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SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1911.
NO. 182.
UNCLE SAM WI INVESTIGATES THE
UNITED SHOEllACIIIIRY WPAHY
EXPECTED THE PROBE WILL
LAND LEADERS IN THE PEN
CUT PUT IMMUNITY BATHS
Company Is Said to Have All B ut Ten of the 1400 Shoe Manu
facturers in the United States Under Control Not One in
Control of the Trust Will Be Allowed to Escape Through
Giving Evidence And It Is Predicted the Principal Officers
Will Be Landed in the Penit entariy.
UNITED I'RESS. .EASED WIBE.
Boston, Mass., August 1. War on
the United Shoe Machinery company,
the trust which Is said to control the
price of practically all the footwear
made in the United States, was
openl here today when a federal
grand jury began Investigation of its
activities. It Is believed that the
probe will land some of the trust
heads in jail.
When the taking of testimony be
gan before the grand jury, United
States District Attorney French ex
pected to ask indictments for crimi
nal violation of the anti-trust law.
He avoided the possibility of any iin
musity baths by calling only the in
dependent shoe ninufacturers who
have aided in precipitating the fight
on the trust. Not one of those who
control the United Shoe Machinery
company will be allowed to escape
through Riving evidence.
The United Shoe Machinery com
pany is said to have all but 10 of the
1,400 shoe manufcturers in the
United ' States under its control.
Contracts with the manufacturers
provide that they shall use only ma
chines belonging to the trust. No
machines owned by the trust are ever
sold outright, being merely leased
and a royalty exacted on every pair
of shoes manufactured. Six cents
per pair ia the amount of this royal
ty, which Is said to total in the
course of a year's production to
Bore than four times the value of
the machine. .
The Investigation Into the opera
tions of the shoe trust was begun
through the efforts of Governor Foss,
of Massachusetts and has been con
tinued by the Shoe .Manufacturers'
LACHIPUP
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CROSS BATS
DCJtBIX , GQES OUT AT FIRST
THROUGH CHAIR'S RULING IS
CAUGHT OUT AGAIN AT SECOND
AND DIES WITHOUT BEACHING
HOME PLATE. T
"He Is a great big noise; that Is
all."
Coming, as it did, from Mayor
Lachmund, and being addressed to
his lieutenant Councilman Durbln
that remark caused the spectators In
the council chamber last evening to
Prick up their ears with surprise be
cause it marked the break between
the mayor and his Fldus Achates and
they had expected to find the two
forking together as they have al
ways done heretofore.
But while the remark came as a
Surprise to the spectators it brought
"one of the elements of surprise to
those who had had their ears to the
ground for the past week,, for they
nead heard Councilman Durbin re
mark that at this particular meeting
f the council he was going to remark
we motion calling for the construc
' on of the Twelfth street bridge, one
the mayor's pet measures, clear
out of existence. When those re
marks reached the ears of the mayor
incidentally said that when it
wme to remarking on that question
wat he would have a 'few remarks
to emit, and that when he got through
Je would hang Durbin's hide on the
'ence to dm and he did, as he did
even have a "look in" with the
mayor last night
Opposes Biilldlnir of Bridge.
n, m tle of worda came wbPn
jjurom introduced a resolution ask-
tin the consideration of a mo
'n carried at a previous meeting of
s"r ,mcU Providing for the con
duction of the Twelfth street
tht u He reclted In the resolution
th k ,Jwoull take all the money in
"e Bridge fund. S7.S3n.7l) tn hnllrt the
Bumf' and that ln tne opinion of
uioer of councilmpn . this mnnev
should
but h pul 811 ln one "rlase
in rVcatterei1 among the districts
lined of bridges.
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Alliance, an organization formed
among some 30 shoe manufacturers
to "secure the right of sljoe manu
facturers to use in their business
such machines as may seem to them
best fitted for their needs."
