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Show ICORPSES EHTEt i But They Failed to Aid the Cause of Prohibition Seattle. Nov, 10, Corpses of two men who died from alcoholism were placed on exhibition in the windows of the undertaking establishment of the deputy coroner at Auburn, twenty aides south of Seattle, in an effort to win votes for the "drys" in ihe lo-cal lo-cal option election held here Tuesday, but without apparent effect, for the town voted "wet." Both factions were making a hard fight and the Prohibitionists appeared to be in the lead until late In the afternoon. af-ternoon. Then the tide began to turn. In a frantic effort, the anti-saloon leaders appealed to Deputy Coroner Council, an ardent prohibitionist, for aid. He hurried to his establishment where the bodies of the two men lay. Bolstering them In an upr.ght position posi-tion In their cofoiis, be placed them In the front windows. Above the head of each a nlgn bearing the words "He Died of Drink." was tacked. As voters vot-ers hurried by, the Jnti saloon men directed their attention to the exhibit. "There was no desecrailon of the dead," said Council last night. "The men were wlthwut friends and their bodies mlaht just as well have been put to some good use." |