The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 21, 1932, Page 1, Image 1

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In Close Battle
Deizell Ahead; Steiwer is
Safely Elected; Dana
! Behind Watkins
PORTLAND, Ore., May 21
(AP) (Saturday) Congress
man Hawley moved Into a
alight lead over James Mott,
hla nearest opponent for the re
publican nomination early this
morning, latest tabulations giv
ing; blm 11,572 votes to Mott's
11,403.
Another Important shift la
thai trend occurred In the dem
ocratic senatorial race, Walter
B. Gleason moving ahead of El
ton; Watkins. Figures gave
Gleason C511, Watkins 5344,
Marshall Dana 4771.
R. R. Hewitt still held second
place behind Judge Bean for
supremo court position No. 2,
Bean having 17,501, Hewitt
0431, James T. Brand 8270.
Other candidates were hold
ing about the same positions as
previously announced.
.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 20
(AP) A lead of nearly two to
one over President Hoover in tbe
Oregon presidential preference
election today was maintained by
Joseph Irwin France of Maryland
as returns were received tonight
France's was the only name on
the republican ticket, and the
votes Hoover received were writ-
. ten to.
.The state nomination carries
the pledge of 13 votes la the na
tional - convention In Chicago.
The democratic nomination car
ries 10 pledged votes.
With 637 precincts out of 1,
783 - counted, the vote stood
France 10,423; Hoover 5,563.
Franklin D. Roosevelt held a
three-to-one lead over William H.
Murray for the state democratic
nomination, receiving in 477 pre
cincts 7,240 to Murray's 2,086.
Alfred E. Smith was written in
103 times.
Congressman W. C. Hawley was
In a bitter fight for renominatlon
In "the first district, with James
W. Mott, state corporation com
missioner racing him neck and
neck.! The vote, with 150 pre
cincts out of the 802 in the dis
trict reporting, stood Hawley 5,
$92, and Mott 5,87. Mott moved
' ahead on a later tabulation. Two
other candidates were far be
hind. For the democratic congres
sional nomination from this dis
trict William A. Deizell had 1.
518 totes to 1.064 for Harvey
Starkweather.
In ! the second district Con
gressman R. R. Butler was far
ahead of J. M. Richards tor the
republican nomination, and ex
Governor Walter M. Pierce -had
, a lead over Francis V. Gallcfcray.
Tbe vote there was Pierce 961.
and Galloway 568. with 60 pre
cinct out of the 441 In the dis
trict counted.
Senator Frederick Steiwer con
tinued to lead two to one his
. closest rival, ex-Senator Robert
N. .Stan field. The vote was Stei
wer 17.043; Stanfleld 8,483. with
575 precincts in. On the democra
tic side Elton Watkins had a
small lead over Marshall N. Dana,
Portland newspaperman. This
congressional race stood 2,607 for
Watkins. and 2,133 for Dana.
Figures for 58 precincts from
all over tbe state at 12:10 a. m.
showed:
Republican President:
France 11610
Hoover 5805
- Republican Senator:
Clerk 8189
.Duncan 2501
Harlan 8006
Stanfleld 9534
Steiwer 19239
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DELZElI LEMS IN
POLK COM VOTE
DALLAS. May 2 Twelve
completed Polk county precincts
on . the ' democratic ticket gave
Roosevelt 404 ballots for presi
dent, compared to 91 for Murray.
Watkias took the lead for sena
tor and Delxell got a two to one
rote over Starkweather. ,
' ,: Tbo democratic Tote on these
preclneta aa: . . .
' Senator Dana, 156; Gleason,
182; and Watkins, 213. Repre
s en tat It e Deliell, 311; and
Starkweather, 206.
Judge, district two-Bean. 657;
Brand. 253; Hewitt, 385; McCul
loch, 171 Position three Bail
ey. 1 4; Brown, 179; and Gra-
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James Mott, above, and W. O.
Hawley, Incumbent, below, were
engaged In a close race for the
republican nomination for ran.
gressmaa from tbe first district
on the face of returns up to
late Friday night.. Mott. was
several hundred votes in the
lead bnt Hawley's friends were
counting on the up-country vote
to pull him ahead today. Mott
was ahead in Marion county.
