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Med eord Mail Tkibune o o Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OKKGOX, SUNDAY. MAY IS, JjO. No. 57. Today By Arthur Briabant Much About Prohibition. Morrow's Dilemma. 2 Sailors x Bootleg - 2 Killed. Rogers, Babe and R Suckling. Copyright Kln& Features Synd. Inc. Ambassador Morrow's lint is the rinsr, nml ardent pro- ibilionists ore llirowmg stones t it. The ainlinssnilor says the fed . . . :,. i r... trill goveriiim-ni' i i atlt'iid to prohibition details in the states, hii.vs the prohibit- the f;u of complete unofficial re- , Ijiw should be repealed, and l,"'n" f,'"m "" "s J'K"n county inhibition taken out o 'onstlt ill mil. f 'lie M Mine siiiiiiiu ; niissionership , i If lOeil IU ,1411111... own leals Jlrink problem, .pist ns it Jiow with its horsp-thiel proh- iii, and divorce problem. The ambassador speaks kinil- Vtf prohibition, but that will "n;h",1,"'nB'y' ?;"h ,a vote , of iWj 1 , . . to H7 fur Alfonl, a major- Wot saVc lum with prohibition- ity or 4gi. ists, who, deeply convinced, de- humd all or nothing. It will be an interesting ciim- man. Dripping wet Democrats toinplaining that Morrow is not Wry enough, the bone-dry Re-land Jacksonville, with slight leads luliliciin running independent y against Morrow. The administration must be npposed to Morrow since it is Irier than "India's burning hands." Mr. Morrow is capable. New Jersey with him as senator would get more than with any- loily else. lhc statpj is nptoriously yet r. Morrow'Woiild probably be piectea nut lor tne lael that, lie lis in favor of the League of N'a- ions. Diffieult situation for a man, honestly seeking an op pinrtiinitv to prove that one sue- essful in business eould be use- Jful in public office. While Mr. Morrow was tell ig New Jersey what he thought bout prohibition, two sailors were shooting each other to uVnth in the home of one at l.akewnod, New Jersev. flood friends, they bad served in the liiavy for twelve years, had just lecn honorablv diseharired. Wed to celebrate, and did it iwith bootleg Honor. Uolb were mil ycsterlay morning, rid- wil with bullets. ... The walls were spattered with bullets, and blood, windows wore broken, furniture smashed. 'W, Uobert Kvans, was dead, I'ead crushed in: the other. Al bert Dufry, two bullets in his '"ad, two in his body, was mor nlly wounded. Fifty shots had ''"ii fired. t was the usual powerful bootleg whisky. The second verse of the eighth ''aim applies to Will Rogers. It sVs: "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou bast "1'tained strength." Horn in the lonesome prairie, 'lis earliest recollection n ride on -uarii uucKoone or an wkih , vy1"" "teer, Rogers is a babe ' sucKiing of nature, yet lie ""Wages to put the truth so simply that even an Anglo maniac can understand him. i.V8. in the Seattle Post '"telligcneer: "It looks like our boys went tier a treaty, and Japut gaiiK cnt after ships. Well, they l,0'h Rot em." o q That's exactly what liappAi- "' Ja nan knew nml demnnded w"at she wanted and got what s"e wanted. O "e wanted some kind a '"aty, nnv Vftwl nf n trentv hc e fr'ogt. 1 erhaps the Senate Wull t allow it. (Continued on Pg Three) ALFORD IS WINNER IN CLOSE RACE Incumbent County Commis sioner Leads Billings By 161 Complete Unofficial Returns Fail to Change Indicated Results. oorgo Alfonl. Incunilirnt, on lie' uepuimean ... ... ii'muiiiiiiuii iur me county com- over Ralph Hillings j of Ashland. Ii of llil voles. llie narrow margin The total vote of Jackson coun ty on the contest was: Alfonl 1972 rsillings 1811 Alforil's majority ltil Itillilll? Oill-t-ill l.n.no Alfonl carried the thirteen Med ford precincts however, with a two to one vote, receiving in thin city 1092, to 51S for Billinfis, wmcn onset the hitter s lead rolled up in the Llthia city. Alfonl carried the two Phoenix precincts by substantial majorities and held his nivn in fVntriil P.iint in tlold Jlill nml Koxy Ann and also in the rural precincts. The southern end of the county was strong for Hillings, and he received the entire vote in Climax and 1'lnehurst. School Silo landslide Proponents of the WashinKton school site for the county court house scored a heavy victory, and polled a total of 3410 votes. The