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' ! V , 1 Election Returns The Statesman' had fall returns from all city pre cincts within aa hour and a .half after polls closed; 75 . of 77 in conntjr recorded. Wralner - Fair except for? morning fogs today and Thursday; Mai. Temp. Tuesday 02, Mln. 45, ; river ..9 foot; oath-southwesterly wind. EIGHTY-SHY ENTI1 YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, November 3, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 189. (Conr tMmmM Fails. r vv- CO - " -" ' ' ' o. i 6 ! - ' ' , ' 75B Margin Tammany. Crushed CIO ;.:;. ; J )... . i '. '..'. LaGuardia and Dewey Chosen, New Yorlt, City GOP Wins two Seats and Leads for Third in : Congress Races j Democrats Elect Chiefs of NJ. ! and v Virginia Returns Indicate i ' (By the ABSociated Press) Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York gave Tammany its second successive trouncing In yesterday's elections. j . Backed by a political combine ranging from republican to social ist, he defeated Jeremiah T.' Ma- honey, democrat, -with apparently some 400.000 Totes to spare.; To niake.Tammany's defeat the more crushing, Thomas D. Dewey, running on, the same ticket with LaGuardia. defeated Harold Has tines, democrat, for the Tost of district attorney In Tammany's own stronghold, Manhattan. ; , Th CIO. which backed the La Guardia ticket, suffered reverses elsewhere, however. S Its candidate for mayor of De troit Patrick H. O'Brien, conced ed the election of Richard W. Heading who had the support of the AFL. . - : 1 And Ins two Ohio cities, Akron and Canton, CIO's mayoral candi dates were trailing on incomplete returns. t ' Republicans Win Two, Probably Three Seats - Elections to fill vacancies in the national house of representatives found Ralph E. Gamble, republican.- Tictorious over Homer1 A. Stebbins In the 25th New York district and Lewis K. Rockefeller, republican, the winner over Nan cy Scboonmaker In the 27th New York district. ! In what is termed New York. City's "Silk Stocking District." Bruce Barton, republican, author and advertising man, led two i op ponents, Stanley Osserman dem ocrat, and George Backerj Amer ican labor party. ? j The vote elsewhere showed Sen. A. Harry Moore, demo crat, leading Lester H. CleeJ re publican, in a race llor the gov ernorship of New Jersey. James H., Price, democrat, j far and away' ahead of J. povell Royall In a contest for governor of Virginia. I Cornelius D. " Scully, ClO-sup-ported democrat, leading Robert N. Waddell for mayor of Pitts burgh. -:" James M: Curley. former may or of Poston and .former gover cor of j Massachusetts, trailing In (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6 d d i t i c s . . .in the Netcs - m nvTl CVl&tX). Ark ' NovL 2- (jfy-ThB eampus discipline, com " mittee of Monticello A. & Mi col lege weighed today th case of the ducked instructorana cam pas gossip had it that, the Hal lowe'en ducking was In retalta tion for numerous class "flunks' given by the duck-ee. Police Chief Tom Butler con firmed the ducking of i a" young chemistry instructor by , band of gome; 160 masked youths who lavadod i his quarters Sunday night. Butler said the affair bad not been "officially reported," to him. ! ' ' ; "t understand It was a Hallow e'en ' prank,! Chief Butler said. He declined to name the victim, but said the instructor smiled and replied, "I guess so,' when asked If he had been chucked In the campus pond. : - . TALVLAH, Xa Nov. Giving oat word be was . go ing banting-, ostensibly for deer, 3ot. Richard Lccbe head ed. roondop of Jtanie-law vio lators tthat netted 48 arrests. MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. t-ffir Police Chief Frank Forestal or dered 19 motorcycle patroln.en ' ' Into plain clothes and into "plain ' clothes ! cars" late today to halt the ri3lng toll , of traffic acci- dents. j , , The ! patrolmen were ordered Into cars with regular rather than tax exempt license plates. PETERSBURG, Va Nov. 2-(i!P-Death beat John A. Mal lory, 00, Petersborg's high oob stable for 40 j e r s , in his ' "race for reelection. Tho Coifc federate veteran, unopposed for the tot lng today, died night. Loses in Smashes Power pi He Is Reelected FIORELLA H. Service Station . -I ; Here Is Held up $25 Taken b-f Bandit . at Establishment Near