IKE IEM IN POLK
Denmanlias big Lead Over
Buchanan In Senator
Race, Announced
DALLAS, May 20 (Special)
Complete republican returns on
11 Polk county precincts at mid
night gave Mott and Steiwer
good leads for congressmen: Pal
miter four votes more than Hoss
for secretary of state; and Hoi
man almost three to one for
treasurer.
In the more local voting. Den-
man had a big lead over Buchan
an for senator from this district;
and Dean Walker was far ahead
of Stella Henry, his nearest op
ponent for state representative
from this district.
G. W. Curtis was in the lead on
this county for - county commli
sloiier; T. B. Hooker, Incumbent.
had a big lead for sheriff; Carl
S. Graves was leading for county
(Turn to page 2, col. 3)
MOTT AND STEIWER
New Vague Clues Noted
In Lindbergh Mystery
By FRANCIS A. JAMIESON
HOPEWELL; ,N. J., May 20.
(AP) The hunt for the Lind
bergh; baby killers revolved about
a pair of vague police clues and
the aid of the white-haired "Jaf
sie" tonight after authorities
once more absolved John Hughes
Curtis, hoax negotiator, of sus
picion in their main Quest.
The official attitude toward
Curtis, moot subject of a two
day series of statements, finally
appeared definite when CoL H.
Norman Sehwankopf, state po
lice superintendent, announced
the Norfolk,- Va., boat builder
was la a New York hotel the
night of April 2 and "his actions
are accounted for. :
CoL Schwarzkopf then employ
ed virtually his : exact words of
yesterday in saying "there . Is
nothing that would Indicate that
Curtis was connected either with
the kidnaping or the collection
of the ransom." It was the night
of April 2 that Dr. John F. Con
don (Jafale) tossed a packet of
150,000 In currency to an extor
tionist In a New -Tork cemetery.
In between- these assertions,
however, the police head had told
of continuing his checkup of Cur
tis' whereabouts saying it would
not b' completed and corroborat
ed until next week, j
- Salient among the other results
of the day were these: -
(1) 'Gladly" signing f , .waTf.
SUPPORT
III1G0ITY
Joseph France ' Backed for
President; Mottl Gets ;
Lead Over Hawley
Scherping Leads Holman by
Small Margin; Hoss is
Well Supported
BULLETIN!
Returns from 48 complete
out of 70 precincts In Marlon
county at 2:45 a.m. today show
ed the following returns
President:
France 8548.
Hoover 404.
Senator:
Steiwer 188.
Stanfleld 1621.
Clark 1378.
Harlan 288.
Duncan 201.
Congress:
Mott 2805.
Hawley 1711.
Hnlet 882.
Howard 803.
Secretary State:
Hoss 8482.
Palnxlter 1010.
Treasurer:
Holman 2810.
Scherping 1910.
Attorney-General :
Van Winkle 3751:
Bronaugh 1814.
Joseph Irwin France appeared
to have carried Marlon county
more than two to one over Herbert
Hoover as presidential primary
choice as the returns kept coming
in at midnight Friday. Hoover,
with the disadvantage of having
to have his name written into the
ballot, had received 637 votes
while France had polled 1613.
For united States senator, Fred
erick Steiwer appeared certain
to be victor In this county. In 39
precincts out of 79,' Incomplete,
Steiwer was comfortably ahead.
Ha had 1839 votes to 1399 for
Stanfleld. his nearest opponent.
Alfred E. Clark, supported by
Governor Meier, was a close third
with 1286 Robert "Wildcat" Dun
can and Kenneth Harlan were out
of the race. Duncan having 128
votes and Harlan 196.
James W. Mott appeared at
midnight to have carried Marlon
county against the veteran Willis
Clark Hawley. In 39 Incomplete
precincts he had run up 2465
otes while Hawley was gaining
1578. C. C. Hulet came far to the
rear with a total of 496 and Em-
mett Howard of Lane county was
a poor fourth with a total of 247
votes.
Hal IS. Hoss won the county's
vote for secretary of state by a
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
Prunes Moving
From Portland
To Italy Marts
PORTLAND, May 20.UP)
Although the .prune "season" Is
long past, European markets con
tinue to demand this fruit In large
quantities. The Libera line motor-
ship Rialto, due here Monday,
will load a large shipment of
dried prunes for delivery at Ital
ian ports.
of immunity. Dr. Condon spent
two hours and a quarter telling a
grand Jury details of his entire
connection with the fantastic
drama.