armory site secured . a total of 1012 votes. Of this number 855 were in this city, 185 in Ashlnntl and 572 In the country districts. Medford precincts voting for t he armory silo were Northwest Med ford Southeast -MeoTordy" .North' east Aledfonl, hy one vote; Houth Central and. North Central. Rurnl precincts voting for the armory site were Antioch, Butte Kails and Kaulo Point, the latter hy one vote; Willow Springs was tied, at IS all. The measure calling for the con struction of the county courthouse, met with ctose to unanimous favor with a vote of 4044 for; 330 against. Norlilad Fnvorile (lovernor Norhlad carried Jack son county hy a majority of CHS, over his nearest rival, Harry L. Coi-hett. Norblad carried every precinct in Medford and Ashland, and all the country precincts ex cept (iriffln Creek, North and South Jacksonville, Pcrrydale, West and ICast Phoenix, which went for Corhett. Joseph carried one precinct Winier. The run-ners-up received no vote In that precinct. Joseph polled 169 votes this city, 1U4 in Ashland, and 3111 in the rural areas. The vote for governor was: Norhlad 1798 Corhett .1135 Joseph 6!'t Hall 281 Bennett 0U Jeffreys 08 Wilbur Ijcuds In County In the Democratic contest lor the gubernatorial nomination, Wil bur eurried the county over Italley by 3il votes, the vote standing us Hows: Wilbur llailey . Hough Piper . In the 334 28 235 175 legislative nominations (uncontested), Halhert S. Deuel, received 2344 votes, nnd his run ning mate, II. Ii. Day. secured 2245. State Senator Ceorge Dunn of Ashland, unopposed, receiveu 2U1.1, the high mark of the vot ing. I'or national commlleeman. inu vote was: Kalpll Wiiliums -11 ' Walker 11(a Pierce I-'nvuml In the Democratic race for nat ional committeeman, former (lov ernor Pierce carried tho county over former uovernor follows: Pierre M0 West 3S1 The vote on other offices, was follows: Supreme Court Shepnrd ';c Campbell - I"87 Helt Coshow (dem) ; 638 (ounly Snrvryor liynning (rep) 2B'!2 Wood (dem) I', s. Senator Mc.Vary (rep) " Watklns (deir) ti,,i I'. S. HcpreM'llllllliX llawl-y irep) V-Wi Delzell (dem) O 63, soia Public Instruction "K12 Ilowaio 81- Ijilsir t'omnilvloner Gram ORAXGK. Va.f May 17.--Accompanfed hy U guests Yr; dent Hoover arrived at his Virginia fishing camp at noon today for a week end lishiug -trip. EASTERN FORESJ FIRES BURN Many nomes were destroyed by forest and brush fires In hows volunteers fighting forest fire near Murray Grove, N. J. homes destroyed near Forked River. N. J. FISH PETITIONS TO Committee Opens Head quarters In National Bank Bldg. 15,500 Names - Sought In' 30 Days. ' Initiative petitions for the Hogue river fishing co'islllutionul amend ment, which ii passed will limit the fishing In Hoguo river after January 1 to hook and line, com monly known as angling, were put In circulation yesterday upon receipt of Information from the ofrlces of llie secretary of stuto voicing final approval of the title of the. measure nnd favor of the petition. 1 It will he necessary for circulat ors of tile petitions to secure 15, 5011 certified signatures of leg- iHt,.red voters within the next 30 days in order to get the amend ment a place on the ballot in the November election. Offices of the Itogue Iliver com millee. which is composed 0r i members of the Jackson County t ..... ..-i ivn fiMuoHut ion unu .t, i..u..)ilrw i-i.imiv chanter of ; I h lzaak Walton League, have been established in room 3U8 Nat- 1 it. mil liniik building and are jn j charge of H. I. Noblllt, secretary, of the committee While these petitions will ie circulated in every county of Ore gun, the committee desires to have the measure endorsed by every registered voter in Jackson and Josephine counties. All citizens Interested in con serving the almost depleted fish life in the itogue are asked to circulate petitions, which can be obtained at the office, or from i i. wiio ci ..ii n li member of the committee "amv registered voter, who voted I llt the last 'election or recent prl- ' marles is entitled to sign the pet!