Silverton Road An attendant at the Union ser vice station at the junction of the Pacific highway . and . Silverton roads was stuck-up and jtobbed of $25 in currency; about 8:20 last night. !" ! Tho robber, a man about 25 or 30 years of age, entered the station, covered the 'attendant with a nickle-plated revolver and helped himse,lf to the money. Commanding the! service sta tion employe to march ahead of him, the robber forced hinai to ac company him' down the railroad tracks some distance before let ting him go. j ' r ' 'I : .As far as city police could de termine last night, the raaa had no , car. . ; . ' ; " ' Bossy Child May Contribute Miich NORMAN, Okla., Nov. ( 2-ffy-II i child orders -! his parents around the house, let him alone he may be making his contribu tion to world progress; it That, in substance, was the opinion , Owen :Lovejoy, Washing ton,' D. C, associate director of the American youth commission. gove the .Norman forum in an ad dress last night. 1 - ! lYouth's first difficulty, Lovejoy said, 'ls the problem of conquering his own parents, and solving,' the problems of his own home." . . t Lovejoy said the "spirit of youth" was the "onlyne that had mftde the world progress." Administration -pr.p-' p ' V '""tiff" On Crop Control Drdiv Fight WASHINGTON, Not. 2. JP) Ths first' proposals submitted by an administration official to the house committee considering new farm legislation met instant op position today. t . They embraced a compulsory corn control program to be writ ten Into a general farm bill for presentation to the special session of congress, on November 15. Representative Coffee (D-Neh), agriculture' committee member from the wheat And corn country, challenged legal ! and t practical aspects of the plan and suggested voluntary , marketing agreements. j Claude R. Wlckard, AAA di rector of the north central divis ion, represented the department of agriculture at an executive session of the houso" committee. He sug gested that Ohio, Indiana,! Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and NebraskA be id Mtham S1,00 Detroit Tammany, When ; New York Mayor .-( LaGUARD B. Robs US Mail to Hush Blackmailer Postal Qerk Mis Story of Fight to Cover up old Crime;! Record ' ' ' f- '- SAN FRANCSCO, Not. 2.-(ff) -John J. Howe, until yesterday a trusted postal clerk, told Asst. U. S. Atty. V. C. Hammack today that he stole from the mails to hush a blackmailer who knew he was a fugitive convicted slayer of two in New Mexico 22 years ago. . - j :- . , The 3 9-year-pld father of four, Hammack said1, was established as the John Albert Houchin who fled the New Mexico state peni tentiary December 19, 1920. Postal inspekors who at first were wary of his free-will con fession said thit fingerprints and pictures rushed from 'New .Mex ico proved himj implicated in the second-degree Jmurder of Daisy Swayzee and D. A. Hamilton at Las Palomas, N.'M; i , "I had served three years in (Turn, to 'page 2, Col. 2) County Budget Is Reduced $80,000 Yesterday's jad verse vote on the proposal j to build a new courthouse automatically lopped $80,000 from the pending 1938 f budget i on which final action will be taken following the- taxpayers' meeting to be held Novem-ber 12. The - result of eliminating, the proposed two-mill courthouse levy is jthat, the county's total tax, in cluding state tax. will be 1680. 507.70, provided the county court abides by the budget committee estimates. The! total is still $14, 1 774 ' greater than the 1937 tax. Proposals designated as f commercial com" areas for special -application of a control pfbgranv In those states, where produc tion averaged 10 bushels per till ed acre for anf entire county,1 he proposed to tnake government corn loans and soil conservation benefit available to all farmers who cooperated, with the federal program. j ; r f Marketing quotas, he suggest ed, should be designated for states, counties and Individual farms. Once In 'effect, they would boi enforced by! a penalty tax I of 25 cents a bushel on all corn the farmer marketed In excess of his quota. , ' Senators Pope' (D-Ida.) and McGill (D-Kasi) Issued a Joint statement sayihg a majority of farmers who had testified before ; (Turn to Page 2, ol. 4) contest Worstlicldng IDeino Machine t - -- -.