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TITE MORNING OREGOmN, WEDXESDAT, OCTOBER 14, 1914. COTTON BILL MAY HOLD CONGRESS Government Bond Issue of $250,000,000 to Buy . Third of Crop Is New Proposal. TAX MEASURE PROGRESSES "Democratic deficiency Levy rlaii, However, Still Hangs on Pro i prietary Medicines, Freight, Wines and Tobacco. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Efforts of Southern members of Congress to pro cure legislative relief for the cotton states aroused considerable doubt to- w-j un iu tm; 1.1 jko v. aujuu 111111,111. An amendment will be proposed to morrow by Southern Senators to pro vide for a $250,000,000 Government bond issue for the purchase of 5,000,000 bales of cotton, or one-third of the season's -crop. Considerable progress was made on the bill in the Senate which agreed (without a rollcall to the proposed in creased tax of 75 cents a barrel on beer, taxes of 5 cents a gallon on rectified whisky, $1 a thousand on bank capital and surplus, and the amendment eliminating taxes on gasoline and life insurance. Some of the - proposed stamp taxes also were approved, sec tions relating to proprietory medicines, express and freight, tobacco manufac turers and dealers and winep being passed over for further consideration. Administration Features Delayed. Action on some of the Administration features also were deferred, Senator Simmons giving notice that he would ask for a night session tomorrow. Senator Gronna, of North Dakota, said the real reason for levying addi tional taxes was found when total op propriations for the fiscal year were considered. The falling off in customs receipts due to the European war, he maintained, would be nowhere near $100,000,000, while appropriations ex ceeded those of last year by more than 132.000,000. The North Dakota Senator disagreed with President Wilson's position that the Government funds on deposit with banks should not be withdrawn. Clasift Favor It Oppuxed. "While I do not question that the President was actuated by the highest motives in making this recommenda tion, and believed that the course would be conoucive to tne weirare oi the people," he said, "I don't believe we should extend this favor to a special class. We are not at war; the great struggle in Europe affects fTs only indirectly. In the countries that, are engaged in this struggle, I believe the banks are called on to aid the govern ments in financing the war; in this country we are told "that at this Junc ture the government should aid the banks, even if it is necessary to levy additional taxes in order to do so. "Iam inclined to believe that it would inconvenience the banks far less to repay the $75,000,000 to the - Treas ury and would disturb business less - than it will to raise the amounts pro posed by new taxation." Heated Argument Starts. . propriations committee, replying to the charges of extravagance which have characterized practically every Repub lican speech in opposition to the tax bill, started a heated argument when be asserted that the large appropria tions were due to "making right the wrongs committed by the Repub lican party." He instanced the pro posed $25,000,000 indemnity payment to Colombia. i Senator Bristow declared that if the 925,000,000 was paid it would be paid to "a lot of blackmailers." ell probability after the European war 'if any indemnity is demanded by Bel " jrium of Germany, it will be denounced by the German Reichstag as black mail." Implication la Resented. "The Senator from Colorado," re tJoined Senator Bristow hotly, "would imply by that remark that the Govern ment of the United States had treated Colombia as Germany has treated Bel gium. There could be no greater slan der pronounced against the Government of the United States and nothing more unjust and in my opinion is borders on treason." Senator Martin said Democratic ap propriations for iai5 exceeded those lor 1913, the last year of the Republi can administration, by $96,496,666 but Khe classified as "extraordinary ex penditures" $103,000,000 of the Demo cratic appropriations which he claimed were incident to the Mexican crisis and the war in Europe. Appropriations for routine Governmental expenditures, he eaid, were In reality some $6,500,000 less than the last Republican appro priations. The total appropriations for the fiscal year 191G, he said, were 51,115,908.777.26 as against $1,019,412, 10.91 for 1913. "DEALERS OPPOSE GRAIN" TAX "Tax on Telegrams and Bills of Lad- ing Suggested Instead. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 13. A Nation wide fight on the proposed war tax of 1 cent on every $100 grain-transaction was started at the 18th annual - con vention of the Grain Dealers National Association here today when A. E. Reynolds, of Crawf ordsville, lnd., pre sented the report of the legislative committee and it was adopted unani mously.. A telegram was sent to Presi dent Wilson, which set forth the atti tude of the grain dealers. As a substitute, the dealers favored a tax on telegraph messages, bills of lading and other direct taxation which would affect them, but which would be definite in scone. BOOTH'S FRIENDS MANY REPUBLICAN LIKKLV TO HAVE BIG LEAD IX UOLULAS COI STV. Xr. Withyrombe Al.o A pprn rn to Have Advantage and Prohibition Mcaa t lire May Get Small Majority. ' EOSEBUKG, Or.. Oct. 13. (Special.) With the general election only three weeks off the Douglas County political pot Is beginning to simmer. Indications are that this year's campaign will be the most spirited one ever conducted ia this county. Among the important contests in the election is the fipht over the measure dealing with statewide prohibition. Xjouglas County has been "dry" for several years, and indications are that the county will give a small majority la lavor of statewide prohibition. Persons who have spent considerable time in different parts of the county of late do not believe the statewide prohibition measure will carry by a majority as large as that given at the time local option was the issue. Of great importance locally also is the contest between R. A. Booth and George Chamberlain for the United States Senate. Republican leaders be lieve that Booth will receive a flatter ing majority. This may be accounted for to some extent for the reason that Mr. Booth spent his boyhood days in Douglas County and is personally .ac quainted with -hundreds of citizens of the county. In his younger days in Douglas County Mr. Booth worked as a farm-hand, grocery store clerk, in the lumber mills, and finally as a book keeper. He then left Douglas County and sought positions where -the oppor tunities were greater. Hundreds of lo cal Democrats expect to support-; Mr. Booth. 'v Dr. Withycombe probably will carry Douglas County over Dr. Smith by a vote of several hundred. Dr. Withy combe is known personally to almost every farmer and businessman in the county. r or Attorney-General. George M. Brown, of Roseburg, probably will" car ry Douglas County by even a larger majority than in the primaries. In that election he received all but about 200 of the votes cast here. The remainder of the Republican state and district candidates probably will receive sub stantial majorities here. RED GROSS IS SWAMPED CO.VDITIONS ON" BATTLEFIEDS "BEyOXU DESCHIPTIO." hi SOURING STOMACH CAUSES INDIGESTION, GAS 'Pape's Diapepsin" Ends Stomach Distress in Five Minutes. All Calls Also Made for Karthquake, Fam ine and Revolt Victims In China, Turkey and Mexico. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Foreign Red Cross societies are overwhelmed and able to give little assistance to the suf ferers of the war, says an official statement issued today by Red Cross headquarters here. The situation in territories where the contending armies have been engaged, the statement says, is beyond description. An unnamed 'army officer, just re turned from the war zone, is quoted as saying: "In one little country church I saw 400 badly wounded soldiers who also suffered from hunger. Red Cross representatives could give them but slight attention. " "That poor fellow will die In a little, while,' said a surgeon to the American, when the latter started to give assistance to one soldier. 