to THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, STAY 2.", 1915. CHAMBERLAIN HERE E Adornment Famous in Every State Campaign for Many : Years Has Disappeared. WAR DANGER NOT FEARED Senator Jtclatos Confidence in Pres ident o Avoid Trouble, Talks of , Business Revival and Gain ' Expected In Standing Army. At this critical time "for the Nation, vith countries to right of us and coun tries to left of us irk arms and putting on a bold front, what d'you suppose the lion. George K. Chamberlain, senior United States Senator from Oregon, has Jone to complicate the international situation. Take a good look at the picture the upper one. please, not the lower one. Tea, the picture is genuine. The Sena tor has shaved off his justly celebrated mustache. It remains only for a certain well It nown Colonel to dispense with his hirsute adornment arvd for Jim Ham Iewis to sacrifice the immortal whisk ers, to bring the country to a state of war. No formal declaration needed under such circumstances. Chamberlain Glory Gone. For 10, 20 yes, 30 years at the very least, tho Chamberlain mustache has waved above the famous Chamberlain nmile, in politics and out, for better and lor worse. For 80 years it has been the rallying banner from which Ore p:on Democrats have rolled back .Re publicans to capture some of the state's best little offices for the banner bearer, For 30 years but why proceed? The mustache Is gone, and all the tears of nonpartisan Oregon patriots can never BKiure us KIOI. The Senator arrived In town yester- i V" fnr littlA vucatlnn hofnr.. 1. v.Avr Congress convenes. As he stepped oft mo o litis La in waning ior mm were Milton A. Miller, United States Col lector of Internal Revenue; his secre tary, Herbert Grant; his son, Dr. Charles T. Chamberlain, and several reporters. YVr Topics Kilt From Mind. Can you Imagine such a thing as George K. Chamberlain arriving un recognized in his home town? Well, the Senator actually got oft his car and took a step or two up the platform before Milton A. Miller managed to gasp out. "Why, er er Sen Senator Chamberlain? Ah, welcome home. Senator!" .wuoi. nnc iiieiii As for the reporters, questions of diplomacy, war. politics, were forgot ten before the imperishable fact that the' mustache was gone. Why had the Senator cut off his beautiful mustache? The Senator had no apologies. He didn't need it any more. Just cut it off. Getting too gray, anyhow. Did the Senator intend to let it prow again? No, the Senator never felt better in his life. Weighed 166 pounds without the mustache, which was 28 pounds more than he weighed a couple of years ago. and only two pounds less than he weighed when he went to Washington seven years ago, with the mustache. Felt younger and better all over. Better Business Is Observed. Then the Senator gave a real inter view. "Times are better everywhere." he declared. "California is prosperous. I found business conditions there better than they have been in a long time and constantly picking up. Here In Ore gon we have every reason to be opti mistic. The Panama Canal is open, and while It will take some time for its full influence to be felt, Oregon will derive the greatest benefits from it. We have an open door to the Orient, and when we fully realize the markets that are open to us there, the producers and manufacturers of the Pacific North west will find a ready sale for their products. "In New York and the East, it is the same. Business is on the rise. The big industries are all busy. The steel busi ness is the index of prosperjty, and the steel foundries have more business than they can attend to. Railroads Making Purchases. "And it isn't all 'destructive busi ness' like the manufacture of war ma terial, by any means," he added, em phatically. "The railroads are buying steel products again and many of the largest orders are from the railroads. The railroads are building more cars, and thus opening a market for Oregon lumber." The Senator didn't think the United States would get into the war. "Presi dent Wilson will keep us out of war If anyone can." he announced, "and I haven't a doubt that he will do it. Whatever happens he has the whole country behind him. I think the Presi dent is stronger right now than he ever has been. His diplomacy in handling the war situation has been a great achievement. It will certainly make him an influential candidate for re election." Larger Army Predicted. Senator Chamberlain is chairman of the important Senate committee on military affairs. He was asked whether there is likely to be legislation in the next Congress increasing the Army. "There will certainly be an increase in the Army, unless conditions