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MEDFORD, OKKCiOX. AVKDNKSDAY, S KPT KM It Kit 102.')
NO. 152
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James Walker, Governor's
Candidate, Defeats Hearst's
Choice While Waterman,
Fountain Pen King, Runs
Away From G- 0. P. Oppo
nents. NEW YORK. Sept. 10 (A. P.)
Mayor John I'1. Ilylan announced this
aftornoon that he would 'return to
private lire upon the conclusion of his
present term in office.
"I will return to private life." said
the mayor, "with my sclf-rcsjiect un
impaired, my conscience clear and
with the full satisfaction of having
scrupulously lived up to my oath of
office."
The mayor's announcement was In
terpreted at city hall as definitely re
moving the possibility of there being
an independent democratic ticket in
the November election.
NEW YOI1K, Sept. JG. (A. P.)
The possibility of a third ticket being
in the field in November to contest
the in u yo r a 1 ity
election with Statu
Senator James K.
Walker, democrat
ic ' nominee and
Frank D. Water
in a n, republican,
held the center of
the political stasc
today as final re
turns re-confirmed
the decisiveness of
yostorduy'a ballot.
W 1 1 h all dls
t r 1 1-1 B canvassed.
Senator Walker
huld a majority of
VJOMN f, HYLAN
flEVlU:! votes over Mavoi- John F. Hy
lan. candidate for n third term. I
Political obsorvai-3 Appeared to be
equally divided today on the ques
tion of whether Mr. Ilylan would
head nn Independent ticket and tho
mayor himself kept his own coun
sel. Arriving at city hull this morning,
Mr. Ilylan declared he would con
clude his term with "nothing to re
gret." The New York levelling Journal,
strenuous supporter of the mayor
in tho pro-primary campaign, assert
ed editorially today that there would
be n third ticket and expressed hope
that Hylun could bo Induced to head
It.
Republicans I'nlteil.
In the republican camp there was
no anxiety today regarding the pos
stblllty or
dl-
pvlBMi vlded front in No-
I vember. Mr. Wat-
J orn,nn rolled up a
f f&M insJorhy of 8 to 1 ,
over John J. Ly-1
HYLAN LOS
PRIMARIES
T 91 J DOS, HIS nearest!". loin nwtin. ami riuLiiwu ni. inu
a Ik. 2 1 opponent, and of expense of an association of the mcr-
K . jgijjl I even greater odds chants who have booths (u the bulld-
Y ' aT-- Jtm ovcr William M. i ing. arc very effective. Many local
Iv wEL M Bennett. I merchants 'and their assistants re-
1 n.,tKTi. i vnn nialned 111 the building after midnight
Both Mr. Lyons
Bennett
and Mr.
sent their congrat
ulations to Mr.
W a t o r m an last
night and pledged
their support.
John M. McCory, Tammany lead -
In Brooklyn and supporter of ,
cr
Mayor Hyhtn in the primaries, an
nounctd that ho would call a meet
ing of the Brooklyn democratic ex
ecutives tomorrow to dlsnUHB the
nomination of Senator Walker.
William H. Edwards, candidate for.clnred by persons who have attended
city comptroller on Mayor Hyian's former fairs' here, to be ahead of
ticket, nfter conceding his defeat,
announced that ho would support
the Walker ticket in the final elec
tion. Senator Walker carried Manhattan,
tho Bronx and Hrooklyn, whilo May
or Ilylan won In Queens and Klch
inond. In Manhattan Senator Walker's
vote was 103,6It. compared with only'1 lp4lrfires; ',e ?
.,.. , ' ... .' station at the north end
27.942 for the mayor. His vote in , j ..i
4i A ii Mr ot i i.h man s nulldini? and aucuo
the Hronx was 4r,877 compared with
tho mayor's 21,311
In Brooklyn, tho mayor's home
borough. Senator Walker won 65,
584 votes.' while the mayor's was
60.957. Tho mayor carried ueens
with 31.627 to Senator Walker's 28.-
266 and In Richmond the mayor re-
(Continued On page two)
JACK DEMPSEY TO ENTER WALL STREET
AS A N.
LOS ANOEI,KS. Sept. 1. (A. P.)
19'portn emanating from tho caat that
Jack Dfinpsoy was about to enter
Wall street an a fttock broker were
modified In an announcement here
today by Murray Hhewitt of New
York who Mild the champion would
be hlfl assistant In n modest under
writing firm. O
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Prince of Wales Is
Marooned in Snow
At Top of Andes
(SANTIAGO. Chile. Sept. 16.
