or. rather, ; let his wife -eollect It, while be . conveniently -disappeared. He was , not -a com mon p! ace man. He couldnt simply disappear. He ' must leave body..i i The doctor knew . Russell, had had dinner- with him. In fact, - and knew that he lived by himself. - On July the doctor left his wife k 1 in their loxeiy suburban home, not kissing her as was! his custom. How ever, he apparently went coolly about his day's work,. j Later in the day he informed his wife he would not return until late. In the morning he was in a; drygoods store in Roseburg and he spoke to a woman there whom no one else present knew. He too:t away a box with him. Early ir the afternoon he shipped a box from the station "at Myrtle Point. When he left there he said He' was go ing to Grants Pass. Instead, he whizsed back to Rpseburg In hiasblg red car at a terrific speed. He worked some in the afternoon and later called his wife again, telling her not to wait for him. At 8 :10 p. m. he was seen on the road to Myrtle Creek. His car was later j-ecognized near the Booth ranch. Brurhfield was seen and a pair ot' legs were noticed dangling from the machine. Walter Bowman, the witness, supposed Brum field and some woman friend were out for a wild time and that' she had been drinking. DRIVES WUDtT AWAY j Brumfield's car.. drove crarily away. A jitney iriyer shortly afterwards saw the car a short distance from where it was rater found wrecked. At 10 :40 that night boys discovered the car by the road burning. It was at the bottom of a high bank. They went on to Roseburg and notified the cor oner, who, with helpers, went toj the scene. A nude, decapitated bodyf was discovered under thernaehink Down the little creek, under which the machine had fallen, a human scalp with bits of gray hair; were, j found. A -ing of Dr. Brumfield s was taken from one of the dead man's fingers. All seemed settled, for the) time be ing. Mrs. Brumfield identified the ring as her husband's. And- then the disappearance of Russell, the lonely sheepherder, was discovered. and his friends advanced with another story. Brumfield was convicted 6ctober 19, 1920, of murder, ip the first - degree, the jury being 6ut only a few mo ments, and. two .days later, he was taken to the penitentiary .. Before going to the penitentiary, however, he attempted to cut' his throatJ He was found the neat morning In his : cell In a pool of blood. j . . . L Retrial was denied Brumfield. At torneys were hired to fight the capital punishment law, j and they, failed. Every avenue of escape seemed closed today - when 3rurrxfield, evidently ia direst desperation, ended j his" own troubles. i . Throughout the- suspense! following bis disappearance from Roseburg, his pursuit,-capfWe and -trial, Mrs. Brum field remained true to htm. and this tn spile of the various stories of his be ing mixed vp with another woman. STRIKERS 10 RETURN ON SOI ROADS Chicago Meeting Said to Have Resulted in. Individual Set tlement Policy; Move Likely to Put End to Entire Strike. Chicago. Sept. 13. (U. P.) The policy committee of the shopmen's union has accepted "the Baltimore peace plan," by which about 15 per cent of the 400,000 men who struck on July 1 will return to work on certain roads, the IViited Press was reliably informed today. Announcement of the action by the policy committee will be made at union headquarters at 6 p. m. The vote on the proposition, accord ing to information given by one of the 0 members of the committee who at tended the- meeting, was 45 to 35 in j favor of acceptance of the plan to I make individual settlements with the arious roads. Y TOTE WAS i TO 4 Another committee member. Secre tary Butler of the local Gary shop crafts union, stated the vote was 46 to 34 in favor of acceptance. Bert M. Jewell, president of the union, has stated that if the plan was accepted the men wouid be back to work within five days. About 35 roads are included in the settlement. Among the lines men tioned are the St. Paul. Northwestern. i B. & O., Southern, Seaboard and many minor roads. These roads constitute about 15 per cent of the total mileage affected by the strike. With this nucleus on which to work, the shopmen's organization is expected Lto proceed .with negotiations with omer rauroaas in an errort to bring about a nation-wide settlement such as resulted in the coal strike after the frtst separate agreement was reached. Jewell strongly recomjtnended adop tion of his plans for' separate, peace and. the vote was taken- bnl after three long days of argument.. 