- 'ass, tion. Members or me committee state that they anticipate that tho public spirited women of Oregon will be as much interested in the measure as the men, as tho amendment's success will perpet uate for coming generations an advantage which would otherwise bo lost. Voluntary offers to circulate pe titions are being received by the committee from the most remote parts ut Oregon, showing that there is general desire on tho part of the people to conserve this great natural asset, they, report. CliKKN liAi, mis., aiay i'- (?) Tho tramp steamer Anster- berg, with 4U00 cones of Canadian CLOSE RIVERIRAIDED CLAIMS !IN ClRCipiION beer and ule nwmiu '"" "M (Hit. iioo. was captured late ye-r SAN KKANCISCO, May 17. P) day by a crew of the I'lum Island j The Henry Duffy players, operat eoiist guard Htation as It at- j in five theaters In Han Francisco, temtited to run into Green liayjLos Angeles and Portland, were from !aky-NM!chn. The r-reV of five men. nrined with rifles, offered no resintance wh-n th coast guardsmen board--the shii various Below ESCHEAT FUNDSJAS. EDMISTON TREASURER KAYl Irreducible Schools Fundi Suffers From Charges of i Undertakers, Sextons and Attorney Practice Held Questionable, Cases Cited. SALK.M, Ore., May Attorneys, undertakers, 17. OT upprulsei-H and others who have, access to the funds of persons who die without!"1 'n heirs are aroused hv Stuti Trimn- Home ' I urer Kay of raiding these funds and getting possession of money nil ii ituiei ly niitiuiii fniiifiu in the state. Hy practices which he I brands as questionable the state j treasurer declares the state irre ducihle school fund Is being de prived of large sums which, under the escheat law, should go to ben efit of the school system. County courts also are blamed for being too generous in the allowance of various fees. The school fund is administer- c' nv the state land board. Un less tho practice to which he ob- J'05' 'H stoped the trejisurer says he will, as a meiuber of the land board, file objections to the final accounts ami expose the disburse ments, using the names of persons acfiulrinK the monies. Kay cues several examples or ; what he terms raids on the escheat ! funds. On u.stuto that originat- ! ed in 1920 nmounted to ft 242.: The decedent left no debts cept medical and funeral expenses, ! yet all the slate got 10 years later ; was $18.15. Another estate dwln-! idled from $22L'G.L'U to $700. 7. The rest of it went to undertakers. from uruniMj"" ,v '- t neys ree anoweu was -uu, ai- though Kay says the statutory n Ti .V" , , Probably the most glaring es I- ex ample of a raid on tho estate of a decedent dying without heirs," says tho treasurer, "was one which consisted entirely of cash in the Portland banks, amounting to Ti 53.37. The decedent left no debts, but by, the time the proceeds of tho estate reached the common school fund, they had dwindled to $1(180.1)8." The statement shows that the total Interment expense In this case was $1115, while lcgnl fees and medical service cost $74 7.30, "In this case," says Kay, "the appraisers were allowed $30 as compared with the statutory fee of f .1 a day for each appruiser, for appraising assets apparently represented -filrnost entirely by bank accounts.' The Wratlivr Oregon: Generally cloudy Hun lay and Monday but becoming lJ."nr in southwest portion Sunday, i Miowers In extreme northwest; (portion. Moderate temperature. j M0(j,.rate northwest winds on tho ; cout. today placed In the hunritf of ft re ceiver. folloivinK the filing of an involuntary petition In bankruptcy and a petition for the appointment of a receiver. MANY HOMES I AnnnHolttt Press Photo eastern states. Upper picture is remains ot one of large TO H. KIERSTED Fine Sams Valley Property ana implements in $oo,- Q00 DealOakdale Home it Payment; ; One of the largest real estate transactions of tho year was com pleted hy tho Charles A. Wing Agency, Inc.', Saturday after ne gotiations of several weeks, where by the .lames K, ICdmlston orch- Snms valley, consisting of 0 acres and known ns the Silver wood orchard, was sold to 1 larry W. Kiersted, the consider ation being upwards of $40,000. . a the consideration was W. Kiersted residence .i,n Harrv ut gqg Houth Oakdale. This home was formerly known as the George W. Treichler homo and is consid ered to be one of the finest resi liences of Medford. The consid eration was up wants of 91 3,000. Implements Included The Silver wood orchard was started by Mr. Kdmlston