FOREST FIRESARE
NOW UNDER CONTROL
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIIiB.l
Roseburg, Or., August 1. All for
est fires in Douglas county, save one,
were reported under control this af
ternoon by forestry officials. Should
the present climatic conditions re
min unchanged for 48 hours, it is be
lieved the present fire menace will
have been removed.
None of .the fires has reached dan
gerous, proportions. The conflagra
tlons were started by lightning.
WILL VISIT ASTORIA
AND BOOST EXPOSITION
t UNITED rilKSS LEASED WIHE.
San Francisco, August 1. A big
"booster" excursion will go from
here to Astorja, Oregon, on August
15 to attend the Astoria centennial
celebration and incidentally to root
for the Panama-Pacific exposition.
The centennial celebration directors
have set apart August 18 as Califor
nia day.
Wnsldnpton Town Burns.
UNITED I'RKSS LEASED WIRE.
Vancouver, Wash., August 1. Fire
today destroyed the business section
of the little town of Orchards, six
miles from Vancouver. Several
stores were burned. The loss Is esti
mated at $30,000.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS r BEING
POT IN WHICH WILL BE A
- SURPRISE TO YOU THE NEXT
TIME YOU VISIT THAT .PART
OP SALEM.
How many Salem people realize
the extent of the improving that Is
being done ln North Salem. North
Summer street, which, has been here
tofore an impassable thoroughfare,
has been transformed Into one of the
finest residence streets In Salem. A
beautiful redwood tree which stands
in the middle of the street near Mill
creek, and was planted by Judge
Waldo years ago, has been allowed
to remain, and the pavement built
around it. It is the only redwood in
this part of the country, and will be
come one of the sights shown to 'visi
tors of the Capital City. The Oaks
addition is to be paved on all its
streets, and D street is to be paved
for nearly a mile. The Universal
Construction company is putting
down El-Oso pavement on most of
these streets, and at the present time
is employing nearly 200 men. Man
ager Waters, of the Universal Con
struction company, says when they
are through with that part of the
town, Salem people will not know it.
It is well worth anybody's time to go
out there and see the big sewer d'g
ger, which digs a ditch 20 feet deep
and at the rate of a block or so a
day, and to see the paving plant on
North Summer street.
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MAYOR RUSHLIGHT
MAKES A DISCOVERT
(UNITED TBESS LEASED WI"W 1
Portlnd, Or., August 1. Following
the discovery that several gambling
games were being operated in so
called "clubs", Mayor Rushlight this
afternoon ordered the police depart
ment to make a thorough clean up
and investigate all clubs of shady
reputation.
"There will be no gambling in
Portland as long as I am mayor,"
said Rushlight, when he Issued the
order.
It Is rumored that a number of
Seattle gamblers planned to open
games here In the near future.
NORTH SALEM
" THE FRiflf
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May Stop Speculation.
Chicago, August 1. An ln-
junction secured in the federal
court against paying out money
on a big wheat deal may strike
a blow at speculating in "fu-
tures." The action was brought
by William Lanyen, of St.
Louis, himself a big speculator
In grain. The Injunction pre-
vents Bennett & Co. from pay-
ing money on deals Lanyon or-
dered them to make. The order
was asked and granted on the
ground that the recent "corner"
in May wheat was engineered
"ln restraint of trade, and
that the cereal was advanced
15 cents per bushel as a result
qf this manipulation. Lanyon
applied for a permanent re-
straining order, and should his
contention be sustained, dealing
in futures will be severely han-
dicapped.
AN ASININE DECISION
UNDER A GOOD LAW
rCNITEO mESS LEAPED WIDE.
Tacoma, Wash., August 1. An ap
peal by General Manager L. H. Bean
of the Tacoma Railway and Power
company, from the sentence of Jus
tice Evans, fining him $20 and costs
for violation of the women's eight
hour law, is on file in the superior
court here today. Bean was found
guilty of working one of his woman
stenographers five minutes over the
eiht hours permitted by the state
law.
DEFIES ALL
CONTROL
in spite op all efforts to
contjiol it,', the san ber
nardino fores f fire con
tinues to burn wherever
it Will.