- Over Million Votes for LaGuardia; Friends ; Carried Along ' rlresidential - Mention of iMayor Revived; Labor j Party Helps Him I NEW YORK, Not. 3-(Wed-ftesday )-) Complete returns from the city's 3,010 election districts today gave: La Gnar illa 1,344,016 to 89,591 for IVfahoney, a plurality of 454, 425. i NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-(Wednes-day)-(VFiorello H. LaGuardia -i-the first "reform" candidate ever to beat the city democratic machine twice In a row was re elected yesterday by the greatest TOte ever given a mayoral candi date in New York. i His historic Tictory meant also tie worst licking, figured on the basis of plurality, that machine eyer took. As the returns contin ued pouring in early today, the mayor's toll surpassed the pre vious all-time high 1,054,324 given to democratic John P. flPRHen fn 132. Hardly half an hour after mid night, with 310 election districts $ 3,910 tULPt accounted for, LaGuardia'a vote bad risen to 1,223.114. against 827,864 for Jeremiah T. Mahoney;' democrat. To ton it off. the mayor ap peared to have added to his vic tories by the apparent victory of men friendrv to him in four of the races for president of the five boroughs of the city. 1Bum Figures" Says I Leader Salllvan LaGuardia ran on a republican- fusion-labor ticket, i The leaders of Tammany hall. which in the century and a half sf its Wo always had been able heretofore to beat down any sec and term challenge to city hall control, were silent for the most part, but . Tammany chieftain Chrtatonher Sullivan commented that the returns were "bum fjg- nres." ; I With LaGuardia into office wont Thomas B. Dewey, a spe cial ; rackets prosecutor who de feated the Tammany canam-ie fjsr district attorney of the bor- csugh of .Manhatun, Haroia w. The mayor, squat,' hot-ton gued (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Probe Continues ?! " I t t ic i r 1- i in Leaiora i,ase r r ST. HELENS, Nov. 2.-5-Tno Columbia county grand Jury in vestigatlon of first degree murder charges against Mrs. Agnes Led- fiord brought testimony today from a parade of her St. Helens and Yankton neighbors. i Fifteen ' witnesses had been heard when the second day of the inquiry ended. 3. Information filed by the Co lumbia county : sheriff charged Mrs. Led ford poisoned her step daughter, Ruth, IS. Deth was attributed originally ' toi berries covered with wind-blown spray, which she was alleged to have eaten. . - State police carried wild black berry vines to the Jury room. f Observers -. believed Mrs. Led- fiord would not testify.- Berchtold Again I Ml Angel Mayor MT. ANGEL, Not. 2 Jacob Berchtold was reelected mayor of lit. Angel in the city election held today In connection with the special election.. He reeelTed 14X votes to' the 2 east for his oppo nent. J. F. Sauvaln. -if P, N. Smith, unopposed for re corder, was given 187 votes. Alois Keber, incumbent, was reelected city treasurer, with 137 Totes cast Cor him as against 70 for Leonard fisher, -Vote for councilmen was: John H. Bigler, 163; Clement Busch, 176; Joe Hassler. 176; E. G. Un ger, 65. The three highest were elected. . , - ; An extremely light rote was Cast in both local precincts Tues- lay. " - EverTakenby ;s and Arrests Mark Kentucky Vote Harlan Countv's Sheriff and 40 Others Held; Charges not Told, i i ConstahleKilled During VRiot at Polls, one J - Qther juay Die HARLAN, Ky., Not. l.-UPt- Forty-one Harlan county peace and. ' election . officers who had been m held Incommunicado by state i police were released late tonight in bail of 3100 each to answer charges of violating state election laws.,' , LOUISVILLE, Ky Nov. 2-CAP) -Shootings and . dlsturhajaces in twoeastern Kentucky counties marked an otherwe quiet off year general election in the Blue grass state today. Unfavorable weather caused a1 light vote. State police and national guardsmen patrolled Harlan county tonight following the ar rest earlier of High Sheriff T. R. Middleton. three of his deputies and 31 precinct election officials. State police declined to reveal the- charges, if any. that have been placed against the men. At Wrigley in Morgan county, near Harlan, Constable Robert Whitt Was killed an Elize Perry probably fatally wounded in a shooting affray at a voting booth. ,' Early returns from 130 pre cincts out of 4,310 in a 'Special election