ma terially change." he replied. "It will be a small increase, however, not a substantial one, and there will be leg lslatlon for better organization. "I have talked this over with Sec retary of War Garrison, and he has risked me to return to Washington be fore Cong ess convenes- to go over carefully all proposed Army legisla tion with him. I may do so. Senator Chamberlain left New York ois the steamer Kroonland May 1 coming tto the coast by way of the Panama Canal and the San Diego and San Francisco expositions. He said the sea trip, with not a letter or telegram to bother him for 20 days, had done wonders for him. And. despite the absent chair where the mustach. had once been, he looked every bit of it. 3 JUDGES CALLED TO AID Clear Docket for Circuit Court Is Mouir.it Before Vacation Time. Three outside Circuit Judges will be called to Portland to help clear the Multnomah County docket. Judge Dnffey. of Prineville, arrived yesterday morning, and today will take over the docket of Judse Kavanaugh, who will take a vacation. Judge Belt, of Albany, and Judge Bagley. of Hillsboro. are the other out ride judges who will assist in clearing the Multnomah docket. They are ex pected to arrive some time this week. It is the desire of the Portland judges to clear the entile docket before vaca tion time arrives. WITHOUT MUSTAGH DO YOU KNOW HIM? ::::::::: f ' :::::::::::::: :St : s '' vl------ 1 1 H 111111 4. 1 M 1 1 1 - - -' 5 : t i-ff::ff: V ' 1 .c;V"- tfffrinfi yt r fffl V " ,-"Bff Ve" V h tth. . f C V ' ,1 ) i PUBLIC TO SUFFER Endless Trouble Predicted .if Meter System Is Adopted. CHANCE FOR ERRORS NOTED Point .Made Tliat AVitli New Metliod of Quarterly Billing Greater Opportunity Will Kxist for Complications to Arise. HIGH I'RICE FDR CHEAP WATEH. Commissioner Daly says water rates would be lower in Port land if meters had been installed. Expensive construction, he says, has made rates high. All the needed "expensive" construction has been completed and the costs are there whether Portland adopts meters or not. How, then. Is Portland to get cheaper water if $100,000 a year is to be spent from current revenues to keep up a city-wide meter system? Endless trouble, complaint and ex pense both to water users and to the water bureau will be the inevitable re- ult if Commissioner Daly gets the consent of the voters at the June elec tion to install water meters through out the city. The system as proposed will open many avenues for disputes over bills which will be in such form that they cannot be checked up. The voters last Fall adopted the quar terly water billing system. Bills to all users are sent out once every three months for water used during the three months past. With the meter system three months pass before a bill is re ceived. The bill is based upon the meter- reading at the end of the three months, and during that time there may have been something wrong with the meter, but as three months elapse before the trouble is noted the way is opened for a controversy. There is no way of determining ex cept by taking the word of meter readers whether or not a, consumer is entitled to the minimum rate for one or more months in each quarter. The water bureau has a minimum rate of 50 cents a month for meters. The con sumer has no way of telling whether he uses less than the minimum or not. The bill at the end of the three months fails to indicate. The experience In the past has been that meter-readers sometimes are not as diligent as they should be. They often determine the reading of the meters by averages, which saves them the work of going out and actually reading the meters. In. this way a water user may be entitled to pay only the minimum rate, yet the meter-reader. PKXDLKTOX HIGH HONORS TWO GIRL GKADVATKS. Miss Klleen Bonllntc, Yaledletorlan. and Miss !tlrta ell, Salutatorlan. PKNDLKTON. Or., May 24. iSpecial.) Most envied and happiest of all young women in this city on May 28 will be the Misses Kileen. Bowling and Meta Neil, valedictorian and salutatorlan. re spectively, of the 1915 class of the Pen dleton High School. On that date will be held the commencement exercises of the school, when diplomas will be pre sented to the graduates by Wilson K. Brock, chairman of the School Board. Rev. J. K. Snyder, pastor of the Pres byterian Church of this city, will de liver an address. Rev. Tolbert Weaver, pastor of the First Christian Church, will offer the invocation, and Rev. Charles Quinney, of the Church of the Redeemer, will offer the benediction. ITS OREGON'S SENIOR SENATOR MINUS HIS MUSTACHE. 