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THE MORNING OREGOtIaSV WEDXESD4-T, OCTOBER 7. lOl. - 15 CHAMBERLAIN WILL LOSE. SAYS HOOBES troops in France and Belgium are told in copies of the Nottinghamshire Guard, of Nottingham, England, that have been received by L. M. Gray, of 583 East Fine street. In editorials and pictures the man who does not enlist is scorned. The papers are filled with war news. The mood of the people as expressed in the communi cations is for a vigorous prosecution of the campaign' until the danger of German aggression is removed perma nently. Several articles betray bitterness against the Kaiser. One headline calls his professed grief at what he calls the criminal barbarity of the Belgians "crocodile tears." Another follows: "Devil's work in Belgium: fiendish crueltyes of German invaders; devas tation everywhere; crimes that cry aloud for vengeance." Discussing the German plan of cam paign, the Guardian says "the invad ers will have a hard time to get away from France unbroken." "An event of the first importance," says the Guardian, "has come to light in the new and deadly instrument which is being used by the French army, in the form of an explosive called turpinite. Where it haa been used whole battalions of German in- 4 4 . i mz&a&mi l 4r for I Olds, Wortman King ' f - Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 United Republicans Sure to Elect Booth to Senate, Is Chairman's Prediction. 4 FOR ONS JVC Trading Stamps "With Cash Purchases In the Basement Today. Shop in the Morning; a&r. Trading Stamps "With Cash Purchases In the Basement Todav. 4 FOB ONE FLUKE CALLED HOPELESS Green Trading Stamps Registration Books Taken as Vane Showing Direction of Wind and Heavy Majorities in Store for All Party Candidates. 4 FOB ONE 4 FOB ONE 4 Stamps for each 10c cash purchase mm for Sip teP? FOB Si FOB jplliy FOR fM FOR for ? i llll n n Based on registration returns from the various counties of the state, sup plemented by reports of Republican unity in every voting precinct. Charles B. Moores, Republican state chairman, yesterday completed an analysis of the "strength" " possessed by George K. Chamberlain, Democratic candidate for re-election to the United States Senate. His inevitable conclusion is that the stale, which has a Republican majority of approximately 75,000, is certain to fleet R. A. Booth, the Republican can didate for Senator, and the remainder of the Republican ticket. Republican United This Year. He points to the fact that two years ago X)r. Marry Lane was elected to the Senate as a Democrat with less than 40,000 votes. The Republican opposi tion was split between three candidates that year Ben Selling:, the regular party nominee: Jonathan Bourne, inde pendent candidate, and A. E. Clark, the candidate of the Progressives. Dr. Lane, he shows, received only the normal Democratic vote. There is no reason, Mr. Moores de clares, to conclude that Senator Cham berlain will poll any more than the registered Democratic strength. There is no division of Republican forces this year. On the other hand, he avers. William Hanley, the Progressive candidate, is certain to cut into the Chamberlain sup port, inasmuch as both have appealed largely to the same element of voters. "The suggestion that Senator Cham berlain has a. chance of re-election in November," said Mr. Moores, "is based solely upon his phenomenal luck in the past when conditions in every way were entirely different. "For many years the Republican party has been torn by internal dissensions. This year there is absolutely no fac tional strife. Ex-Senator's Bourne, Ful ton, Simon, Mulkey and Selling all are loyally supporting Mr. Booth. Defeated Candidates Support. "Moreover. Messrs. Moser. Dimick, Carter. Oeer, Johns, Crawford and Brownell, the defeated candidates in the primaries for the Gubernatorial nomination, all are working for the success of Dr. Withycombe." Mr. Moores declares that these lead ers, as well as the rank and file in the Republican party, realize that their past dissensions have profited nobody but a reelect coterie of Democratic officehold ers. Even the Democrats themselves those who are not holding office are suffering with the rest of the people, he avers, from the effects of Democratic