. nNITBD PRESS LEANED WtRE.J
San Bernardino, Cal., August 1.
Still far beyond control , the forest
fire, which for eight days has been
raging on the back of the San Ber
nardino range, loday crept slowly up
City creek canyon toward the big lum
ber mills at yards at Fredalba.
One hundred fire fighters, em
ployed by the lumber company, made
a strenuous effort to' check It, and by
extensive back firing succeeded, to
ward noon, in turning the. point, ,of
the 'blaze toward 'the east.'
Reports from all sides of the fire
said that the flames were increasing
ln volume. On the east side the fire
worked across the crest Into Little
Bear valley, where hundreds of camp
ers had, taken refuge. On the west a
branch of the fire swept over Devil's
canyon and across the Arrowhead
range. Only good work on the part
of a gang under Roger FJckes, at
Waterman canyon, prevented that
section from total destruction. At
Waterman the fire reached the crest
and crossed over.
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IMPRISONED .
MINER ALIVE
AND HUNGRY
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.l
Joplin, Mo., August 1. The tunnel
in which Joseph Clary was entombed
by a cave In was tapped today by the
fourth shaft drilled. Clary was
found alive and was able to talk
with his rescuers.
"I'm awfully hungry," were the
first words which greeted Drs. Du
wed and Barker when communica
tion was established through the nar
row hole. A bucket containing hot
food, a pot of coffee and a flask of
whisky, was immediately Jowered. ;
Clary returned the whisky In the
bucket, saying that he did not need
or want it. He told the rescuers that
he had been standing in water up to
his arm pits and that he had not
slept since the cave in occurred, ear
ly Sunday morning. He had heard
the noise of the drills, however, and
knowing that efforts were being
made to rescue him, had kept up his
nerve throughout
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It Is worthy of note that the tie
vote on poular election of senators
was made by Lorlmer, and was brok
en in favor of the "interests" by Sun
ny Jim.
FIRE STILL
Autos Need Not Stop.
San Bernardino, Cal., August
1. That the law that makes It a
felony for an automoblllst to not
stop after an accident is repug-
nant to the constitution of the
United States, and, therefore,
void, is the ruling handed down
by Judge Bledsoe, of San Ber-
nar.dlno. The decision was ren-
dered in the case of two police
officers, who, while hastening in
an automobile to arrest an al-
leged wife-beater, ran over and
killed R. W. Pattee, a pedes-
trian.. The automobile contln-
ued on its way after striking
f Pattee. Judge Bledsoe ruled
that the section of the penal
code making their act a crime
was class legislation.
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WILL BUILD
General Manager O'Brien, of
the" Southern Pacific Made
an Important Announcement
Yesterday
EUGENE TO MARSHFIELD
Rond Will Follow SiuMuw River to
the Coast, and Coast to Marslilield
Will lie 123 Miles Long, Cost
SS,oo,000 and Will Be Completed
and Cars Running by ' January,
1914.
The Coos Bay Railroad.
Route From Eugene along
Sluslaw river to coast and to
Marshfleld.
' Length of line Approximate-
ly 125 miles.
Construction concern Wll-
lamette Pacific Railroad com-
pany.
Holding company Southern
Pacific.
Time to. complete work
Probably two years.
Cost $8,000,000.
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Portland, Aug. 1. Immediate con
struction of a railroad from Eugene
to Marshfleld, at a cost estimated at
$8,000,000; was authorized yesterday
by . the Southern Pacific company
through J. P. O'Brien, vice-president
and general manager1' In this city.
Preliminary surveys already have
been made and- six frnglneerln? par
ties are' In the field locating the per
maneiiuilne. .Altho'gh . the definite course
through Which the new road will be
constructed haB not yet been select
ed, Mr. O'Brien said that the gen
eral route will be along the Sluslaw
River, through the Coast Range to
the coast, thence south to ' Marsh
field, where it will connect with the
Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern Rail
road, now operating a line two miles
long from Marshfleld to Myrtle
Point. This road also is owned by
the Southern Pacific company.