gave Atty Gen. Hubert Meredith, democrat, 11,713 to 4, S34 for his republican opponent, G. Tom' Hawkins. The returns were i from 28 of the state's 120 counties with only one complete. : Hebry. majorities against two proposed constitutional amend mentsone to permit the state legislature j to consolidate city ttdr county governments and the other providing for the submis sion of ! more' than two amend ments to the Toters at one time were reported. j ; f The democrats, however, were practically assured of a majority In the general assembly. Three Injured in Inter-Union Row Labor Rivalry Is Reported Involved but Police - ' ! Learn lit ils PORTLAND, Not. V(P)-At least three men were reported in jured in a fight outside the Labor Temple tonight. Police who responded to a riot call said ther found no disturb ance end were unable to learn de tails of what they were informed was a battle between AFL and CIO groups. The officers were told a truck driver had been taken away, seri ously injured, after being struck on the head with a baseball bat. They were unable to learn his name or whereabouts. Later John Rogers, who gave his address as the Timberwork ers' Hiring Harl, appeared at the emergency hospital for treatment of scalp lacerations and possible fractured ribs. . r r- ; George i Brown, Tlce-presldent of the CIO lumber union local, said' Jerry Roley, a CIO member, suffered- possible rib fractures. Pittsburgh Mayor To Retain Office PITTSBURGH. Nov. 2-j3VCIO-supported Cornelius D. Scully, Pittsburgh democrat mayor, roll ed. up a commanding lead tonight over bis republican opponent, Ro bert N. Waddell. i Returns from 282 of the steel city's districts gave Scullr 84.495 to 63,036 for Waddell,- a young Insurance executive and - former Carnegie Tech football coach, who waged a spirited campaign against "Dossj rule. . ; . ! ; H; Chairman Phillip Murray of the steel workers organizing commit tee 'and his organization support ed Scully and the entire democrat ic slate. . V . Four republican nominees for Judge of common pleas court, all seeking reelection, ' were trailing to arly meager retnrnj from Al legheny county, as were the re-i publican candidates for sheriff, coroner, and Jury commissioner, i : FR Congratulates , 1 NEW YORK, Not. 2 .--President Roosevelt, who refused to Intervene in New York's munici pal election, . was among the first to congratulate' Mayor LaGuardia upon reelection. ( . Salem : Ba:ct vMy Neutral Strip In Old Chinese 'QuarterUrged Catholic Priest Obtains Japanese Support for 1 : Humanitarian Move Chinese Refuse to Talk Peace Until all of Foes Withdraw SHANGHAI. Nov. 3(Wednes-day-(iip) A Japanese spokesman today officially announced neg otiations iwere in progress for d e m i 1 1 1 a r i zation of Nantao. Shanghai's! old Chinese quarter adjacent to; the French concession. The spokesman declared repre sentatives of a neutral power ap proached the Japanese with ; a plan to neutralize the area of Nan tao Immediately adjoining the French concession with the view toward avoiding endangering for eign and Chinese nonrcombatant lives. He explained the general pur pose of the proposal was to assure that jio Chinese troops would en ter the northern part of Nantao. A similar proposal has been made to Chinese authorities, said the spokesman declaring that the final decision was now up to the Chinese. ) ..'-. ' . I ; . j- (Nantao lies Just south of the French concession where hundreds of foreigners have crowded for safety; . Gravel apprehension . has been . aroused j by the V: Japanese drive west of Shanghai aiming at encircling Shanghai and capturing Nantao.) :'. j: "! t ' The? spokesman said Japanese authorities were prepared to give the proposal favorable considera tion which was interpreted to mean that If the agreement were signed the Japanese would, retrain from bombing Nantao or attack ing the areas Immediately adja cent to the French concession. : The Associated Press .learned authoritatively I that the , unique proposal or ginjated from Father Jacquinot, the: famous Catholic priest chairman of the -international refugee; committee, who was fearful the conflict ' might wipe out thousands of non-combatants and refugees who had flocked to the area from outlying districts. . ' J Under the proposal 'both the Chinese and Japanese