(A. P.) Tho Prince of Wales
was still marooned at Los Andes,
the Chilean terminus uf the
trans-Andean railway today,
lie was cuuKht there yesterday
when on his way bach to Argon
Una from his visit to Chile by 4
heavy snows in tho mountains
and a big landslide which block-
ed the railway lino.
AT
F,
CROWD
OPENING
III ALL
, ., . . . ... il -roan oli mo racmc iiiKiiway, r.u
In Spite Threatening weatneiLoui8ignot. a neomg motorist, be-
I Moved to have been driving a stolen
Thousands Attend Medford car. The jury hew mat .mo -officer
I acted in the line of duty.
Day Celebration Races
Make Big Hit Exhibits Are
Best in History.
TOMORROW'S PROGRAM.
Starts at 1:30 P. M.
Auto race five laps.
Running race 3-8 mile dash.
Helay motorcycle raco.
liibbon jump M c C 1 e a v e ' 8
trained horses.
Auto bug raco throo laps.
Hunnlng race 1-2 mile dash.
Motorcycle obstacle race.
Clown horse M c C 1 o a v o s
trained horses.
Flat race McClcavo's trained
horses.
Auto race five laps.
Ttunning race-r-G-8 mile dash.
inreo sets iiigti jumpers--bio- '
Hack-up auto race.
.....v. v . o v.... ... .....oum. -
7:30 P. M.
Vaudeville shown in
grandstand by Gcorgo
and company.
Dancing at pavilion.
front of
Andrews
Show in Merchants' building.
Willi ruin threatcnim- Hie outdoor
events including the rodeo and rae-
Ing progrntn. the Indoor shows at too
opening of the annual Jackson Coun
ty Kair today were well patroni.ed.
Two five lap auto races were sched
uled at the last minute and if weather
permits, two five lap races with local
drivers and local cars will oc run
each afternoon during tho fair.
The merchants' building Is the fln-
est. that has ever been seen at a fair
In HiIh county. Decorations planned
I,,fit "'bt completing their booths.
t imieiHiers lor me Hi'mi i-i ti-i-i ivviy
fii.,1 n fl tat li'n I Iv Hnni-filnH linntli n i-e
numerous. The finishing touch of
tho decoration scheme was accom-
iillshed vPHtprrliiv when n. nlcturo of
colol.s nmtI.hiB tho decorations, was
,,,H ,, ,h .-,,..,,....... ,h
merchants' building and tile entrance
to the woman's building.
Exhibits In the woman's building
this year, hi addition to being moro
numerous than ever before, are de-
former exhibits In every way. The
flower section presents a say mans of
color and after lcwlnu It no doubt Is
left In tho mind of the observer con
cerning the pntwlhllity of raising flow
ers hem equal to the best In Califor
nia or Portland.
The food exhibit Is declared to be
larger than ever before. Following
I the races. C. K. Gates will take his
of the wo-
lon everything
In this exhibit.
HoateHHru this afternoon were MIhb
Alice Hanley and Mesdames McOrack
en and J. W. Wakefield. Hontennes
for the eveninff are Mrs. R I lirown
nnd Mm. M. J. NorriH. Thursday af
tcrnoon Mrs. H. C. Smith and Mrs. It.
h, Uoolnaon will servo as hosteHBcn.
(Continued on page two)
I STOCK BROKER
Activities of the firm which -prob
ably will be knovni as Dempsry and!
Khcwitt. win he contincti soiciy to tnc
financing of corporations, a business
already carried on at a Now York
office.
It is probable that a branch office
will he opened In los Angoleti han
die the firm's operations on the Fa
clflc coast, Hhewitt said.
C.PJALENT
EXONERATED
FORIIING
Local Speed Cop Within Rights
in Shooting Fugitive, Albany
Jury Declares Claims Gun
Was Discharged By Colli
sionGirl Tells Her Story
of Affair.
ALBANY, Ore.. Sept. 1G. A cor
oner's jury hero yesterday exonerated
C. P. Talent of Medford. u state traf
fic officer who shut and fatally
wounded near Jefferson, on a side
In an oral supplement to the for
mal verdict the Jury stated that It
was convinced tho shooting was acci
dental, but that there was insufficient
evidence to stato this in tho written
verdict. Talent claimed on tho wit
ness stand that his gun was dis
charged accidentally when tho auto
mobile in which he was riding with
N. C. Chancy, district attorney of
Jackson county, collided with another
automobile.
The members of the jury were C.
