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Show sen AIM j ' AVOWED CANDIDATES Each Aspires to a City Com-missionership Com-missionership as a Nonpartisan. Non-partisan. LAWRENCE IN FIELD They Declare They Desire to Represent All Sections of Municipality. Karl A. Scheid, city recorder, filed his petition yesterday as a candidate for city commissioner at the coming primary election. It contains the signatures signa-tures of about GUO qualified electors, many of them prominent men and from en. Herman H. Green, city auditor, also announced his candidacy for a commissioner commis-sioner ship yesterday, although hia petition peti-tion will not be filed until some time I this week. Roth men Issued statements declaring themselves nonpartisan candidates, and pledging themselves, if elected, to represent repre-sent tho city as a wholo rather than 'any one district" or faction. Both aver that they are indejrfndent candidates and will enter into combinations with no other candidates. Succeeded Warrum. Mr. Scheid was appointed city recorder re-corder In the spring of 1914 to succeed Noble Warrum, who resigned to become postmaster. As city recorder he has been secretary to the commission anil editor of the Municipal Record, the city's official periodical. He declares ho will rest his claim for consideration on his intimate knowledge of tho city 's affairs gleaned from dally association with all departments of the adruiuistra-tion. adruiuistra-tion. He has been a resident of the city for twenty-five years, and for twenty years was connected with the Pacific Board of Fire Underwriters, being district manager man-ager at the time he left that institution. institu-tion. Received High Vote. Herman Green was elected city auditor audi-tor two years ago by the highest vote cast for any candidate for either andij tor or Commissioner, He first came into prominence in city affairs when he made a Special audit of tho city's books and recommended sweeping changes from the system that, had been followed for many years. Since becoming city auditor audi-tor he" ha? instituted these changes and brought the accounting system up to date. K. A. Bock, chief deputy auditor, also announced himself yesterday as a candidate can-didate for city auditor to succeed Mr. Green. Attorney George N. Lawrence yesterday yester-day formally announced that he would be a candidate for a commisBiouership; He issued a declaration of principle. His petition will be filed early next week. Mr. Lawrence is a son of Henry "W. Lawrence, the present commissioner' of finance and public affairs. |