2J by his system of making averages to escape work, turns in his records to show that the average for each of three months was more than the minimum. The water user has no way of checking up. The meter-reading is at uncertain dates each month, thus making it vir tually optional M'ith the meter-reader as to how the meter will be read. This trouble has been experienced in Portland since the quarterly billing sys tem went Into effect. Many meter users have had trouble and have com plained of unfair bills or have com plained that they were overcharged or that the meter was misread. It is said that with a monthly billing system there would be plenty of oppor tunity for disputes, but with a quarterly system the troubles would be magnified manifold, no matter how well-meaning the water officials might be. 0RE power sought PKOMOTIOV OF MARSHAL STEVENS IRGED FOR EFFICIENT WORK. Better Ability a Carry On Antl-Klre Campaign as Second Asslstnnt Chief In Pointed Out. That we may have charge of most of the men and officers of the fire bureau, and as an acknowledgment of efficient work, a large delegation of business men yesterday requested Mayor Albee to promote Fire Marshal Stevens to the position of Second Assistant Fire Chief. The Mayor will ask the City Council to authorize the promotion. One of the reasons advanced is that it will enable Marshal Stevens to have charge of some of the fire officials who at present are not giving him all the support they should. Another reason given is that Marshal Stevens has done some remarkable work in organizing the fire-prevention campaign in Port land. A third reason is to make it un necessary for Marshal Stevens to report to fires except in case of a big fire. At present Mr. Stevens holds the posi tion of Battalion Chief in the fire bureau, doing that work along with the duties of fire marshal. It is asserted that the task is too great for one man. Members of the delegation yesterday commended Marshal Stevens highly for his work and urged the Mayor to make the promotion. It was declared that letters have been received from vari ous concerns and persons interested In fire-prevention work complimenting Portland on its excellent work. Those attending the meeting were: O. C. Colt. H P. Coffin. B. F. Boynton. F. C. Burckhalter, Harvey O'Bryan. Or lando Davidson. Arthur M. Churchill. K. M. Underwood, Ira Reynolds and Secretary McEwen of the Underwriters' Rating Bureau. The promotion of Mr. Stevens has the hearty indorsement of Chief Dowel 1. Assistant Chief Laudenklos and Battal ion Chief Holden, of the Fire Bureau. "Mr. Stevens has been doing a valu able work in the field of fire preven tion." said Chief Dowel). "The greater authority that the new ranking will give him will enable him to accomplish still more in this direction, and we are glad of an opportunity to indorse tke request that was made to the Commis sioners today." CHURCH AID TO IDLE CITED Seattle Pastor Advises Methodist Ministers on Unemployment. Rev. Adna W. Leonard, of the First Methodist Church of Seattle, was the principal speaker at the meeting of ths Methcxlist Ministers Association yes terday morning. Dr. Leonard told what had been douc by the Methodist Church ! of Seattle for the unemployed. . He said that a Saturday night club had been organized and many hundred men had received dinners and had attended the services held afterward. Dr. Leonard spoke of the wood that had been cut on property bought by the church and that in this enterprise a large number of men had been given employment. Practical help. giving men a chance to help themselves, was the suggestion offered by the speaker as a partial solution to the existing conditions. Dr. Leonard while In Port land was the guest of Dr. T. W. Lane, of Centenary Chcrch. It is, however, difficult rur fi.pe to keep one up if tbers are no other visible means of support. FAILURE TO VOTE IS 'NO' ON MERGER More Than Half Necessary to Make Annexation of St. Johns Certain. PORTLAND CAMPAIGN PLAN Educational Effort Proposed to Teach Need of Active Aid by Friends of Measure Town Wants to Join With City. Residents of Portland who favor the annexation of St. Johns to the city must vote "yes" on the question at the forth coming election. A failure to vote is equivalent to a vote against annexation. These facts become apparent through close scrutiny of the merger law passed by the recent Heglslature. The law provides that "a majority of the electors" must vote affirmatively if -the annexation is to be authorized. The same section of the law provides that the number of electors is to be deter mined by. the total number of votes cast at the election. This means that a majority of all the persons voting at the next election must vote in favor of the annexation of St. Johns