3IAKX OPPOSED PLAST f The; majority of the best orators in the policy committee were reported to have been obstinately opposedo" the settlement. They represent workers on roads such as- the Pennsylvania and the Illi nois Central, which are not included in the separate peace agreement at this time. However, the weight of the argu ments of Jewell and other leaders was reported .to have swung sufficient votes In favor of the settlement. Jewell was plainly well pleased with the progress of the sessions when the committee went into conference at 2 :30 p. m. for the final meeting. It was understood that this meeting would be- a more formality to ratify the action taken at the morning meet ing and approve the statement -which will be issued to the house on the action of the committee at 6 p. m. The Rt. Rev. Frederic William Keator. D. D., bishop of Olympia, Wash., has been temporarily appointed head of the missionary district of Eastern ' Oregon to succeed the Rt. Rev. Robert L. Paddock, whose resig nation was accepted Tuesday This announcement was made this morning to the house of bishops at the Episco pal Genera! Convention by the Most Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, presiding bishop. "As this house has accepted the res ignation of the bishop of Eastern Ore gon " the district automatically comes under my Jurisdiction," said Bishop Tuttle. "Therefore, I announce the appointment of the bishop of Olympia as my assistant, and place him in charge of the work." -. Bishop Tuttle then presented a res olution requesting the house to fill the vacancy as soon as possible. Among those named as possible suc cessors to Bishop Paddock are . the Rt. Rev. Thomas Jenkins, pastor of St. Davids Episcopal church. Portland ; the Rev. W. H. Bliss of Seattle; the Rev. Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Rt. Rev. . William P. Remington, suffragn bishop of South Dakota. ' Bishop Keator said he expected to be in charge of the diocese for, several months, as it would require that length of time to arrange fori the consecra tion 'of a successor. Bishop Keator denied that his being on the commit tee which investigated Bishop Pad' dock's resignation, had anything to do with hsi appointment as substitute. He attributed the appointment to the fact that he is senior bishop of the eighth nrovince, which includes all Episcopal dioceses on the Pacific coast.- Other members of the resignation committee were the Rt- Rev. Herman K. Page of Spokane, chairman, ' and the Rt. Rev. A;,S. Lloyd, suffragan bishop of New York. , "'I feel strongly that ft would be a mistake to do With this district as has been suggested,". said Bishop Tut tle, "namely, to, unite it with one of the neighboring districts.? Bishop Tut- OLYMPIA rVlAN TO SUCCEED PADDOCK Maria I, Queen of Flowers MISS MARIA PERENNO, who was voted the mist beautiful girl in the recent contest at Bordigherai famous summer resort and ;ity of gorgeous flowers, on the. Riviera,, is to become a resident of Portland soon. f. - '. - yST?Xx "- vsk 't!' . O -if v- fVW Is " j .V'. . : i " v: ' x " ' If 1 - "V- -Vj 1 "'t 1 w r ' - " -I f , - "" , " , . ; ' y s - r - - - t v y j,0 1 FAMOUS BEAUTY TO LIVE HERE Miss Maria Perenno, Queen of the Flowers at Bordlghera, pronounced the most beautiful girl of the famous Ri viera, Is coming to Portland to live. Each year the distinguished Euro pean city that nestles amid flowers and Beductive verdure on the sun kissed shores of the Gulf of Genoa, elects a queen of the flowers, anU on August 5, according to word just received here, the honors of this year went to Miss Perenno, 15-year-old daughter of Peter Perenno, editor of 'Ia Federazione." Italian newspaper published in Port land. Miss Purenno competed against 12 famous beauties of the Riviera . and won with a majority of seven votes over the beauty champion of Monte Carlo, the principality of Monaco. IS FAMOUS RESORT Bordlghera is a -favorite winter and summer resort, - especially for visitors from England and the United States. Margherita of Savoia, queen dowager of Italy; lives there several-months of the year, in ber monumental royal villa. The city is world renowned for its flowers, exported in trainloads to every city of Europe, and Its- palms, which, from 1586 and by order of Pope