C. Hall. Dennis Merrill, Glen Junkin.
Q. T. Hockensmith, I''. O. Carty and
Ud Washburn.
Witnesses wore examined by dis
trict Attorney Jewelling.
Chancy is Witness
The witnesses wore Talent, Chaney,
Dr. B. It. Wallace, who examined tho
body, Wayne Uvoi-housor, Phillip
Yagelskl and Gcnia Owen. Over
bolder and Yagelskl were in an auto
mobile which was overtaken by the
fugitive und with which the officers'
our collided whon the fatal shot was
firod. , Ccnla Owen is tho eighteen
'iyettl, oW, .,, ,a8.vu Loulsig
.not. . . . . ,
I Tho testimony of Chaney, Ovor-
1,.,1-n,. aH Vun-nlukl rtva I .Mi 1 1 V mr.
roborated Talent's deposition, though
tho two latter wcro not .'certain that
the shot was exactly simultaneous
with tho impact of tho collision with
their car. .
Talent said that he had no inten
tion of killing tho fugitive, but be
lieved he would have been Justified
In shooting him intentionally, lie
und Chancy testified that Talent fired
several shots in the ulr, believing this
would stop the fugitive car.
iln Tciis Story
Tho girl's statements in all respects
did not tally, as given on tho witness
stand and as given to others outsldo
tho inquest.
On the stand she said that she, her
father, G. T. Owen, her mother, and
a brother, arrived at Grundview,
Wash., about two weeks ago from
their home at Troy, Mont. It was
their Intention to pick hops. At
Grandvlew they met Loulslgnot. Ho
and tho girl left Grandvlew and went
to CleRlum where, she said, they
telegraphed her father to come there
also. Her testimony indicated that
she did not know whethsr ho had left
Grandvlew, und she said she did not
know his whereabouts at tho present
,tln0.
She said that sho had lived
with Loulslgnot tho lust two weeks.
Describing the flight from tho offi
cers, Miss owen saiu:
I wanted him to atop when tho
shooting began, but ho wouldn't. Ho
said he was in troublo but he
wouldn't tell mo what It was."
Loulslgnot told her, alio aald, that
his mother lived In Albany and that
ho was going thero to ace her. No
ono by that name is known horo.
After the inquest the girl tola sov-
oral persons that her father knew
sho and Loulsisgnot wcro going away
together and that Loulslgnot had pro
mised to marry her.
I wanted him to atop In every
town wo camo to so wo could be mar
ried," sho said, "but ho wouldn't do
it." She also said that sho made scv.
crul attempts to got away from him
A inormcr Convict.
SALEM. Ore. Sept. 16. Records
at the Btato penitentiary here indi
cate that Ed Loulslgnot. who was
killed near Jefferson, yesterday hyl viTTSFIKLD. Mass., Sep. IB. (A.
C. P. Talent, a stato traffic officer.',,, Herbert Parsons of New. York
was a former convict. This is also ani) inox, former chairman and
the belief of Harry Levy, a meat promlnent republican party leader in
market man here 'who eaya that he f;ovf York, died at the House of
once employed Loulslgnot at Forest Mercy hospital hero today,
flrove, whero, says Levy, tho Louis-I Death came as tho result of an In
ignot family lived. Jury suffered In a motor-lilcyclo
Prison records show that Loulsig-, accident at Lenox Saturday. Ho rc
not was received at tho penitentiary. eclved a rupture of the kidney.
October il, 1904 from Multnomah I Mr-. Parsons had presented his
county, to serve three years for lar-Jyoung son with a bicycle equipped
ccny by bailee! Ho was 24 years old with a motor driven rear wheel,
at tho timo and was listed as a mar-l While demonstrating it to tho lad
rled man. Whilo working with a front of his summer homo at Lonox,
road gang on the slough road near.lt suddenly overturned. One of tho
Salem, he escaped Juno 6, 1905, and handlebars struck him imthn body,
wns captured In Portland July 82. Mr. Parsons was lrn In New York
1905 by Charles Hiiddlcaon, a prison October 28. 19.
htrnlinv. art. hnlrla Iho nitlnn nnnl-l
Hon now.
All of Loulslgnot's good'
time credits wire taken away from Seymour L. cromwou, inrincr prosi
him and ho was discharged Decern- "ont of ijie New York stock exchange
w ii nn) inihnriiie. heliev. he and whTuly known hanker aWI bro-
serwd a later term Wlr another
name, q
Loulslgnot
..X.