Drain Project Dropped.
Construction of the road from Eu
gene to Coos Bay means the aban
donment by the Southern Ptrclflc of
Its project to build to Coos Bay from
Drain, 38 miles south of Eugene, at
which place several million dollars
was Rpent in preliminary construc
tion work Immediately previous to
the financial depression four years
ago. Part of the improvement used
on the Drain line. It Is believed, can
be utilized on the new project.
The Willamette Pacific Railroad
company, Incorporated under the
laws of Oregon, June 14, 1911, will
build the road. The officers of this
concern are G. X. Wendllng, of San
Francisco, president; S. O. Johnson,
of San Francisco, vice president;
R. M. Cross, of Portland, vice presi
dent: S. R. Rodine, of Portland, sec
retary; C. H. Barrell, of Los Ange
les, treasurer;; C. R. Breck, of Eu
gene, ch'ef ensineer; R. L. finches
and J. D. Miller, of Portland, addi
tional directors.
!.non,oin its fiipltiil.
Mr. Wendling is a wealthy timber
operator and has extensive holdings
adjacent to the Southern Pacific
property In this state. Most of the
other officers are identified in various
ways with the Southern Pac'fic, Mr.
Breck being assistant engineer in
the employ of that comrmny.
The Willamette Pacific company
was capitalized at Sl.000.000, divided
Into shares of $1000 each, all of
which are held by the Southern Pa
cific Interests.
As soon as the engineers now tn
the field can return sufficient data to
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COOS DAY
RAILROAD
FAR
HER'S FREE LIST BILL
PROGRESSIVES HELP
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About Magazine Postage.
-
New York, August 1. Post-
master-General Frank H. Hitch-
cock was the first witness to-
day before the federal commis-
slon which is Investigating the
second-class postal rates. He
insisted that magazines should
pay higher rates on their ad-
vertislng pages than on their
news and features, and that all
classes of matter should be grad-
ed and charged for according
to the cost of handling.
Hitchcock said that the cur-
rent fiscal year will show a sur-
plus, and that he expects to
make the experiment. He said
the postofftce department should
be run the same as any other
business, and should have such
charges as will make it self-
sustaining.
PLEADS HOT GUILTY
TO KILLING MILLIONAIRE
TNITED PRESS L1ASED WITH.
New York, August 1. Albert Gel
del, the 17-year-old bell boy charged
with the murder of Millionaire Wil
liam Jackson, today entered a plea
of "not guilty" and his trial was set
for tomorrow. The lines of Geidel's
defense, as laid out by his counsel,
James Gray, Include an attack op
the moral character of the dead
broker. Gray also charges that the
police hava Inserted outside features
and otherwise tampered with the
confession made by Geldel soon af
ter his arrest.
FELLFROM
DROWNED
AL. WEATHERBV, A CARPENTER,
AGED 33, DROWNS IN RIVER
I NEAR SPAULDING MILL THIS
I MORNING.
Tripped by a rope while working
on a house boat ln the Willamette riv
er, near the Spauldlng Lumber com
pany's sawmill, Al. Weatherby fell in
to the river this forenoon, and was
drowned, and, though the stream' ln
the vicinity where he went down to
a watery grave, was dragged, up" to a
late hour this afternoon the body had
not been recovered. . - v
; WeJierby was a young man about
33; and a carpenter by profession. He
was doing carpenter work on a house
boat, which . was In process of con
struction, and which was near the
house boat of the 'Salem Canoe club.
In some manner he was tripped by a
rope which was lying on the platform
of the Salem Canoe club house boat,
and he fell into the river. 'In falling
his head must have struck on some
thing, for, though a strong swimmer,
he seemingly was unable to make use
of his swimming powers. When he
came up the first time he grabed for
the rope which had tripped him, and
then let go of it to grab for his hat.
He never appeared above the surface
of the water again.