success. "The non-partisan bait no longer at tracts the Republican sucker," he in sists. ' x Me points out, also, that in this state the only real fight being made by the Democrats is for the Senatorship. They are ready to trade anything .for Cham be ral in. he declares. "In the Third, or Multnomah County district," Mr. Moores continued, "the tight is between McArthur and LafTerty. A vote for either Flegel or Moulton is simply a half vote for each of the two leading candidates. Democratic Burden Borne. "In no previous campaign has Sena tor Chamberlain ever faced such tre mendous odds. Never before has he had to carry upon his shoulders the sins of a Democratic Administration. Heretofore ho has been a candidate in Republican times when everybody was prosperous and happy and careless an easy bait for the smooth and oily non partisan. The game of exploiting the Republican party is easier when the larder Is full, and wages are good, than in Democratic times like these. "During his past six years' absence in Washington the population of Ore gon has almost doubled and there are tens of thousands of voters here now who know not Joseph.' "Many of his party brethren have grown restive with seeing the Demo cratic party used as nothing but -an instrument to build up the personal and political fortunes of George E. Chamberlain and his select political coterie. Hanley Factor Against Senator. "The candidacy of Bill Hanley, it is everywhere admitted, is cutting more into Chamberlain than into Booth. "The registration lists are not infal lible criterions of party strength, but they are fairly so when the majority party is not torn with factional strife. Six years ago there was Republican factional strife and Chamberlain reaped the fruits of it. Two years ago Dr. Harry Lane was the beneficiary. He polled less than 40,000 votes out of 120.000, and was successful only be cause the Republican vote was divided between Selling, Bourne and Clark. This year, with Hanley cutting into Chamberlain, and Booth as the only Republican candidate, the proposition is entirely different. "On May 1, the registration lists showed 136.2S2 Republicans and only 60.093 Democrats, a clean-cut Republi can majority of 75.689. 'Since the re opening of the registration books this majority has been increased to nearly 80.000 and will be much larger wnen the books close. He is certainly an optimistic Democrat who thinks Sena tor Chamberlain can ride rough-shod over any such majority as that. Multnomah for Republicans. On Saturday last the registration lists showed in Multnomah County 49.. 00 Republicans and 17.895 Demo-"ats- a Republican majority of almost o 2. 0 00. "The registration lists up to May 1 showed but one Democratic County in the state. Baker was then Democratic by 13 votes. At that dat;e the Republi can majorities in the various counties were as follows: Multnomah 30.914, Marion 5118, Clackamas?. Washing ton oS2.. Lane 3719, Clatsop 2188, Doug-wf- ? T Columbia. Coos. Jackson, vit.., 1 iPln- Malheur- Wasco and ?,f"'hUl aU shoed Republican major ities ranging from 1500 to 2000. while counties showed Republican es ra"SlnS from 500 to 1500 t tM ITl-Demo"atic -sporf cannot et rid of his surplus cash in any way more expeditiously than by betting U on George E. Chamberlain." ENGLISH PAPERS BITTER Destroy German Aggression trrged in AVar News and-Editorials. Stories of the heroism of British FU9.ERAL OP LONG-TIME RES IDEJST SEX FOR TODAY. , ...... lis I , ' t i ' i " ? t Av - : , - ' Mrs. B. C. Enyart. Funeral services will be said for Mrs. B. C. Enyart, who died Sunday, today at 2:30 o'clock at the Ficley chapel. Fifth and Montgomery streets. Mrs. En yart had been a resident of Ore gon for more than 30 years. Her home was at 53 East Eighty seventh street. Her husband and nine children survive. fantry are said to have been found dead in the trenches, standing up right, still holding their rifles in fir ing attitude." FEDERAL SUIT SEPARATE PRIVATE ACTION DOES NOT AF FECT LAND GRANT CASE. Decision Against 113 Plaintiffs la Litigation Independent From De mand for Forfeiture. The decision handed down by the United States Court of Appeals in San Francisco Monday holding groundless the suit filed by 113 plaintiffs seeking to dispossess the Southern Oregon Land Company