Sisto V, supply exclusively St. Peter and the churches of Rome with palm branches on Palm Sunday. In fact, Bordighera is an immense enchanted garden, surrounded by the sea and fantastic hills embellished with villas and olive groves. This is the reason why Borighera elects the Queen of Flowers of the Riviera.' TO LIVE IJT PORTLAND Miss Maria Purenno, with her moth er and sister, Paollna. also famous for her beauty, are now preparing to oome to Portland to make their home. Mr. Perenno, in addition to being a news paper man, is an architect and civil engineer, and came to the Pacific coast at the time of . the Panama-Pacific ex position irt ' San Francisco, where, in cooperation with the architect sent from Rome, he had charge of the ex terior ornamentations of the Argentine building, one of the most Imposing on the grounds. From San Francisco he came to Portland, and concluded to locate here. - The Misses Paolina and Maria Per enno have Just completed their educa tion at the French- college, of the' Sis ters of Nevers, where Mrs. ' Perenno, for several years, has been a teacher, of the Italian language and literature. Assembly of League Approves Plan, for General Disarming GeBeva; Sept 13. -XL N. S.)-i-Generai disarmament - was . approved by . 4'the League of Nations assembly disarma ment commission today. The commis sion adopted the plan of Lord Robert Cecil ef England, that the Washing ton conference program for naval dis armament be extended and that limita tion of land armaments be considered at the same time. ' - ' . ; The disarmament commission sug gested that' the Cecil program be rati fied by the various .nations represented in the league before the next assembly meeting in 1S2J. r - - ; , ' ' - . LODGE. GASTON ARE NOMINATED Boston, Mass., Sept, 13. Massachu setts voters renominated Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in the primaries yester day by a plurality of at least 72.000. Colonel William A. Gaston, .who con tested with Sherman iJj. Whipple for the Democratic nomination for the sen ate, won handily. " Governor Channirtg "B. Cox was 're nominated over his Republican opponent,- Attorney' General " J. Weston Allen, by more than 7 to 1. Returns from 857. election .precincts out of Jl?3 frpm 248 out of 355 cities and towns gave Lodge 100,487 votes, while Joseph C. Walker, who contested the nomination, had 29,310. The ' -surprise was the large vote polled by former District Attorney Joseph Pelletler, who In a seven cornered contest received; a plurality of . more than 22,000 in his fight for the office of district attorney for Suf folk county, from -which" he was re-? moved; He will be opposed by District Attorney Thomas O'Brien, Republican, who won by a plurality of more than 10.000. - PROCTOR IS LEADING FOR GOVERNOR ' I3T VEEMOUT 5 Monlpelier, Vt, Sept 13. (U. P.) Redfield Proctor was lead nig Lieuten ant Governor Abram W. Foote for the- Republican gubernatorial nomina tion today by almost 3000 'plurality. Returns from 183 out of 247 dis tricts give Proctor 16,567 and Foote 13.826. Congressman Frank TU Greene was nominated for United States senator without opposition, as were all . the other -Republican candidates, the nom ination , for . governor being the only contest. . . " j The Democrats have already nominated- their slate. : PROGRESSIVES SOMI3TATE GOVERNOR FOR COLORADO V Denver. Colb.J Bept 13. U. P.) Progressives ia - tke Democratic party have nominated Ifor governor WHIJam E. Sweet, millionaire banker' indorsed "onrlujled on Pasc':Keeaiv-Clamit Jlirea) Refrigerator Cars ; Asked by Fruit Men i Washington; Sept. 13. (WASHING TON BUREAU OP THE JOURNAL.) Urgent;-appeal for refrigerator ears is made in telegrams received by mem bers of? the Oregon delegation from the Ontario.- Or., Commercial club,.: Peach and prune crops . depend upon prompt sctioiy it is said. Senator McNary is' asking the interstate commerce com mission to supply' relief, ' ;?. Denies Greek King: . Plans toAbdicate : London. ' Sept'! 13.U. P.) King Constant! ne .of Greece does not intend to abdicate and rumors to 'that effect are absolutely false, "the king's secre tary telegraphed, to the United Press this .afternoon, . . . .... .. POINDEXTER CARRIES ALL BUT SEATTLE Senator Wins State by 30,000 plurality Over Col. Lamping, Nearest Opponent. Who Won -in King County, Vote Light. I Seattle. ; Sept 18. (U. P. Ml'es Polndexter Won the ; nomination for the United States senate at yesterday's primary oi the Republican ticket by . a plurality iof between 25.000 and 30.000, according I to the latest returns. Returns 'from 1075 out of the 144 precincts give: Polndexter, 4S.39S; Georgo-B. Lamping. port commis sioner of Seattle,- his nearest" oppo nenf 31,365. fv'.V-V -J.