'You can give him a piece of bread, but it will not do him any good. lou had better give it to one of the men who has a chance of recovery.' " A call for contributions to relieve the sufferers from famine, earthquake and civil disorders in China, Turkey and Mexico, respectively, was issued to night by the Red Cross. In the prov inces of Kwang-tung and Kwang-si, China, flood damage is unprecedented. The natives have nothing to eat, and m many places cannot even get the leaves of trees to satisfy their hunger. VOTER STIRS Wonder what, upset your stomach which portion of the food did the dam agedo" you? Well, don't bother. If Uyour "stomach is in a revolt; if sour. gassy and upset, and what you just ate has fermented into stubborn lumps: headdizzy and aches; belch gases and acids and eructate undigested food; breath foul, tongue coated just take a little Pape's Diapepsin and in five minutes you wonder what became of the indigestion and distress. Millions of men and women today know that it is needless to have a bad stomach. A little Diapepsin occasion ally keeps this delicate organ regu lated and they eat their favorite foods without fear. If your stomach doesn't take care of your liberal limit without rebellion; if your food is a damage instead of a help, remember, the quickest, surest. most harmless relief is Pape's Diapep sin, which costs only fifty- cents for a large case at drug stores. It's truly wonderful it digests food and sets things straight, so gently and easily that it is really astonishing. Please, for your sake, don't go on and on with a weak, disordered stomach; it's so un necessary. Adv. CHARLES i JAMES, CHAMBERLAIN'S AIDE, REGISTERS AT BAKER. Politicians Figure Senator's Secretary May Be Made Postmaster If Candi date Loses for Race for Senate. BAKER, Or., Oct. IS. (Special.) When Charles James, formerly of Ba ker and now secretary to the Secretary of the United States Senate and in cidentally the campaign manager of Senator Chamberlain, was last in Ba ker on a visit from Washington, he went to the County Courthouse, regis tered as a Democrat and gave his ad dress as the same as that of his son, Arthur James, 1410 Dewey avenue. Mr. James has not voted here or lived here for years. The question now being asked among Democratic politicians here is: "Why did Mr. James register, giving Baker as his residence?" The report is current among Demo crats that Mr. James is preparing for the eventuality of Mr. Chamberlain s defeat and that he has been promised the appointment as postmaster of Baker In the event that Mr. Chamberlain is not returned, to Washington. Should Chamberlain happen to be re-elected Mk James, it is said, would be assured A continuance for six years at Washington in his present capacity and the appointment in Baker would go either to John Foster or James Harvey Graham, the active candidates for the postmasters!) ip. At all events, the Democrats are not just sure why Mr. James registered in Baker and they are prepared for any turn which affairs may take. BOY RUN OVER NEAR ECHO Jacket Catches in Wagon Wheel and Child Is Seriously Injured. ECHO, Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) The "-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weltzine was thrown to the ground by his Jacket being caught on the wheel of a wagon and he was run over lengthwise of his body by the rear wheels. The wagon was heavily loaded with grain. No bones were broken, but the child is in a critical condition. The accident occurred at the farm of his grandfather, Jacob Rhodes, eight miles east of Echo. Makes Stubborn Coughs Vanish in a Hurry Snrnrialnsly Good Conga. Syrup Easily and. Caeapiy ! Made at Home; If some one in your family has an ob stinate cough or a bad throat or chest cold that has been hanging on and refuses to yield to treatment, get from any drug store 2 ounces of Pinex and make it into a pint of cough, syrup, and watch that cough vanish. Pour the 2 ounces of Pinex (50 cents worth) into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated sugar syrup. 1 he total cost is about 54 cents, and gives you a full pint a family supply of a most effective remedy, at a saving of $2. A day's use will usually overcome a hard cough. Easily prepared in 5 minutes full directions with Pinex. Keeps perfectly and has a pleasant taste. Children like it. It's really remarkable how promptly and easily it loosens the drv, hoarse Or tight cough and heals the inflamed mem branes in a-pamful cough. It also stops the formation of phlegm in the throat and bronchial tubes, thus ending the per sistent loose cough. A splendid remedy for bronchitis, winter coVghs, bronchial asthma and whooping cowjjh. . in,ex 8 special and highly concen trated compound of genuine Sorway pine extract, rich in guaiacol, which is so healing to the membranes. A V(l i rl rfl i tin n A 1 1 . - j .