Was again returned to
(Continued on Page Two)
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Steps Out of Magazine Cover
Kathrvn HiH't htt is her fortune. Countless thousands havo
il ir their homes who do not know her name. After having served
aa model (or tpany magauint covers by Harrison fisher, she now
it winningMamt Ui the movie. ,
SALEM MAN COUGHS
HE SWALLOWED
SALPMOre., Sopt. 1C A'n oftl
taslilunod gold on point, swallowed
by J. F. Young of this city when he
was a small child, was coughed up by
Young at his home here yesterday.
(the tip of the pen point was In good
condition but the remainder was
badly corroded, indicating that the
tip had become lodged in btfi throat.
Physicians attending tho case declare
that the point must have becomo stuck
In his bronchial tube,
WINS BY 6 UP
IN 1ST
DHL MONTR, Calif.. Kept. 16. (A.
r.) Captain A. Bullock Webster.
Hollywood, dropped his lltlo of stato
amateur golf champion hero today
when ho lost to Frank Dulu. Portland,
Ore., In the match play round of tho
state nninteur golf championship tour
ney. Tho score was 0-4.
Webster was "away off his game,"
and was particularly poor on tee
shots. The Portland player won in
handy fashion but faces a field of
stiff competition for tho champion
ship. Francis Itrown. Honolulu favorite,
put himself away up In front when
he defeated Krank Kwecney, Hun
Bornardlno, 5 and 4. H. Chandler
Egan, Medford, Ore., national ama
teur champion twenty years ago, won
n place In the California champion
ship fight when ho defeated liay
Palmer, Kanta Barbara. and 4.
Hon Stein. Seattle, defeated Allon
Moscr, Los Angeles, 6 and 5.
The Noted. Dead
iu, ""P'-
today at his home at. Morris-I
i town. IS. J.. Ol injuries suiicreo wneir
he fell from a horse moro than t
week ago. Death was duo to if
CHANDLER EGAN
ROUND
eusaloof ye brain.
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UP PEN POINT
OVER 20 YEARS AGO
Young, who-Id now 28 years old
has beoti bothered slncn childhood
with poor health that hnB baffled
every physician consulted. Ilia 111
iieas lias heen marked with frequent
fits of coughing, during which blood
would appear. It was during an occa
sion of this kind that tho pen point
was ojocted from Ills system yester
day. His mother, with whom ho is
living, believes that Young must have
swallowed the pen point moro than
20 years ago.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
DKNVRH, Colo., Sept. 16. (A. P.)
nay Shank. 62, shot and killed two
members of his family early today,
attempted to take tho life of a third
and then sought to end his lifo by
drowning hiinsolf in a both tub.
Tho dead:
Mrs. Marlon Shank, 49, his wife;
Paul Shank, 19. a son. The soil was
shot in tho head as he lay asleep on
a sleeping porch. Mrs. Shank was
killed In tho living room.
Family friction is believed by offi
cers to havo been Iho inollvo for tho
crime. .
Olvorco papers, filed by his wife
and served on him yesterday, were
found under Shank's pillow.
A daughter, Kulll. IS. escaped by
running from tho house. Attracted
by her screams, a neighbor camo to
her usslstanco and grappled with the
father, who broko loose nnd rotlrod
to tho house whero ho uttompted to
end his own life.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 10. (A. P.)
Jack II. Carter, &.r, logger, stubbed
his wife, Mrs. Leona Carter. 33, and
onded his own lifo by stabbing him
self at a rooming house horo early to
day. Ho (Hod ut a hospital. Mrs.
Carter Is in tho saino hospital suffer
ing from wounds In hor buck and right
arm, but hor condition is not serious.
.Mrs. Carter told tho police that tho
stubbing occurred lifter sho und lier
husband hud been drinking uioonshluo.
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
CHICAdO. Sent, in. (U. S. Bll
reau of Mai'kots) Klevon cars of
California pears received; 1 Doltt-
waro; 7 New York: 6 Oregon; 6
Washington; 1 Michigan by boat;
H2 cars on track.
California bartletts. 1313 boxes,
$2.50 to $4.20: mostly $3.15 to 3.40.
Washington bnrtletis, 51 1'boxes, $2.30
to $2.50: mostly around $2.40. No
Oregon bartlctui i not oil today. . Yes
orday's Oregon bartlotls wore 3247
boxes, S2.45 to 13.70; . inoslly $a to
$3S.
Heavy Itiiliu) at Id-nil.