--'' At the Polndexter headquarters hera claims are being made to a plurality of 40.004 for the senator, based on the fact that Seattle and King county precincts are practically complete, while the state, which Is going over whelmingly for Senator Polndexter, is slow In counting. . : ' : Yesterday's v vote , was V- extremely, light Less than 200.000 votes were cast In the Republican primaryon the face of returns now In, only about two thirds of the ' vote of " two years : a go. DEMOCRATS If AM E BILL ,-- On the Democratic ticket f ormer Congressman . C. C. Dill of Spokane, was far ahead of his opposition, ; po litical experts are now ; predicting an exciting race between- the ; two- Spoi ; kane men. . ',''-.-' Congressman John : F, Miller has nosed out Phil Tindall for the . Ite publican congressional .. nomination , in the first district His final lead Is expected tb be something over 5000. Other - congressmen apparently re nominated -are Lindley H. Hadlcy. Albert, Jortnfbn, John WV Summers and Stanley -Wrbster. f William IL Pemberton. Bellingham. iformee- -superior s-'jude. -in- the wm precincts receive 27.198 votes, to 35. 605 for- -Justie.T:hester. K. .Hovey - of Ellensburg. ; Farmer-labor - candidates nominated without opposition were James A. Dun. can, Seattle, for United States senate; Wjred N. Nelson, P B- Tyleri J. M. j Phillips, iTEUhu Bowles j and H. J. Vaughan, for the house i of represen-' tatives. , ' -' ' ' . j . - COIJICTT TEJtET . V'- Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Doug- ' las and Sheriff Matt Starwich lead the field in the. county election. . n.1 The-present incumbent congressmen appear to have been renominated on the Republican ticket - Incomplete returns' indicate strongly that five women will .gain seats In the state legislature. - Mrs. Maud S. . Sweetman. candidate for" representative from the 44th diK-. trict led fn her race. . Otlu-rs running-, strong, were Miss Alice Lord, runnirg against Robert Grass for senator from the 35th district! iMrs. : Reba Hum, Spokane, candidate for the senate front the seventh district; Mrs. Anna K. ColwelL : Seattle, for the house of representative 47th. district ; Mrs. It C. McCredie, "Yakima, 20th district, and Mrs. Harry J. Miller.t Everett 48th district - . " f. Returns -.from 483, precincts in t (Coeclnded on Pace. 8Tnteen, Column four) HERESY CHARGED AGAINST BISHOP Heresy charges - were i formally filed with the house of bishops of. the Episco pal' General Convention today against the Rt. Rev. William W. Brown, re tired bishop of Arkansas. . . . Bishop. James R. Winchester, who is now active bishop of the Southern state, presented the charges in the form of . a report of a special' Investigatory com mittee: 'The report recommended that Bishop' Brown be given . a' .church trial and. -.deposed'.-" from.' the' ministry and that a denial of his teachings :be for mally issued. X' ' the report .of 'Bishop' Winchester, as chairman of' jthe. committee, was . re ceived by "4 he presiding biKhop and re ferred to -jthe ' committee on' petitions ahd memorials which will conduct a hearing and matce a (report - to ; the house of bishops either sustaining or disapproving of Bishop Winchester's recommendation. - : Should the house decide to order a trial of the . Arkansas I prelate, it is probable - that an ecclesiastical court will bo convened at which Brown will have opportunity to defend bis ut terances. '. I''--" P. ': . Peaches Reduced in Price by.Local War V Conflict between "rival fruit dealers in the central portion of .the city has resulted in cuts of 10 to 15 cents a. box in the price of peaches within a single day. - Best peaches sold down to. 70 -cents a box and consumers who happened - along profited, by the fight. The war - started-1 with one of the Yamhill street firms cutting the price 5 cents to ; 80 . cents. t-fThen another cut to la cents. A nearby, dealer saw the scrap coming and-put out a large sign quoting '70 cents -a box- This Is 6 j.o 10 cents below the actual whole sale" cosU ; . ". : tCeariuded em - Pasa Two. Comas Oa , 1 a- - :