IZ) Two mystery clues were
pursued from the police head
Quarters here. One was the state
ment of a"known gangster while
passing through Maryland" that
he had Information about the kid
naping and his further assertion
Just before the child's body was
found that the Infant was dead.
The second clue was possible con
nection between the abduction
and another case described vague
ly as the "attempted King kid
napmg.
(3) An official offer, imme
diately rejected, to reimburse
Dean H. Dobson-Peaeock for tra
veling expenses if he would come
here from Norfolk, va to con
front Curtis, his one-time asso
ciate. The clergyman said he
would stand on hla willingness to
meet la - Norfolk any accredited
police representative. : '
(4) A police disclaimer of any
significance in an advertisement
in a New York. morning news
paper saying) "Citizen Guar an
tee absolute confidence. Jimmy.'
The New York Evening Post said
It had learned Mayor James J
Walker had ' received!" a letter
promising Lindbergh information
if a guarantee of safety would be
writer.- - - -
Oregon Voters ; '
Like This Pair
Above, Senator Fred Steiwer; be
low, Governor Franklin D. Roo
sevelt of New York; two mea
who had things largely their
own way in. the Oregon primary
election yesterday. Steiwer was
far ahead in tbe race for repub
lic nnomlnatloa for the office
he now holds; Governor Roose
velt had no opposition worth
mentioning for the democratic
presidential choice.
WILL QUIT COUNCIL
Resignation due Soon, Made
Necessary by Policies
Of Highway Board
Watson Townsend, city council
man from the sixth ward for the
last six years, will resign his po
sition probably this weekend. It
became known here Friday.
Townsend's withdrawal from city
politics was necessitated by the
state highway department, for
whom he has worked for ten
years, who requested that he no
longer engage in city or other po
litical affairs.
R. H. Baldock. state highway
engineer, last night confirmed the
report that Townsend bad been
asked to give up his work as city
councilman. He said the new com
mission had made a rule that em
ployes of the department must
take no part In affairs of a polit
ical or semi-political nature.
Townsend yesterday confirmed
the report but stated that he was
uncertain of the exact date of his
resignation as city alderman.
Townsend la known to have
worked ardently against Mayor
P. M. Gregory's plan for getting
mountain water. While Town-
send favored a mountain water
supply he thought the mayor's
(Turn to page 3, col. S)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. May 10
-(AP) Huge black letters writ
ten In the snow, "O and S safe,"
informed Pilot Jerry Jones In a
Bight over tbe Muldrow glacier
camp of the Carpe expedition to
day that" a long-missing member
had been found.
The "S." he said, confirmed his
belief after seeing three men at
the camping spot that Nicholas
Spadevecckla, unreported for 11
days on a return by foot through
the wilderness here, had returned
safely to his starting point.
In addition, the plane flown to
the camp yesterday by Pilot S. .E.
Robbins, was lying on the snow,
Jones added, ' apparently having
broken an axle la attempting to
take off from the rough surface
of the glacier. Fears were felt
when It failed to return here last
night. - ; V
Pilot's. E. Robbins made the
flight yesterday to return Percy
T. Olton, Jr., who was left on the
Glacier when a eick member was
flown out last week, back- to Fair
banks. The "O" on the snow re
ferred to him. - . 's
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WATSON TOKEND
SPHCCKIl IS
BELIEVED FOUND
LEADS
I TIGHT RACE
Pauius, Martin, Abrams and
' Gouley Ahead k County
Legislative Clash
H. E. King Gains Lead, Court
Scramble; Bower and
Trindle Prevail
BULLETIN
Returns from 46 complete pre
cincts out of 79 In the county at
2:15 a. m. this morning gave the
following returns:
District Attorney:
William m Trindle 2665
Allan Carson 2186
Sheriff:
Oscar D. Bower 224S
Ratdlff 1942
Coroner:
L. E. Barrick 2788
Lloyd Bigdoa 2817
Representative :
Hannah Martin 2852
Carle Abrams 2389
Otto K. Paulas 2327
Romeo Gouley 2072
Frank Settlemeier 2021
Ronald E. Jones 1942
Tables had been turned in the
Marlon county race for district
attorney at 3:30 a. m. today with
William H. Trindle 49 S votes
ahead of Allan Carson for the
republican nomination. Early Fri
day night as the Incomplete re
turns came In, Carson forged
ahead and at one time had a 300
vote lead over his opponent. At
midnight the two men were run
ning neck and neck, Trindle go
ing into the lead as the country
precincts began to file full re
turns, t
Theounf on 44 complete pre
cincts out of 79 In the county
gave Trindle 3491 and Carson
1896 at 2:30 a. m. Sixteen out of
34 precincts In the city had not
as yet reported complete returns.