11 F.N I), Ore., Sept. HI. Italn was
plentiful all ovor tho Deschutes na-
lional lorest yesterduy and lost night,
according to reports received at tho
maln nrflcn In Hend. A heavy show-
er laJ yesterday afternoon In Hand
was followed by Intermittent showers
during the night,
General Wood's Son
Sued for Divorce
In N. Jersey Court
WILMINGTON. Del.. Sept. III.
(A. P.) Among the tllvnrco
suits listed for trial at the Sep-
temher term of the superior
! court today was that of Kather- f
f Ine Thompson Wood, aK.tiust
fr Lieutenant Oslun-ne t. Wootl. fr
! son of Gilvernor General Leon- I
4 I Wimil nr the I'hliiiiiilneH. 4
Court Is scheduled to open Men-
.tiny. Tho suit, was tiled last
July.
T
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BY
OF
MELON PATCH
George Hamlin of Portland Is
Dead and Father Dying As
Result of Shooting On Mc-
Minnvillc Ranch Deny j
They Were Stealing Melons-1
Mc.M INN VILI.H. Ore.. Sept. 1 fi.
(A. P.) (leorBo llalnlin of Port
land was Itilh-d und his father,, V. K.
Ilanillll of rmllund was probably
fatallv shot last night by .1. S. Trent.
diilryinan, who thought tho men wero
robbing his watermelon pulrh two
ami ono-half miles southwest uf hero
oil tho Kheridan road.
, Tho. dead and Injured men were
inembers of an automobile party of
IN
SO
OWNER
deer hunters. Karl llamllu, brother )j,ifolletto in Wisconsin. Young Bob
of tho dead man and William Hum-' Wnn with n majority of SB.4IIG over his
Hii. nn undo, wcro oilier monibors of tlll.0o 0,,,0onts and a plurality of 85.
tlio party. I 4SS over his nearest opponent, noy
Trent was arrcHted shortly nfter p Wilcox of Hau Ciairo, tho Coolldgo
Ion o'clock last night by Sheriff CI, . republican candidate.
W. Manning und held in tho Ynm-( wilcox did not make tho run cx
hlll county Jail.- Tho two surviving pected of him by iitn supporters, car
Hafntlns also nro held pending an eying only fivo counties. Daniel
Imiuost Into tho'shootlng, which Cor- Woodward of Kaugaunn. running with
oner Olon Macy said probably would tho endorsement of tho Ku Klifx Klan
be held this afternoon. ' I was tho surprise candidate, 'finishing
The body of CScorgo Hamlin Is at third, carrying . three counties. Tho
an undertaking parlor here, and F. others went to LaFollotto by a wido
K. Hamlin is in n hospital horo, margin. '
whero physicians say ho Is not ex- From the first return until the last
pected to rocovcr. the oloction was LaFolletto, equalling
The shunting occurred about ton the victories of his father, tho former
o'clock last night. Trent told Slier-, Badger stnto senator in othor years.
Iff Manning that ho was called on Ono of tho surprises of the clcc
tho telcphono by a neighbor and . t'on was tho poor showing by Fran-
warned that his watermelons wero
being raided. Ho said ho procured
his shotgun und wont outside. Hear
ing a noise, as If soiueono wcro
climbing his fenco and seeing an
automobile nearby, ho fired both
barrels ut the cur, ho said.
Trent declared that ho firod point
blank, thinking his gun was louded
on.y wan r.co. as no na.i n.Hiruciea
his Bona to bo rlmrgo it nnd hud cx -
Hininod tho hIipIIh jirovlmm to tho
shooting nnd wn convinced they
had boon oponrd nnd ro-chm-ffcrt.
The drad nnd wounded mon, how
ever, each received heavy chin'Ren of
buckshot, uccordlng to HliurlfC Man
ning. Tho dend man haH no vent 1 Hhot In
the upper part of hit back, nhoul-
deiH and neck, while the ftaher also
has ucvcral heavy Hhot In IiIh back.
Tho Hurvivhig HnmlliiH deny that
they wcro robbing tho melon patch,
l'lklnif SKt.liglit,
AVitllttin Hamlin, ono of the aur
vlvora, In an nccount of tho shoot-
Ing said (leorgo Hamlin was driving pendent and will run under that dos
tho car ami had stopped to adjust lgnatlon lu tho final election Boptoni
tllo spotlight. They had again gotten bcr 29.
undor way und hud driven about two I Two othor republicans may enter
blocks when a shot was heard. Thoy tho list In tho flnnl oloction. They aro
thought their own shells In tho back M. A. Dlthmo. formor lieutenant goy
of tho car had exploded. ernor, and Arthur Barry, tho only
Tho churgo from ono shot struck avowed candidate. Thoro wore ro-
both floor.ro Hamlin ho sat at'
tho steering wheel and his father,
who was In a rear scut on the oppo
site side of tho cur.