of 105,120 acres of land in the Coos Bay and Roseburg district has no particular effect on the Federal suit pending in Oregon, except that the same lands are in volved. About the time the famous Oregon & California suit was filed, the Gov ernment filed a complaint asking that the 105,120 acres 7e forfeited and turned back into the Government domain- on the ground that the company has violated the explicit terms of the grant. The Government prosecutors charge that the company refused to sell land of the grant to settlers at a price of $2.50 per acre but that it did make sales to timbermen and others at more than the stipulated $2.50. Testimony in the Government suit is being taken at Coos Bay and Rose burg by special Assistant Attorney Generals Constantin J. Smith and Frederick C. Raab before Miss Vivian Flexner, a shorthand expert ap pointed by the court to transcribe the testimony and submit it at the final hearing in Portland "when the argu ments of attorneys will be heard. It is understood that the taking of testi mony will be completed in a few months, at which time the case will be set for trial in Portland. The San Francisco court refused to pass upon the question as to whether or not the Southern Oregon Land Com pany is the rightful owner of the tract involved, leaving that matter for the United States District Court of Oregon to decide at the pending trial. The tract affected was originally granted to the State of Oregon in 1869 by a special act of Congress providing a military road be constructed from Coos Bay to Roseburg. Later the state transferred its ownership to the com pany building the road and since that time - various transfers pf ownership have been made. WATER FUNDS ON HAND ESTIMATED INCREASE FOR BUREAU IN 1015 IS S1,86. Expenses Pnt In Budget at 1,271,SS2, but There Is t5-10,4OO to Be Car ried Over From 1014. Provision- of $100,000 for the con struction of a concrete dam at the Bull Run headworks and a number of other large projects have brought the esti mate of exnenditnrex fnr tho WntAp bureau for 1915 up to $81,866 above the amount of expenditures for the bureau during the present year. The water budget was completed, Monday by City Commissioner Daly. " As compared with the amount ap propriated for the bureau for 1914, th 1915 budget shows a decrease of $458, 534. Out of the appropriations for 1914. there is a balance of 4540.40(1 which will be carried over to 1915. The bureau, according to the budsret figures, will cost for this year a total of . $1,189,396.17, while the appropria tion for the year was (1.789,796. -The amount asked for next year is $1,271,262. but of this $540,40 is on hand. None of the amount is raised by direct taxation. As compared with the amount asked for 1915 and the amount expended in 1914. there will De Increases in some of the items. For construction and ex. tensions there will be a" material in crease because of the need next year of expending $100,000 for the construc tion of a concrete dam at the Bull Run headworks; Jhe extension pf the, 30- 4 FOB ONE HI 4 FOB ONE 4 FOB ONE IMP i 4 FOR ONE IIM HI I 4 FOR ONE liffill SB 4 FOR ONE 4 FOB ONE mm 4 FOR ONE in 4 FOB ONE ' 'HB lj fir 4 fori -""f Am ! FOR IE I 1, Isai M III On All Cash Purchases in the Basement Store Today i . Four -Years Ago Today "Ve Opened Our Basement Underprice Store and This Will Be Our th ANNIVERSARY OFFERING . To the thousands of thrifty people who have patronized our Basement Under price Store to the extent; that it has "become the most popular and most power ful trading place in all the great Northwest! Our Basement Store is the most important adjunct to this splendid establishment. It is the mecca of bargains a boon to all people who are inclined to save and yet want good, wholesome, serviceable and seasonable merchandise. The past four years have been a suc cession of trade triumphs unequaled in the merchandising history of this locality, and even now each day's selling shows a great increase over the same day last year conclusive proof that the great biding masses appreciate the wonderful possibilities for ecrinornj'- offered in our basement Underprice Store. This Generous Offer of 4 Stamps Instead of 1 Has Never Been Made Before and Should Be Taken Advantage of It is done for the