-ii. in LuitTii i uy apKing your druggist for ''2 ounces of, Pinex," and , . . ' - in 11 1 i it:, a uHraniea 1 absolute satisfaction goes with this preparation or money promptly refunded. The Pinex Co., ft. Wayne, Irid. tute in the county this school year will be held in the Oregon City High school building next Saturday. The pro gramme includes lectures by Dr. H. D. Sheldon, of the university of Oregon; B. F. Carlton, of the State Department of education: and F. L. Griff n, of the Oregon Agricultural College. GERMAN CRITICISM DENIED American Officer Says Newspaper Quotation Was Incorrect. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Secretary Garrison said today that Captain Levert Coleman, U. S. A.,, charged with dis cussing the European situation in vio lation of the President's neutrality order, had voluntarily explained that he was incorrectly quoted in the news papers. Captain Coleman was quoted as say ing high officials were responsible for alleged atrocities committed by Ger man soldiers. Astoria Opposes Waterfront Bill. ASTORIA Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) The Port of Astoria Commission at its meeting today adopted resolutions op posing the passage of the initiative measure known as the "public docks and water frontage amendment" as well as the initiative measure entitled the "municipal wharves and docks bill." The resolutions recite that each of the proposed measures is detrimental to the best Interests of the state. Ellis Ross, Salem, Shot. SALEM. Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) Ellis Ross, 16-year-old son of Walter P. Ross, of Salem Heights, is in a serious condition as the result of be ing shot Saturday while hunting. The gun was discharged while Ross was going through a thicket, the boy using the butt of the gun to press back the brush. Teachers to' Meet at Oregon City. OREGON CITY. Or., Oct. 13. (Spe cial.) -The firt teacher's local insti- Rebekahs Convene at Ia Grande. JA GRANDE, Or., Oct. 13. (Spe cial.) Rebekahs of Union County are meeting in annual convention in this city today with delegates from all over the country in attendance. Mrs. Zella Davis, of Union, presided , over the sessions today which closed to nieht with a banquet. Prohibition Never Can Be Enforced, Says Prelate "While I am an ardent advocate of temperance, I am intuitively persuaded that prohibition CAN NEVER BE ENFORCED. It is calculated to make HYPO CRITES and to lead to the manufacture of ILLICIT WHISKEY, replacing the GOOD material with BAD, while at the same time robbing government of a LEGITIMATE TAX. Prohibition will never be en forced in any CHRISTIAN COUNTRY. . It can be en forced in MOHAMMEDAN countries, because the Mo hammedans object to the manufacture of whiskey, but not elsewhere." -CARDINAL GIBBONS, Baltimore. "Paid Advertisement, Taxpayers u4 Win Earner' Ls of Ore gon Portland, Ongoii. opi c n ONE OF PORTLAND'S GREATEST MEN'S STORES 104-106 Third St., Bet. Washington and Stark DECLARED INSOLVEN1 and sold to M. Schultz & Co., of Chicago, by Administratrix at 42 Cents cn the Dollar. Now in turn being closed out direct to the people in most amazing and gigantic sacrifice sale of recent years. Selling Out Everything Right Down to the Naked Walls and Empty Counters Now is the Time to Select Warm, Comfortable Clothes for Winter Save Those Entire Stock Sold For Benefit of Creditors You Must Come to This . Great Sale Save Those "Get'XJn Cover" A Storm Is Coming The' Famous Carson-Meyer Clothes Included in This Sale d er Fall Is Here You Must Supply Your To fVT 1 n rwi-.;. winter ieeas it Specials 99 Any Suit overcoat Raincoat Any I5.SUIT RAINCOAT and You Must Supply Them I A Jl 11C1C & Co.'s Famous Rochester-Made Clothes Included The Stratford System Clothes For Men The World's Best Ready -to -Wear Clothes on Sale Here Suit overcoat raincoat Ah fit Hdn Mens Hats, Values to $5, Including Stetsons, $1.98 $5.00 Boys School Suits, All Sizes, Choice $2.78 $4.00-$5.00 Sweater Coats, Now Extra Special, Choice $1.98 Neckwear Underwear Boston Garters Suspenders Regular 50c value, on Regular to $2.00, choice 25c per pair the world 50c quality, including sale now, your choice now, garment over, our price President, choice now 29c 98c 11c 29c Dress Shirts Men's Sox Work .Shirts Trousers Manhattans included. Regular 25c quality, 6 Great lot 50c Shirts, on Regular $2.00 Trousers, Values to $3.50, now pairs, now for sale now, choice now choice, the pair 9Sc 69c 39c 9Sc ES-Sale Now on at 104-106 Third St, Bet. Washington and Stark -s