He leaves a wife, who Is prostrated
with grief over the tragedy.
LA FOLLETTE'S
BUMPS FIT HIM
FOR PRESIDENT
UNITED I'BESS I.BASKD Willi!. 1
Chicago, August, t. Bumps on
his head proclaim Senator Robert M.
La Follette to be the only hope of the
Republican party in 1912, nccordlng
to Dr. J. T. Allen, of Aurora college,
who has acqulrett considerable repu
tation locally as a phrenologist.
Dr. Allen says that La Follette's
head tells him that, with the possible
exception of Colonel Theodore Roose
velt, La Follette is the only man
whom the Republican can elect to
the presidency.
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ANOTHER CAVE IN
DELAYS RESCUE
frNiT&D rwr.nn leaked wike.1
Joplin, Mo., August 1. The third
attempt to drill a fihaft Into the drift
ln which Joseph C'ary is entombed
was frustrated today by another
cave In. Work was immediately
started on a fourth shaft. .
It Is reported that while Admiral
Togo visited the United States Uncle
Sam considerately kent Hobson
(chained In the back yard.
BOAT A!
WHEN THE HOUSE COUCURS
If THE SEflATE AMENDMENTS
IT IS UP TO THE PRESIDENT
On the First Ballot the Vote Was a Tie, 39 to 39, and Vice
President Sherman Declared It Lost, But It Was Reconsid
ered on Motion of Senator La Folette, and passed 48 to 30.
Progressives Stood in With Democrats, Claiming It Cured
the Bad Parts of the Recipro city Bill.
UNITED PRESS LIASBD WIR1.1
Washington, August 1. The farm
ers free list bill today passed ' the
senate. By a vote of 48 to 30, the
measure designed by the Democrats
of the house and intended as a sup
plemental measure to give to the ag
ricultural sections of the country ad
vantages in trade which, it was as
serted, were not contained in the Ca
nadian reciprocity bill, was finally
adopted after it had been declared
lost by Vice-President Sherman.
The first vote was a tie, standing
39 to 39, and Vice-President Sher
man, exercising for the third time on
an Important measure his constitu
tional prerogative of casting the de
ciding vote, declared the measure
lost.
Senator La Follete, of Wisconsin,
whose wool tariff bill was recently
passed under similar procedure,
moved a reconsideration, which car
ried. When the final vote was taken
the tie was broken and the tree list
The measure had already passed
the house. As passed by the senate it
has been amended and concurrence
by the house or a conference com
mittee is the next necessary step be
fore it can be sent to the president.
The free list is largely a Demo
cratic party measure, and it was
passed In the senate, as was the wool
bill, through a coalition of the Dem
ocrats and progressive Republicans.
The progressives, particularly Sen
ator La Folette, favored the meas
ure, because they asserted that reci
procity, as planned, was for the ben
eflit almost exclusively tor the man
ufacturers. The farmer. It was as
serted, was left at the mercy of the
PLANS FOR
m
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SUBMITTED
Preliminary plans have been sub
mitted to the Salem Falls-City and
Western Railway ' by the builders of
the Hawthorne bridge In Portland
for a bridge across the Willamette in
this cltjv The plans show a bridge
that will carry the railroad ln the
center and on each side of the rail
road a place) for teams 10 feet wide
and on the- outside of this a four-foot
sidewalk' on each side. In all, this
makes a bridge approximately CO
feet wide. The span would be of the
lift type, such as Hawthorne bridge
ln Portland and the- bridge would
cross the river on a level -with" the
street. This bridge would accomo
date all the trains, wagons and foot
passengers and would make a very
practical structure.
FRISKY OLD HERMIT
LEADS HOYS A CHASE
San Diego, Cal., August 1. Hav
ing forgotten all but the rudiments
of the EngllBh language, through
years of solitude, Edward Putze, who
declares thaf he Is more than 1 07
years ol Is In the county jail
charged ?Jth having started thei re
cent forest fire on the west slope of
Palomar mountain, near Escondido.