purpose of bringing to your attention more forcibly the great value oi S. & H. Green Trading Stamps, and the splendid savings they bring to you -without one cent of cost. The fact that we distribute thousands of dollars' worth of beautiful premiums every month will give you some idea of the magnitude of this greatest of all profit-sharing plans. Visit the Premium Parlors . when in the store today and see the wonderful variety of useful and handsome articles to be given away ABSOLUTELY FREE to collectors of S. & H. Green Stamps. Shop in the big Basement today and re ceive 4 stamps instead of 1 with cash purchases. Stamps are given in all departments. Start YourXmas Stamp Books Now fill 4 FOB ONE $81 fill 4 FOB ONE, illil iij 4 FOB ONE IPP3 4 FOB ONE IHMl 4 FOR ONE Great Sale Notions IZS Main Floor 50c Corticelli Sewing Silk, Special, at 35c a Spool Large spools Corticelli Sewing 1 Silk in black, white and colors, regular 50c size, on' sale for Wednesday, the spool, for 35 10c Cube Pins in assorted colors, special sale now for only 5 15c Dressmaker's Pins, put up in one-fourth pound boxes, at lO 25c Sleeve Protectors only 15 10c Skirt Markers, special 5J 65c Combination Folding Coat and Pants Hangers now at 25 15c Child's Hose Sup'rters XO 5c Basting Cotton, spool, 4 10c Spool Silk, assorted, at 5i 2Y2e Darning Cotton, 45-yd. 2oc bpool bilk, special, 1S? 15c Sanitary Belts for lO 25c Hair Curlers for 18 5e Hair Wavers for 2Vi 15c Stocking Protectors at 10J 10c Shoe Trees, special for Regular 10c Curling Irons 7 Pin Cushion and Piu Holder combined for low price of 23 ti 35c Scissors, ass'ted sizes, XSji Pearl Buttons, fresh or salt wa ter. Sizes 14 to 24. Regular price 10c the dozen, now on sale 5t. Hair Nets, -with or without elas tic. All colors five for 10 25c Skirt Markers bow for Regular 10c Trouser Hanger 53 50c Naiad Bolero Shields 35 $1 Naiad Brassieres for 83i loc Women's Supporters lO 10c Wire Coat Hangers at 7 15c Fold. Trouser Hangers 10J 5c Wire or Wood Hangers 3ti $2 Bust Forms, special, $1.69 20c Dress Weights, yard 15 5c Common Pins, 2 pkgs fqr 5 10c Bone Hair Pins, box lii 10c Mother's Ironing Wax 5? 25c Stickerei Braids, bolt 15i 25c Frilled "Elastic for, yd 19 $1 "Victoria" Plaiters at 25 Regul'r 5c Stocking Darners 3t Regular 5c Removable Collar Supports, specially priced 2MJ 5c Safety Pins, in assorted sizes, white only. Special price 2l2 10c Featherbone, the yard 8i 5c Wire Hair Pins, ass'td 2y2 25e to 35c Barrettes and Back Combs, in assorted styles; 10 25c Machine Oil, large size 15 5c Collar Buttons, special, 2Vo 10c Folding Drinking Cups 7 25c Sanitary Aprons, -spe '1 18 $2.50, $3, $3.50 HighGrade Silks At $1.98 Yd. On Sale at Center Circle, First Floor Beautiful silks for Fall and Winter wear in all the leading shades crepe de chine in colored grounds with small neat figures pussy willow taffetas "and Canton crepes in splendid range of plain color grounds with colored and brocaded patterns. These are all from our regular lines of first-quality silks selected and marked at this great reduction for one day only. Here's an opportunity for thrifty women to choose from the season's favored silks- at a big saving. Standard $2.50, $3 an& $3.50 Novelty Silks on QO sale today at Center Circle at, yd. 270 4 FOR ONE mm 4 FOR ONE: 4 FOR ONE: 4 FOR ONE SftP"Wn -oc Halr Curlers lor 1S J 5c Wire or Wood Hamrers 36 It lW&M I 5e Hair Wavers for 312 Ifev FOR FOR flpil FOR fil FOR Rl1 FOR FOR sill FOR i 4 5w Ipcrr water main to the Vernon stand- pipe involving about $113,000 and the completion of a 16-inch intermediate main through the Irvington district in volving about 40,000.- Provislon is made In the budget for engaging two additional inspectors and the cutting out of some clerks, some assistant cashiers and one cashier. Following is a statement showing the comparisons between 1914 and 1915: Amount Estima'd Amount ashed expend's appropri'd for 1915. for 1914. for 1814. Salaries $ 404.460 S 403.048 f 419.2S3 Special service 4.970 4.195 7.3U4 Supplies 1B,71 18,393 23.1-34 Material 210.S25 283,o.-;0 359.755 Equipment ... 25,907 17.6S6 276,438 Constr"c'n and 1 extension ... 101.280 24.845 . 174.900 Repairs 39,200 13,ii5 12,744 Transpor'n and communlcan 4.072 3.781 " 3.507 Contingencies.. 