if the an nexation is to be carried. The same law applies In like man ner to the proposed annexation of Linn ton. Strenuous Campaign Planned. D. C. Lewis, member of the Legis lature from St. Johns, who was author of the merger, and other leading resi dents of St. Johns propose to wage an active campaign in favor of the annex ation in the next few weeks preceding the election. While there is no apparent sentiment opposed to the annexation, they real ize that it will be necessary to impress upon the voters the necessity of voting "yes" on the merger question. Fortunately for the cause of annex ation, the law provides that a separate ballot be provided for the annexation question. Mr. Lewis and others will impress upon the election officials the importance of handing to each voter a merger ballot at the time the regular election ballots are handed out. Efforts will be made to obtain the indorsement of the Chamber of Com merce and some of the civic organiza tions in Portland and to enlist their aid in the merger campaign. 6000 Live In St. Johns. It is pointed out by Mr. Lewis and others that annexation of St. Johns is a step in the general direction of a Greater Portland, and that this will give Portland all the territory on tho east side of the Willamette to its confluence with the Columbia. St. Johns has a population of 6000, with all the city conveniences, includ ing sewers, paved streets, electric lights, gas. water works and a public dock 120 by 540 feet one of the most substantial structures on the river with water In front of it varying from 23 feet to 40 feet in depth. The dock is a double-decker and is capable of handling both ocean-going and river vessels. St. Johns also has a free ferry con necting that city with Linnton and Whitwood Court, and a J 12.000 City Hall, on a valuable piece of ground in the heart of the city. The property is worth, it is estimated, $25,000. Finances of Town Good. The city officials of Portland have investigated conditions at St. Johns and have approved the proposed merger. They found that St. Johns has munici pal property worth more than twice the amount of its bonded indebtedness, besides its public streets and sewers. The taxable property In St. Johns is valued at 4,000,000. which is ample guarantee that the district always will be self-sustaining. It is conservative ly estimated that St. Johns not only will produce all the revenue required for its own maintenance but that it will return a substantial fund into the city treasury for the general fund. Thia saving can be accomplished through the elimination of salaries now paid city officials there and through other economies that naturally will be effected through the consolidation of the two municipal governments. Extension Estimates Small. It is believed, too. that the police and fire service of. St. Johns can be im proved through the Portland adminis tration without much additional ex pense. The people of St. Johns, at a recent election, decided, by an overwhelming vote, to surrender their charter and be come a part of the Greater Portland. It remains only for the people of Port land now to accept the neighboring city in good faith and vote for the annex ation. Portland City officials as well as the people of St, Johns are confident that the merger tissue will be carried in Portland if a proper expression of sentiment can be obtained from the people of. Portland. More Than Half deeded. It is apparent, however, that apathy or ignorance may defeat the merger. If more than half of those voting at the general city election fail to vote on the merger issue, the merger will fail. If a few people, through ignorance or other reasons, vote against the merger, it will be necessary for substantially more than half of the people voting at the general election to vote for the merger. "The only way to carry the merger election," says D. C. Lewis, "is for every friend of a Greater Portland to vote on the merger question and to vote yes.' " The same situation applies to Linn ton, precisely. BANK CLERKS WILL DINE Financial Authorities to Speak at Meeting; of Institute. Members of the local chapter of the American Institute of Banking will hold their annual dinner at the Ben son Hotel, tonight. Dr. Andrew C. Smith, president of the Hibernia Savings Bank, will be toastmaster. The speakers will be A. C. Kains. governor of the Federal Re serve Bank at San Francisco; Ralph S. Stacy, president of the National Bank of Tacoma; Fred I. Weber, retiring president of the Portland chapter, and Rev. Luther R. Dyott. The newly-elected officers are: Presi dent. L. E. Cable, of the Bank of Cali fornia; secretary, Ben Hordling. of the