Otto K. Paulus. Hannah Mar
tin, Carle Abrams and Romeo
Gouley were leading for the coun
ty nomination as state representa
tive In the order named. Tbe to
tals on all 10 candidates for the
legislature in 44 precincts com
pleter stood this morning as fol
lows: Paulus 2274; Martin 2225;
Abrams 2189; Gouley 1948; Set
tlemler 1939; Jones 1833; Davey
1712; Pugh 1847; Harris 1504;
Pettyjohn 1154.
H. E. King, on the face of re
turns from the rural districts, was
ahead In the race for county com
missioner with a total of 1288
votes. W. A. Heater of Sublimity
(Turn to page 3, col. 1)
Frederick Steiwer and James
W. Mott carried West Salem pre
cinct, by wide margins for the re
publican nominations for United
States senator and representative,
respectively, in yesterday's ' pri
mary election. Steiwer 99. Stan
field 47; Mott 105. Hawley 78.
Joseph Irwin France received 98
votes to Herbert Hoover's 58, for
republican nomination for presi
dent.
Democratic nominating races:
Franklin D. Roosevelt 84; Wil
liam H. Murray 41, for president;
Walter B. Gleason 43, Elton Wat
kins 31, for U. S. senator; Wil
liam A. Delxell 72. Harvey G.
Starkweather 12, tor U. S. repre
sentative. State republican nominating
races: Hal E. Hoss for secretary
of state, Rufus Holman for treas
urer, I. H. Van Winkle tor attor
ney general, and George W. Den
man for state senator all received
good margins oyer competitors.
For state representative: Stella J.
Henry 90, Dean H. Walker 38.
Roy R. Hewitt received 135
votes to 90 for Henry J. Bean in
supreme court nominations, posi
tion two, while George M. Brown
secured 183 to J. O. Bailey's 97,
position three.
Big Relief Plan
Offered Senate;
-J Ask Bond Issue
WASHINGTON, May 10 -(AP)
A 22,300,000 federal unemploy
ment relief program was proposed
today by the special democratic
relief committee of the senate.
The counter offer to President
Hoover's compromise called tor a
1500,000,000 bond issue for pub
lic construction. It accepted pro
posals ' for-f 300,009,000 for di
rect relief loans to the states and
11.500.000,000 for public and pri
vate loans, both to be administer
ed by the reconstruction finance
corporation."- -
STEIWER AIM!
CARRY WEST SALEM
Downtown Candidate Leads Race
For Honor oi Salem Mayoralty
DOUGLAS
No Word Received as Radio
Not Carried; Believed
N earing England
HARBOR GRACE, Newfound
land. May 21 Saturday) (AP)
Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam,
who took off at 4:51 p.m. (eastern
standard time) yesterday for Par
is, attempting the first trans-Atlantic
solo flight by a woman, was
unreported at 2 a.m. (eastern
standard time) today.
No alarm was felt, for her plane
has no radio. If all went well, she
was n earing the British Isles, rid
ing favorable winds.
HARBOR GRACE, N. F., May
20 Amelia Earhart Putnam,
smiling and confident, took oft
from Harbor Grace tonight In her
crimson, gold striped plane, with
Paris her destination.
Fire years to theday after Col
onel Charles A. Lindbergh sped
out from New York on the first
flight to Europe, Mrs. Putnam
took off at 4:51 p.m., (eastern
standard time) determined to be
the first woman to fly over the At
lantic alone. Like Lindbergh, she
chose Paris for her goal.