a num ber of years ago and has had his personal attention for a number of years; is ideally located and adjoins the Van lloevenburg orch ard In Sams valley. All tools and Implements were included In the transaction. The total transaction was In excess of $fri,000. Mr. Kiersted took possession of ,hp ,m.hard Saturday and Mr. and Mrs. Kdmlstfin will take possession ,w. Kih Oi.lt. h.li. hnm the , forepurl of next month. The Kd l" I nilsliin nlan in makiiiif the Oak- d;k, prp(,rty their permanent home. MIimn thnp Ml. Kiersted has been wanting to get Into fruit growing anil he Is a firm believer in orcharding in the Hogue Hiver valley. lie plans on making ex tensive alterations at once to the buildings on the ranch. GRAF ZEPP READY FOR OCEAN JAUNT F K IM DR T ( II H 1 1 A F K N , Germany, May 17. iA') If weather permits, the Graf will float upward at 0:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon (8; 00 a. in. POT) and turn Its nose In the direction of Seville for another flight to the New World and re turn, The first stop will be the Span ish city, where a fiO-fuot moor ing mast has been erected, The great German dirigible expects to reach there Monday and remain all night, taking off early Tuenday for Pernambuco, Hrazll, In its fir flight across the South At- lantic and across the equator. It will stop at Klo Janeiro. then head northward for Havana nnd Iikehurst, N. J., where it will prepare for the return fllKhl Seville nnd Frledrlchshufen. to l'OItTIAND. Ore.. May 17. OTI i ORCHARD I. lJng, who established the iJingj employe in tho flroat Northern Company kindness In Portland ; repair shops, crawled Into a roar in IsHJ, announced today that thoj Ing fire box. nnd was cremated company would go into liquidation! tonight. Dr. I. 8. Collins, deputy shortly. I coroner said. PENN UNDER EKE OF SENATE Three Counties Ordered to Send Ballots to Capital, Following Reports of Crooked Plots Dark Hints From New Jersey. WASHINGTON. Mny 17. (P) 'Alarmed Ly "wull grtmniii'd re ports" of an attempt "to alter tMertion ret urns" in tho Pennnyl vimia senatorial primary on Tues day, Chairman Nye. if the senate campaign funds iuvesliKatinK com mittee today wired state attorneys In three counties of that statolo forward the renins immediately to Washington. Final plans for a close check-up hy the senate committee of Tues-! day's election to decide tho race between Senator Grundy and Sec-1 retary Davis for tho senatorial nomination will ho determined at a special Pennsylvania primary. if conditions warrant it, Nye j Is ready to call immediate henr j ings on the Pennsylvania situation ! next week. Mis fears of n scheme to alter the returns were expresM-, ed after a personal Investigation this week but he would not am plify. H was recalled by so mo com mittee members that the returns four years ago in the Kovornor shtp race In Pennsylvania were not tabulated finally until Friday after the Tuesday elections. That was referred to In tho discussion over the committee's request for a report hy Wednesday night on the election returns in three coun ties. Nye addressed his telegram to county attorna-, in Pittsburgh, Nye so Id he , had from heard Now some "rumblings" jersey where the republicans are.- en-1 i Ceil., in .-Q.thrpa-ciunorxuX - .rune ovor the sonatorlshlp. He added there were not plans at present for an Inquiry In that Ntate. F1TTSRU R G II . May 17 . (W Ilecause Pennsylvania In company with Illinois, achieved a doubtful distinction in the 192G republican primary campaign, tho Keystono state contest this year has to out ward appearances, undergone a reformation with rospnet to ex penditures. Whether such a rennalsanco has actually taken place or wheth er the outlet of senatorial expen ditures is being made through general amcmhly candidates, prob ably cannot ho determined until after the ballots are counted Tues day and the accounts of tho can didates are filed with the secre tary of the senate. On that day. which may become as eventful In state political his tory as tho second Tuesday of May, 1U2G. the republican party will have determined whether Jo seph H. Grundy, James J. Davis, Francis H. llohlen. or Webster Garfield Drew shall enter tho fall election as the nominee for the sennte. Tho nnmlnee for governor nlso will bo chosen from Francis Khunk Hrown. Glfford Plnchot nnd Thomns W. Phillips Jr. SENTENCE JUDGE AS GIRLS' SLAYER DALLAS, Tex., May 17. W) John W. Brady of Austin, Texas, former high court Judge, was con victed and sentenced to throo years' imprisonment today In his second trial for the stabbing of Lehlla Hlghsmith, young stenog rapher. The Jury In tho second trial took five ballots. The first ballots showed eight to four for conviction and tho third favoring a death sentence. A three-year sentence was later agreed on. 