30.000 2,600 22,968 Light, power and beat. . . 2.425 2.342 1,745 Bond interest and - bond sinking tuna 429,740 411.740 425.40 Fixed charges 1,617 1,591 2,270 Totals $1,271,262 S1.1S9.396 $1,729,796 IRVINGTON LOT. Fine east front Irvington lot. Im provements are all in and paid for. Price $1800. $500 under value. Terms can be arranged if desired. S. D. Vin cent & Company, 8)6 Chamber of Com merce bldg Adv. PEACE IS CLUB'S THEME REV. F, L. LOVELAND, ORATOR, PUTS BLAME ON WAR EXPERT. Minister In Addressing; Rotarlans Says Nation Has Chance to Unite World. Other Meeting Are Set. . "The military expert sees the whole world through the bore of a rifle, and the first important thing to do in the movement to bring about world peace is ,to eliminate him," said Rev. Frank La. Loveland. orator of the day at the peace meeting of the Rotary Club at the Benson Hotel yesterday. "There is awakening a cosmic pa triotism, and it is for the United States of America in the present time to lead the way in the work for world peace. It will be the greatest crown that we could win, if in our country at this time began the great impulse which should result in the end in the passing of war from the world and in the es tablishment of the United States of the World." The Rotary Club's peace meeting, one In the series of such meetings planned, for Peace week, under the auspices of the Rotartans. will be fol lowed today by a similar meeting at the Portland Ad Club luncheon at the Portland Hotel and tomorrow by the Progressive business Men's Club at the Multnomah Hotel. The Realty Board will hold a similar programme at the Commercial Club Friday. The work of the Week will end Saturday, in a joint rally of the clubs of the city in a great peace meeting at noon at the Commer cial Club. Rev. J. H. Boyd presided at the meet ing of the Rotary Club yesterday. LADY BARBER HOLDS HAT Yokel, Charged $1.50, Pays $1 and Fair One Seizes Security. It costs money to flirt with a woman barber. ' So discovered Clyde Ackley, fresh from the green timber, after he had "conversed" with Ethel Edwards, diminutive barber at Sixth and Ev erett ssreets, for about an hour the other day. Ethel gave Clyde, who is nearly to tally bald, a head wash, head scrub, head shampoo, head vibrations, head massage and a . "hair" cut. "Kiddoo, dew yo-ou want tew cum tew a shoew with me this sun-doewn?" was one of bis questions to the lady fair. "Nothing doing, kid," answered Ethel as she handed the bald-headed customer a check for $1.50. Whereupon Clyde nearly collapsed with surprise. anger, rage and righteous indignation. He flatly refused to pay more than $1, which he gave her. Thereupon Ethel, he said, "jumped" on him and grabbed his hat, to be kept as security until the balance of the bill was paid. Clyde summoned an officer and Ethel and the proprietor. Essie, appeared in Morals Court Monday afternoon. - "I've heard enough of this squabble," announced Judge Stevenson after the women and several witnesses tried to talk all at the same time. "Give this man back his hat." REAL ESTATENETS $40,000 Brick Building on East Broad-way Purchased py Dr. Parrish. An important cash real estate deal was closed yesterday morning when Dr. ' George Parrish. candidate for City Commissioner at the coming re call election, paid Robert J. O'Xeil, a Portland attorney. $40,000 for a two story modern brick building and prop erty 100 feet square located on the southeast corner of East Second street and East Broadway. The building, which was completed last May, has been leased for a 10-1 year term to the Fortland Pure Milk & Cream Company and commands, an income of 7 per cent net. The F. E. Taylor Co. and George P. Henry were the real estate agents acting in the transaction. Adal,y S co,nfort Santiseptic Lotion. HEADACHE STOPS, NEURALGIA GON E Dr. James'. Headache Powders Give Instant Belief Cost Dime a Package. Nerve-racking. splitting or dull, throbbing headaches yield in Just a few moments to Dr. James' Headache Pow ders which cost only 10 cents a package at any drugstore. It's the quickest, surest headache relief in the whole world. Don't' suffer! Relieve the agony and distress now! You can. Millions of men and women have found that headache or neuralgia misery la tiead less. Get wtot jrou ask for. Ad. li : R ED 1 IQ-Op