"To all my friends, far and
near, yon will bear from me In 1 6
hours, she said.
"I hare sufficient fuel for 20
hours and I will go further it my
gas holds out and I find X am not
too fatigued.
Her decision to start today came
suddenly, influenced by favorable
weather reports. Arriving here
from St. John, N. B., at 11:21
a.ra., (eastern standard time) she
previously bad retired, announc
ing she hoped to leave early to
morrow. Man Wanted in
Jewelry Theft,
In Brazil Jail
PERNAMBUCO. Brazil. May 20
(AP) Captain William Bar
rett, formerly of Hills boro, Ore.,
wanted for tbe alleged larceny by
bailee of about Vl 2 5.0 00 worth
of jewelry from Mrs. John D.
Spreckles. Jr., daughter-in-law of
the San Francisco sugar king, in
1920, now is serving six years in
federal prison here for counter
feiting. He was convicted ana sen
tenced in October, 1931.
AMELIA PIMM IS
HEADED FOB PARIS
Biaaest Crowd on Record
Listens to
A crowd said to be the largest
ever to congregate downtown In
Salem for election, returns, gath
ered at Ferry and Commercial
streets Friday night and early
this morning to hear the county
and state service given Jointly by
Tbe Capital Journal and The Ore
gon Statesman. With tbe .staffs
of both papers cooperating, in
complete and later complete re
turns were broadcast to' thous
ands of people through the use
of, the public address system of
the Cherry City Baking company,
Gardner Knapp announcing. -
Special telephone ; announcers
relayed - the news on - to other
thousands of people' In answer to
telephone calls which began at t
p. m. and continued Into the ear
ly hours of-the morning. -
McKAY
KFf LT C
OF MAffi COUNTY
Deizell has Easy Victory,
Gleason Tops Watkins
And Dana Totals
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the
tonr to one choice of Marion
county democrats as presidential
timber for the June convention.
totals from 30 precincts In tbe
county showed at 1:30 a. m. Sat
urday. Roosevelt at that time had
720 votes to 170 for "Alfalfa
Bill Murray, bis only opponent.
For United States senator.
Walter B. Gleason was In first
place with Elton Watkins run
ning second and Marshall Dana
third. The count stood Gleason
321. Watkins 292, Dana 250.
W. A. Deizell had won an easy
victory In this county over Har
vey Starkweather, his opponent.
for the democratic nomination
for the first congressional dis
trict, Delsell's total In 30 dis
tricts in the county was 809 to
Starkweather's 239.
The only other democratic can
didates were unopposed.
Two Men Die
As Result of
Car Accidents
PORTLAND. Ore., May 20
(AP) Two persons were killed
In automobile accidents today.
one in Portland and one a mile
east of Greaham on the Mount
Hood loon highway.
William Beilstein. 72. of Greah
am, was killed when bis auto
mobile collided with one driven
by G. L. Dickerson, of Rldgefield,
Wash. Dickerson was uninjured.
Battllega was killed when his
machine crashed Into a power
line pole. No one saw the acci
dent but police said they believed
he lost control of the car.
Weather Delays
Flight lo Tokyo
SEATTLE. May 20 (AP)
Delav until Monday or Tuesday
today faced Nathan C. Browne.
New York filer, waiting here for
Mill nletion of details for his pro
posed Seattle to Tokyo flight, as
three low pressure areas, were re
ported on his planned route to the
Orient.
Election News
Bt 1:29 p.m. Friday the first
returns were la the offices ot The
Statesman and In' periods of not
to exceed five minutes continuous
and new returns were announced
by the staffs ot the two papers cov
ered every si minutes each ot the
24 precincts In the city. More than
49 rural correspondents of the
newspapers took part In gathering
the returns front the 15 rural and
municipal precincts outside ot 4a-
By keeping cumulative records,
the returns were added as they
eame la and voters were afforded
up-to-the-minute reports. .-
Compilation ot the final, com
plete returns will be continued
this morning by the capital Jour
nal which will augment the par
tial, tables carried In Tbe States
man this morning. i
THREEHUNDRED
GREGORY
oulsen and Rice to .Retain'
Present Offices; Both f
Measures Carrying
Doughton, Rostein, Gahls-
dorf, Odom, Gabriel
For Water Board
DonglM McKay with 3233
votes to 2512 for P. M. Gregory
was far ahwPcT MCTaitrt' ta
the race fcj-jgayTaRy of
Salem at 8 a-loday srtaea
15 precincts olf S4 had.
reported complete In Salem aad
eight had reported incomplete.