United States National Bank; treasurer. Godfrey Blohn, of the Ladd &. Tilton Bank. CARD OF THANKS. I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to my many friends for their kindness and sympathy during my sad bereave ment of my loving husband, and also for the beautiful floral offerings. I especial ly want to thank his comrades, the mem bers of the Portland fire department. Adv.. MRS. FRLD KLOSE. " and he said 'Rest alone isn't enough for WHEN overwork, worry or illness have sapped your strength, rest and quiet will help you but you still feel you need something to rouse the appetite and above all something to strengthen the enfeebled nerves. And it is then that many .physicians will advise rest and Sanatogen. For they know that Sanatogen, combining the nutritive qualities of a food with the invigorating properties of a tonic, will reconstruct the wasted tissues, RE-build and RE-vitalize and help the enfeebled system gather up new en ergy and a new fund of health. Lm4j Htnry Smrit, the promiaat social telorm sdvvcatc writes t "Snatocn undotiblllT wttere, tleep. Invigorate ttie nerves and braces tha parient to health. I have wtche4 Its effect on people whose nervous svstems have been entire!? undermined and 1 have proved Sanatores to be most TSIIUDIC Emsnmn Httgk, Che well. known wrtter, says : "We had with us this sprins: as a guest a lady who was convalescent after a surctta! operation and it ocrarred to nte tliat she tntght be benefited by the ue ol Sanatofea. 1 am very clan to say that our surmise seemed well founded and that the patient steadily improved, so that she is well recovered from what bid lair to be a complete nervous breakdown." Such has been the grateful experience of scores upon scores of others whose very name must be convincing. And remembering that over 21, 000 physician have testified in signed letters to the medical professions belief in Sanatogen, yu surely can have no hesitancy in turning to Sanatogen for the help your system needs. Sanatogen is told by good druggist! every where, in three sizes from $1.00 up. Grand Prist, rniliml Cmngtm MriUiut. Ltmd.n. 1913 fti - for a Free COpy Of Nerve Health Regained. If you wish to learn more about Sanatogen before you use it, write for a copy of this booklet, beautifully illustrated and comprising facts and information of the greatest interest. Tear this off as a reminder to address THE BAUER CHEMICAL CO.. 2S-Q Irving Place. New York. FIRE GUARD OMITTED No Hydrants Installed Since November by Mr. Daly. COST GROWING WITH DELAY Many Miles of Mains Laid In Xew Districts but Protection to Homes Is Disregarded in Xew "Economy" Policy. Standing- as a monument to the new "economy" policies of City Commission er Daly are several hundred fire hy drants stored on water bureau prop erty at East Seventh and East Alder streets and elsewhere about the city, while many districts where water mains have been constructed in the last six months are without fire protection. The hydrants purchased for installa tion on these mains have been left off. ostensibly for the purpose of making an economy showing for the water bu reau. Since last November many miles of new water mains have been put in. yet not a fire hydrant has been installed, regardless of the immediate need of the hydrants. As a result Commission er Daly has avoided the expenditure of from SiO.OOO to $25.00U. which amount will show up on the "economy" ledgrers at the end of the year, unless the residents of the various neplccted districts rise up in their wrath and de mand the installation of the hydrants. In such an event the tables will be turned, for It will cost more to install the hydrants now than it would if the work had been done when the mains were first laid. Selections Made; Work Neglected. Up to last November the water bu reau put in the fire hydrants wherever new mains were constructed. Before work was started on the mains the fire bureau was notified and the places for fire hydrants selected. The selections have been made by the fire bureau since last November, but none of the fire hydrants has been put in. Heretofore the fire hydrants have gone in at the rate of more than 5uu a year, involving an expenditure of be tween $37,000 and $40,000 a year. Prior to the establishment of the new policy last November the water bureau pur- COURAGE IS COMMON THIS WAR. IN London, May 25. Every Englishman knows how to die bravely. The Irish. Scotch and English soldiers face the bayonets, the machine guns as though out on dress parade. It is the men who sicken and die in the trenches, or at home after an arduous campaign, that our sympathy goes out to most. There are thousands of