It required an entire posse of forest
rangers to capture the agile old her.
mlt.
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Tuft Will Press Button.
Washington; August 1. Senators
Bourne and Chamberlain, of Oregon,
today requested President Taft to
open the centennial celebration at
Astoria on AugiiBt 10. The presi
dent will press an electric button
which will formally open the celebra
tion. IT
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Storm Wreck Villus.
Abilene, Tex., August 1.
The entire vllalge of Hamlin,
In Jones county. Is reported de-
jnollshed by a terrltfic storm.
Couriers arriving here today
say the town was wiped out.
All wires are down, and there
are no details of the disaster
available.
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It
PASSES
DEMOCRATS
railroads and manufacturers by the)
Canadian agreement.
The free list provides for the re
moval of duties on certain Imports
from Canada. Of particular lm.
portance in the list are meats and
meat products.
' Sherman Against It.
Washington, August 1. When the
"farmers' free list bill," passed by
the house came up ln the senate to
day an amendment offered by Senator
Gronna (Republican, N. D.,) plaoing
cement on the free list, was defeated
without a roll call call. Another ad
mitting coal, coke and slack free was
defeated by a vote of 25 to 52.
Another amendment by Gronna
free listing apples and berries was
also defeated without a roll call, and
an amendment by Bailey (Democrat,
Texas,) striking all kinds of meats
from the free list was lost 14 to 63.
Shortly after the amendments were
disposed of, the vote on the bill Itself
was taken. On the first vote, the
ballot was a tie, standing 39 to 39.
Sherman, refusing to give his aid to
the measure, and cast a deciding vote
in favor of it, declared It had failed,
as tba rules of the senate provide
that a tie vote kills a pending meas
ure. Senator La Follette moved a re
consideration, which was carried.
Amendments by aBlley, striking
from the free list oatmeals and
flours, and placing lemons among the
free list articles were defeated, 15 to
69.
Amendment by Senator Kern ad
mitting free of duty meats of all
kinds from all countries agreeing to
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1ST STOP
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Tl!f OELtS
(UNITED ni:8S LEASED W1BE. ,
Tacoma, Wash., August l.-i-Th
ringing of church bells "at unseem
ly hours, for unnecessary length"' of
time" will be prohibited-in future, It
an ordlnanJj' which in' unrior nni,iM.
eration bythe clty councll today be
comes a. law; The measure it de
signed to suppress various time
honored customs, which, under Its
provisions, are declared to be nui
sances.' i
Among other prescribed practices,
for violation of which a fine of 100
or 30 days ln Jail is provided, are op
erating motorcycles, automobiles or
launches without mufflers, or tooting
a horn or ringing a bell to attract at
tention, or advertising any place of
amusement. Flat wheels on street
cars are frowned upon and "blind
pigs" occupy a prominent place in the
list of nuisances. The placing of ex
plosives on street car tracks and the
operating of gambling houses fall
under the ban of the new ordinance.
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JEFFRIES TO HUNT
RIO GAME IX ALASKA
t'NITKD TRESS I.K.18KD WIRE.
Los Alleles, Cal., August 1.
James J. Jeffries, former world's
champion, accompanied by his broth
er, Jack Jeffries, will leave tomorrow
for Alaska to hunt big game. They
will go direct to Seattle, sailing from
there August 8 for Juneau. From Ju
neau they will skirt tho islands dot
ting the Alaskan coast, ultimately
arriving at Kodlak Island. The re
turn will be made November 1.
EVIDENCE SHOWS
ROTTENNESS OF POLITICS
IfNITEU I'BESS I.ZASiS WInE.1
Washington, August 1. Evidence
tending to show the rotten condition
of Illinois politics was offered ln the
Lorlmer hearing today, when state
representative Charles A. White re
sumed his testimony and exhibited
letters exchanged between himself
and Lee O'Nell Browne, minority
leader in the Illinois legislature.
White, In previous statements, as
serted that Browne had bribed hlra to
vote for Lorlmer.