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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.
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MATTRESS
IN SALEM
TRIP OF
WEDNES DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13,
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PRISON WITH S
DR. BRUMF1ELD TAKES
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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
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Hattene t (viper and Srnmidt
Houlihan, (ienowita and O'NaU. Uowdjt.
At Hrwton Second can: K. H. JS.
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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.
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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
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Roseburg Was Shocked
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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
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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.
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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 ,
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