'When the foreman of tho Jury read the vordlct Mrs. Brady throw her arms about the defendant und lmth huryt Into sobs. "I didn't do it; I didn't do It," cried Brady. "I do not deserve that sentence." WORRY CAUSE OF LEAP IN FLAMES A' I HI'OKANK, ter worrying Mny 17. P) two dayu over dls- I clpllning given lilin by his supcr- 'or N"gn"ka, M, a .Inpenese Oregon Girl Is National Champ o Home Economics 'ii CHICAGO, 111., lay 17. ( 4 Miss Tlielnm Cornelius of Cor- nellils. Ore., was selected to- dny as national clmmiilon In the seventh niitioiinl livestock und meiit hounl with the sup- port of the United States lie- ! parlmcnt of agriculture, col- legos mid high schools. T h e announcement was ! made hy Hie committee of home economics women us- ! seinlileil to judge contest for high school home economics ! iuiils and to nwiurt nocoin- pnnyiiiK prizes for tu-holur- ships. District winners included Miss Mnrthn Cwinn of Wich- Hu, Kas. Eastern Oregon Champions Win State Title Two to One Local Youths Bring Home Baker Cup. EUGRNR, Ore., May 17. (ff) McLaughlin Union high school of Milton-Kreewater, enptured the Oregon state debate championship here tonight by defeating Medford high school, champion of western Oregon. The debate was held at the Guild hall on the university campus. Marie Van Dyke and P. Clare Vause, McLaughlin debaters, up held the affirmative side of the question of establishing a cabinet ! form of government for Oregon. (f-ho Medford dohaters wore Wll Ham Dougherty Jr., winner ot the i!eeiit ", iKtek oratorical contest, und George Wlnne. The De Coux cup, offered 1 by Professor 13. 13. De Coux was awarded to the McLaughlin de haters, while tho Barker cups, of fered by Vice-President Burt Brown Barker, were given to both teams for winning tho champion ships of eastern and westorn Ore gon. Tho Medford team won the western Oregon championship In a local debate a short time ago, defeating tho Corvallls team 3 to 0. In previous debates, tho splen did rebuttal speeches given by Wlnne hnve tuken the Judge's votes. Dougherty recently won the state constitutional oratorical contest and placed fourth In the Pacific zone finals. . 4 FRANCE QUEEN ON SEAS SEIS SAIL HAVIIE, May 17. (P) France's newest liner and her largest dol sel motor ship the H. H. Lafayette of the French line tonight sailed for New York on her maiden trip bearing collateral descendants of the hero of tho American Revo lution for whom she Is named. Marquis Jacques do Damplerre, great grandson of the sister of the famous Marlo-Jean-Paullloch-YvcH-f illbert de Motler, Marquis de Jjifayette, was In the bridge as tho new trans-Atlantlo liner moved out of port. He and the marquise and their son Henri will be received In New York hy tho Thomus Jefferson memorial foundation. WAR ON SATAN NEW ORLEANS, May 17. OT Tho Southern HantlsW tonight adjourned their annual convention hero under u definite stand to war for a dry nation nnd to fight for defeat of uny political candidate, who does not advocate the present prohibition laws. T.j of tho lnm nets woro a ro ucMt to the churches to provide u budget' for the denominational state papers to solidify their posi tion In tho church and an appeal to usher In an "old time Baptist aplrltual evangelism to broach the I doctrine of sin and salvittlon and roclnlm tho backslidden churches." - Q The convention ended without a controversy over modern and fun damental Ideas on religion and without official gesture from the convention toward the hope t pressed by Dr. A. L. Miller, pres ident of the northern Baptist con vention, for the welding together of the two bodies. MEDFORD LOSES ITO M'LAUGHUN i iioi i nniTnnc MM IMHIimo 14:527 LEAD FOR JOSEPH IN PRIMARY