Douglas McKay has been chosen
mayor of Salem to succeed P. M.
Gregory, incumbent, it appeared
certain at 1 a.m. today, when 17
incomplete precincts out of 24 In
the city gave McKay 1338 votes to
Gregory 1085. McKay's own pre
cinct, NO. 24 in south Salem, had
not reported and was expected to
increase his lead.
McKay was well ahead In 12 of
the 17 precincts reporting. Greg
ory appeared on the face of tbe In
complete returns. to have carried
precincts 8, 7, 8, 14 and 21.
Complete returns were made
impossible by the heavy vote cast
in the city and the fact that four
sets of ballots were being counted
by each election board. In soma
precincts the city ballots were put
aside until the republican and de
mocratic contests could be determ
ined and in these districts no vote
returns will be available until this
morning.
Poalsen Ahead For
Position Ttow Held '
Mark Poulsen appeared to be
the winner for city recorder. Ho
had 1028 ballots to 818 for H. S.
Bosshard, the runner-up. Lester
Jones was third with 472 votes.
At 1 a.m. today C. O. Rice, la.
cumbent, running for reelection as
city treasurer, had established a
comfortable lead over Howard M.
Perry, his sole opponent. Rice had
1413 votes to 862 for Perry.
Civil service for the Salem fire
department was assured by a large
majority. On the Incomplete re
turns from 17 precincts, the meas
ure was leading four to one, the
'yes" votes totallnr 1691 to 402
Irf opposition. The fire-depart
ment millage tax also carried by a
large majority. "Yes" votes on tha
millage tax were 1188 to 537 "no
votes. The measure authorises a
general city levy ot two mills for
the payment of fire department
salaries and maintenance.
For the four-year term as water
commissioner, leaders in the elec
tion In which three commissioners
are to be chosen are . 1C Dough
ton. Edward Rostein and WlUlara
Gahlsdorf. Thomas Cole comes
fourth. Gahlsdorf leads with 1536
votes. Doughton Is second with
1406 and Rostein third with 1389
rotes. Cole had 1047 votes on the
total ot tbe Incomplete returns.
F. L. Odom and E. B. Gabriel
appeared to be the winners In tbe
race for two two-year term water -commissioners
although the full
report on tbe Voters ballots on T.
G. Delano was not available at 1
IB.
Henry Vandevort appeared to
bare been reelected alderman
from his first ward. He had 105
votes In the early returns ta 78
for C L. Parmenter and 72 tor
Phil Elker. Walter Furber aad
Frank Marshall were In a close
race In the second ward with
Furber having 4 1 and Marshall
47. A. C Page bad' 20 votes In
the early and Incomplete returns.
The early reports In the city
showed W. H. Dancy. long-time
councilman, running far behind
Earl Dane In the third ward. Dan
cy's count stood at 65: Earl Dane
had 137 votes on the Incomplete
returns. .
Ia the fourth ward, with two
candidates-to be elected tbe vote
on the Incomplete returns showed
Averett 116; Boatwright 193
Evans 169; Henderson 134.
Former Mayor Albin and 2L A.
Bradfleld were running neck aad
neck In the race tor alderman ta
the fifth ward, Bradfleld having
144 votes In the Incomplete re
turns to 13 Sfor Albln. - -
Alderman Chris Kowlts ap
peared to have been' reelected tn
the sixth ward In a field of four.
Ho bad 111 votes on the Incom
plete returns while Carl Arm-.
priest eame second with 113
Votes. Ralph Kletxlng was tktrd
with 98 votes and Henry Morris
fourth with 61 votes,
H. C Leavenworth was - ran
hlng far ahead In -the seventh
ward. On the incomplete returns
he bad 2S4 rotes to 111 for Paul
R. Hendricks, runner-up. E. H.
Kennedy with' 69 rotes ; eame
third.
In the wards where no candi
date has a majority a runoff of
the two highest men In, the ticket
must be made tn the general elec
tlons this falL - v. -