Oeorgo went into convulsions, Wil
liam said, and he took tho wheel and
returned hurriedly to McMlnnvlllo
with the vic tims.
He entered a cigar store to tolo
pliono for a physician.
Deputy Sheriff Pierre Mend wns In
lho cigar storo and on lenrning
tho shooting ho went to tho point
described by Hamlin to Invcatlgato.
Ilriiln as Well uh llrawn.
lIBHKKbKV, Col. Helen Wills has
been elected lo Phi Heta Kappa.
LA OlIANDn.
terrific thunder
over Union nnd
Ore., Sept. 16. A
storm which swept
Wallowa counties
lata yostorday took a toll of ono life,
delayed threshing In Wallowa county,
and caused an unosllmated amount
uf damage to pruno und uppio orch-
urds near t'ovo.
Wayne Wlllett, 23, of Wallowa, was
killed by a bolt ot lightning when he
soughiQbelter from tn4 alorm under
TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS EASTERN
0REG0N.0NE K1LLED.CR0PS DAMAGED
III FOLLETTE
JR. WINS IN
WALKAWAY
Son of 'Fighting Bob' Beats
Father's Majority in Badger
State Primary Klan Can
didate Is Third Democrats
Fail to Get Enogh Votes to
Qualify.
MII.VAliKi:i:. Wis.. Sept. 16. (A.
I'.) Youth outdistanced ull opposi
tion at yesterday's senatorial primary.
Hubert M. IJiKollctto, Jr.. Just Inside
tho ago limit, swept everything before
him, carrying all
but eight of the 71
counties In tho
state and rceolvod
tho republican
nomination for tho
United States sen
ate. With but 369
precincts missing
out of a total of
2L'69 in tho stato
IjoKolletto had
163.584: Wilcox
7i.!i9fi: Woodward
37.227; McOovern
17.R66.
The same num-
her of precincts gave Hruee, democrat.
16347; itogers, democrat,. 157 and
. Work, socialist, 6630;
Tho voto today represented some
what less than half tho voting
strength of tho stale, slightly moro
than 300.000 going to the polls, hut
Onujn tt.li.i ,11,1 i.n,-ljt At-nrl In tin lltl-
..... limlmr their desire to retain
r'8
K. McOovern, former governor.
Ho was beaten by Woodward, a man
who. when he was governor, ho ap
pointed warden of tho stato peni
tentiary. Tho election was fatal to the domo
cratlo cause In tho stato. William
Oonrgo Bruce, selected to make tho
raco by tho stato democratic conven
tion, wub iinnhlo to poll sufficient
, , t Uo lho fUmI
l
rare.
II in count did tint roach tho requir
ed fivo per cent of tho democratic to
tal in tho liiHt election In 1034 or 15,
685 votes. Thero Is BOtno doubt about
tho ability nf John M. Work, tho bo
clallHt candidate to nmko tho re
quired goal. -
Tho voto wrh especially light yestor-
day, although the Ihhuo In tho cam-
jmln wan utrlctly a LaFollotto and
I antl-lJiFollotto fight. IaFollotte made
a walkaway of tho raco, but will bo
oppoHcd at tho final election by hi
moat formidable opponent of yester
day, Itoy P. Wilcox, who ran as a rc
nubllcan but also filed as an indo-
Prta last nignt inanwnma aim d.
ry aro considering withdrawing.
Young LaFolletto, If ultimately
olocted, will be ono o ftho youngest
members of tho senate. Ho barely
qualifies aa to ago requirements mi
lder the const llutlon, having recently
turned 30. Ho is unmarried.
For a number of years the nom
inee was secretary of tho late Sena
tor rtobort M. LaFolletto and is chair
man nf tho republican stato contra!
ot. committee
During tho primary campaign 1-a
Fnllette mado a tour of tho stale
speaking to largo audlencos. Plans In
his platform wcro based principally
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a tree. Wlllett's mother, bringing
hint a coat to the field whore he and
his father were working, witnessed
the death. Two horses were killed it
few minutes later by another bolt of
lightning. Huge halltono fell
about Cove, smashing windows and
severely damaging crops.
Tho storm was not so severe :ui"
and no great damage waa reporteu. .
Rain has fallen here inoewantly
during the last fifteen hours. 4
'cm