such men be hind the battle lines who went to the front without the strong constitution and good pure blood to withstand the deprivations, the hardships of the cam. palgn in Belgium and France. It's a warning that we should pay strict at tention to our stomach, liver and blood. If one is all out of sorts he should take an invigorating tonic and altera tive, such as Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery, which cures diseases of the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition. It eliminates from the blood disease breeding poisons. It makes the blood rich and pure, and furnishes a foundation for sound, phys ical health. Fifty years ago. Dr. Pierce, of the Invalids' Hotel and Sur gical Institute, at Buffalo. N. V., found that certain barks and roots manufac tured by using glycerine without the use of alcohol or opiates, made into a concentrated extract, whicli he called Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, made a stimulating tonic for the stom ach, helped the digestion and assimi lation of the food and eradicated poi sons from the blood. This is nature's cure for indigestion, and by correcting the stomach, and thereby feeding the blood on pure materials, the rd blood corpuscles are increased and the body established in a healthy state. No one suffers from catarrh who has plenty of red blood corpuscles and a good di gestion. Catarrh in all Its forms is a stagnation of the blood. Introduce pure red blood into the system by taking the "Medical Discovery" and health is assured, Adv. you9 4Wffi A om .. f T -tat. i , - - chased & large supply of the hydrants and hauled them to the storage yards. Then the anti-fire protection policy was adopted and the hydrants were left standing out in the elements. They have been in the yards all Winter. None Installed lnee November. Construction of new water mains has been carried on as diligently during the last six months as at any time in years past. Heretofore comparatively few mains have been put in without fire hydrants. Since November not a fire hydrant has been installed. althouRh mains have been put into many dis tricts well built up and greatly in need of fire protection. A notable case of tho anti-fire hy drant construction is seen in the Lents district, where two miles of mains have been constructed through a well-built-up district without a single hydrant be ing furnished. The mains are of only half value, inasmuch as they do not furnish fire protection along with their u.ual service of furnishing water for domestic purposes. CHAMBER PARTY IS GUEST Salrnt Commercial Bodies Hold Ban quet in Consolidation Campaign. A large party of members of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, ln cludlng most of the directors, went to Tor tke Smoke-PiseUlf M. A. Guntt &. Co, mm W you are expecting MWm B for company this evening f W0w. S or what is your "com- I WW0--''- MM P-y" cigar. IffR! wwmWm f But il ia our 1 fififi (' 'MiMMBM 1 on (based on our Sales 1 WMf- mWMMfM$ I Shcet8 lLat the average 1 Wl VWmMwk 1 man's taste is bettlr g W$A XttWmWmmi I Plsed with the Gen'l H mm hl&mmm I Arthur than any other ifeJ MMm0iM S ten center on the Coast, Z 2 01 Arthur Cigar X-ViWMtwW'MM I home" in the M. A. Gun tyfltyf' '"T fell ARTHUR If: W$ml mm f lllf III sYj 99bnv9 T",rj',,'ir:,-. Salem yesterday under the leadership of J. Fred Larson, to attend the big banquet given under the - auspices of the commercial bodies of Hal. 'in at the Hotel Marion last night. The Salem organizations are conducting a con solidation campaign and for that rea son invited the representatives from the newly consolidated Portland body. Franklin T. Griffith and E. L. Thomp son spoke, as representatives from the Portland chamber. Those who made the trip are: C. C. Colt, K. L. Thompson, Frank K. Smith, J. H. Yeon, Ira K. Powers, Charles F. Berg. L. A. Lewis. Franklin T. Griffith. Fred Larson. Nathan Strauss, John 11. Burgard, C. C. Chapman, John E. Cro nan. J. C. English, A. G. Labile. E. H. Piper, M. II. lncley. o. M. l'lunimer, J. D. Abbott and H. W. Mitchell. Amiioty to Deserters runted. Carlo Visctti, Itoyal Consular Agent for Italy, was advised yesterday that a general amnesty has been granted by the Italian government to all de serters, provided th-y present them selves to the Italian authorities within 3D days, if resident in Italy, or within SO days, if resident In sonic other coun try. It Is assumed that this conces sion is made to attract to the color as many Italians as possible and re:rult the army to its greatest strength. There have to he gnrbasn men. no doubt, but It doesn't maka much of an appeal aa a lite work. Inc., Distributors