would sign separate agreements with Father Jacquinot providing for demili tarization for purely humanitar ian reason without Infringing on the sovereignty of the. Chinese (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) I Bui letin ; NEW YORK, Not. (Wed nesday) JP)r Complete returns- -' from the Borough's 1055 elec tion districts! today gsve for district attorney' of New York county (Manhattan) : Hastings 216, DIM; Dt for ty 323,747 a plurality of 108,823 for the racket prosecutor, DETROIT, Nor. (Wednes day) "(JP) Returns front 875 of the 018 precincts In the Detroit niayorality election showed early today: Reading 243,026; O'Brien 146,172. Liberal Republican Policies Stressed at ... Liberal republicanism sounded A challenge at last eight's meet ing of the Marion County Repub-, llcan club when : Lyle 'Thomas, Polk county- state representative, and Elbert Bede of Portland en dorsed sound; republican: princi ples tempered 1 with a definitely progressive attitude 1 toward - such questions, as labor unionism, re lief and unemployment. , ' i Mentioning : possible planks i Jn a new republican platform, Bede said he thought bis party might well "guarantee to labor the ben efits of Toluntary end responsible organization." ' ja a d suggested "giving business a crack at the unemployment problem." I Thomas stated flatfootedly that the American public at present Is liberal-minded j and that the re publican, party may as well Ad just itself to that temper of mind Thomas : distinguished carefully between the "spurious liberalism of the present administration" and true liberalism which "meets Over 900 M How 75 of 77 Precincts Voted Following . is the vote by pre- cincts on the first, on the ballot: main question Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem. Salem Salem Salem Salem Salem ' Salem Salem Salem Sub-Total 2306 1370 Yes .... 25 .... 24 13 .... 40 .... 43 .... 54 . :. .113 23 .... 15 ... . 24 .... 1 . . 48 . ..i.28 ....20 . . . . 63 . ... 13 . . . 3 .... 17. ...r lo 5 .... 7 17 No 17 116 71 Mill City , . Turner Aumsville . . East Stayton ? ' 63 47 26 52 31 SI 56 37 44 Stayton Jefferson Salem Heights,. . I . East Hubbard . . . Donald West Hubbard .:. Shaw East Salem ; ! . Liberty . Scotts Mills ...... Engiewood ....... Brooks '. . . . Victor Point ..... East C-rvais . . . , . Wesf Gervals . . i Central Howell .. '. . Horeb ........... Monitor ......... 31 93 101 32 ' 48 73 SI 64 19 ' 53 43 41 52 45 29 .22 39 36 139 66 49 42 25 St 58 73 85 61 144 132 Rosedale . . . West Stayton Mehama . . . . 28 24 20 37 12 14 3 LQhemawa- .. Marion Silver Falls . Fairfield ... Waconda Sublimity ........ Fairgrounds . .... , North Howell St. Paul Sidney ........ i . Macleay ......... Butteville Aurora p East Silverton . . . 9 14 .'78 13 15 15 3 15 33 13 12 28 114 .39 23 23 31 11 4 -41 29 South Silverton North Silverton West Silverton East Mt. Angel . . . West Mt Angel . . PHngle" .......... Wfest Woodburn East Woodburn , 91 47 -47' S3 e M0 59 66 36 Scollard . McKee . Croisan . Quinaby , 39 Totals ....... V... .3021 4S7 Precmets unreported, Chaiu poeg and Breitenbush. with reg istration of 232 voters.; Son i Defeats pad In Unusual Race CONCORD, N. 1U Nov. 2.-(flV A republican son defeated his democratic father in the city of Keene's aldermanic contest which highlighted municipal elections four New Hampshire cities. . Forty-three-year-old ' Robert Nims, emerged victorious ,by a 5 to 1 inargln, polling 536 volesto 111 for bis father, Myron A. Nims; who is 69.; ' Gathering Here ! the people's problems without in- i terferlng with democratic pro cesses. j ' T ' .-'."vf I . Bede said be was delighted that the young republicans j in this county hare interested themselves la formulating a new platform, and said th old-timers will sUnd squarely behind It, whatever the details of its policies, may be. v- . Harold Pruitt, new president of the Oregon : Republican lub, said tbe state organization is; going to make aa effort to draw bp a con structive program which - will server as the group's platform proposals.----: i '?;. --:-";; -. ,- , Others who spoke briefly were Mrs.- Hazel Pague, state vice pre sident of the Oregon Republican club for this district, Quincy Scott of the Portland Oregon ian . and Dr. P. 0. Riley. . j I Murray Wade, Dr. Riley and Hugh Scott were appointed by Ro bert Jones,, president of Jtbe local group, to make plans for a pub ..Yes -No No. 1... .... ..129 9 No.. 2........ .168 S3 No. i3......-....' 89 8 No. ! 4.. ....... 92 66 No. i5 127 1 No. 6.". 31 58) No. 7........V 88'. . Rflf No. 8. .105 4.1 N4 9. ....... .133 43 No!' 10... 82 31 No. 11......;.. 118 43 No. 12.1....... 80 4,6 No. 13.i.i....-103 6 No. 14. . . . . .'.120 97 No. lSyr..:..... 56 54 No. 16f. . 84 -4S No. 171 . . ;. . . . .118 50 No. 18T. . ..... 71 5ft No. 19. y. 113 . 75 No. 20......... 44 . 61 No. 21. ....... . 74 68 No. 22 99 30 No. 23......... 66 35 No. 24. ..... . . .116 35 (Turn to page 7, col. 5) .Project, Seven Outside Precincts Are ' - ' 'F7- . aiso in ravor "'..:.' ' - : :: Other, Cities ana j Rural Vote Decide Issue; Ballot Is Light ' Shaw Gets Linielight asv Most Solidly Opposed -to Building Plans . nOAV VOTE TUV OV COl-RTHOUSE PROGRAM . . Salem 24 precincts complete: Yes .1.; ' No . .. . ...1376 ' Outside of Hale in 51 precincts out of 53: i Yes J..... 1315 No . j J. ..3103 Enty-e County - To precincts out of 77: Yes ...3621 No. . . 437S j I ; " : : - Marion county will continue to ' utilize iits old courthouse, 25 per ; cent of the voters decreed , ky a i 7S8-vote margin i in jresterday's i. special election and the other 75 per cent by not . casting ballots. The earliest handful of returns forecast the outcome as shown' later: by complela reports jTronv 75 of the county's 7 precincts. While i the first - measure on the .ballet, authorization to the county reurt -i to build, held a slight lead : be fore (the precincts outside of . Sa- i lem t began to . report , their re turns, the other three . measures " authorizing means , of i financing the ' ; rnnstrnrUnn nmot 1 wara ahead at no time during . The Statesman's progressive count. Twenty two of the 29 precincts, which gave the authorizing ma- ; sure a majority were ia . Salem. ; Salem j precincts Nos. 6 and 20 1 only went against the ; project." ! Outside of Salem the , only pre cincts In which Toters favored a ' new courthouse were :Mil f tnUmi,..!). T . It Au i ... . muuuus, jciii-isuu, ! oareia Heights. East Mt. iAngel, East Sa- l lem and Croisan. i V i The i community of Shaw voted i most! decisively against- the toalM- I inf proposal. 37 to I.1 j . The! first question ion the hal- Io !oBt Its lead i, when j retsras ' from ; the four Silverton precincts i gave a 423 to. 86 vote against the i building program.; East Mt. An gel lessened the effects of the SM verton opposition by giving 114,1 to 91 report in favor of the prs?" Ject butj West Mt. jAngel went against it 89 to 47 and cinched the defeat by a vote of 54 yes r and 183 no. . j. "i : - v Opposition to the two tax ques- ; tions was even stronger than to the question authorizing construe- tion of the proposed new building and sentiment against tbe second ' question, for transfers of surplus funds and uncollected deliasncit i taxes was but little less strongly negative. The votes on tho tonr questions compared as follows: Question No. 1.' autborlzatteB ' Yes 3621; bo 4379.1 V , Question . No. - 2,- 'transfers of funds Yes 3481; no 4327. Question No. 3. two-mill ta for Seven years 'r or lessi-Yes 324 7: ; no 4448. 1 ; " ' QueFtlon No. 4, exceeding 6 per ' cent limitationYes 3105: bo r 4469. The only precincts not report- i ed i last night, Champoeg sad Rreitenbusb. had a combined reg- . istration of 232 voters, not I ebough to vary the outcast t ; the election, i rt. i With only 8001 : votes cast, ; based on the count on tbe first question, the total was bat 25.5 i per cent of the totallregtstratiea ' of 31,370, with the two miming precincts omitted. The vote in Sa- 1 lem, 4319, also ran at only 25 5 per cent of registration and that i outside of Salem, 3682, came lo : the ratio.; ; -4-. - , ' , Quads' Dad Keeps Job LANSING. Mich ; Nor.' i-0P-4 Carl A- Morlock, father or lan. -sing's quadruplet sisters, easily re tained his office of constable 10 day. He defeated Charles jH. Csle i 7389 to 3590. H B ALL AD E of TOD A v By R. Cv ' White marble buildings trim and stately.-domlnatlng Salem's ' i civic i center such was ' the courthouse planners' j vision; r enhancing the fame of Salem -greatly, dazzling the eyes of all who . enter all went well pt- cepticg the decision, J