Ed F. Bailey Has 1,016 Lead as Democrat Choice For Governor Wet Can didates Swamped Will iams Scores Easy Victory 40 Per Cent Vote. PORTLAND, Ore., May 17. OT Uite tonight when only 30 pre cincts had not completed tabula tion of votes cast In the guberna torial race Friday, Senator Geo. V. Joseph, republican, continued to hold a substantial ledd over his strongest opponent, Governor A. W. Norblad. Latest returns gave Joseph 50, 3J2 votes to 46,141 for Norblad. PORTLAND, Ore., May 17. (P) Senutor Oeorge W. Joseph, Re publican, whoso spectacular entry uil apparent victory In the Ore gon gubernatorial primary caused observers to repaint the political map of the state and Multnomah county (Portland) stood tonight triumphant on the platform ot which vindication was the pil lars. The man who a committee of Oregon lawyers recommended tov disbarment from the practice of law for life tor alleged attaok on two Justices ot the state Bupreme court, had a commanding lead ot 4,627 votes over A. W. Norblad, incumbent Republican governor, with but 168 ot the 1902 state pre: clncts Incomplete. . On tho basis of unofficial re turns from 1744 . precincts, Jos eph's total of 49,634 against Gov ernor Norblad's 46.107 gave him sufficient votes to Insure his nom ination; during the day hie lead over Norblad was cut down to 2 600, but outlying precincts gave Joseph the majority. Norblad's . home- county, Clataop.' gawthalr native son 4153 against Joseph's 266. J '! ' ' V- ' ' Hirry L. Corbett, Republican candidate foi governor and one of the four others who sought I the nomination, palled 33,166 tn the 1744 preoinots to trail third, al though the so-called elite vote of tho state and Multnomah county wub roported to have backed him. Charles Hall's total was 8,838; J. E. Bennett, 3,266 and John : A. Jeffry, 1769. Of the tour Democrats seeking tho nomination Kdward F. Bailey led the field after 1616 precincts had been reported. Hie lead over Qoorgo F. Wilbur was 1081 and mounted steadily as outlying state precincts came trickling In. Bail ey polled 10,626 and Wilbur , 444. A. C. Hough, Democrat, who tho day bofore the primary an nounced himself as favoring the modification of the eighteenth amendment, ran fourth with 2707 and Ed. 8. Piper, the fourth Dem ocratic candidate, polled (893. Besides Hough who publtoly an nounced himself as being opposed to', prohibition, L. B. Bandblust, Hepubllcan candidate for represen tative In congress from the third ili-'.rlct (Multnomah county) also ra.i on an anti-proniDiuon piai form. He ran second to Franklin K. Korell, Republican incumbent, who amassed 80,227 In the 632 precincts In the county. Band blust polled 13,026. Robert Dun can, the tnira canaiaaie ior mo congressional nomination, received 12,067. Senator Charles L. McNary, Re publican Incumbent, polled 61,418 In 1630 precincts for nomination ns United States senator. Elton Watklns, Democrat, who sought the nomination, received In the samo number of precincts, 7848. Rnlph K. Williams, Incumbent Republican national committee man, from out of 1630 preoinots polled 70,267 to Charles F. Walk ers' 44,841. Walter M. Pierce, former Oregon governor,, polled 16,820 In 1612 preoinots for the nomination as Democratlo nat ional committeeman and Oswald West, also a former Oregon gov ernor, received 9,287. A eprlngly pre-election political split featur ed this contost. ' ' Four hundred and ninety-three precincts gave Willis C. Hawley, Incumbont representative In oon gross from the first district 28, 328 and William A. Delsell, Dem ocrat, 6,273. Robert R. Butler, incumbent Republican congress' man from the second congression al district, was unopposed. - ' '' Ooorge 8. Shephard, Republican, wastrnlllng in 1616 precincts for supreme court Justice, position number five. Ho polled 44,411 against J. U. Campbell's 63,663. Olive P. Coshow, Democratlo In cumbent, polled 8,986. Harry A. Bolt, Republican Incumbent ' tor position number six on the state supreme court, unopposed, polled 28.870 In 644 preoinots, . C. A. Howard,' unopposed for state superintendent of publlo In struction, polled 23,811 In 644 precincts and H. C. Oram, incum bent labor commlslsoner, unop posed, 38,917. Lees than a 40 per eent. ote was cast In the primaries.