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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1916)
the aicmxixo oregoniait, moxdat, October 9, 1016. PORTLAND MAN WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN CHIEF ENGINEER OF NEW $60,000,000 CHINESE RAILROAD. jffipni OTOBraffliffiffl n!!iHi!!i!3!;i!!!i!!n insainuisKHUDHi inniiniiuiHiiiiifDi If BETTING ODDS o a " a 10 HUGHES FAVORITE 11 1 I Wagers Placed at 10 to 8 and 10 to 7 on Election of Republican Nominee. WILSON MONEY IS SCARCE Quotations on Oregon Vote Are 2 to ,1 and Greater on Hughes Wltli Even 3Ioney on Plurality of 15,000 or More. "While betting' on the Presidential election is by no means lively, consid erable money has been wagered here and there in Portland. Most of the bets have been for small amounts, though there have been a few sizeable wagers. Oenerally speaklnfr. Hughes money is the more plentiful. Wilson backers are demanding odds, though apparently there is quite a supply of Wilson money tvniHnf to be nut un provlaea sum ciently liberal odds can be obtained. The prevailing odds quoted in New Tork of 10 to 7 on Hughes to win find a reflection here in a demand by Wil son supporters for odds of at least 10 to 8. However, some good bets have been laid at even money. Bis Beta Blade on Hngkn. In the past few days Mark A. Mayer lias placed $2500 on Hughes at even money, his being the largest individual bets recorded. Of this amount, 81000 was covered by George Holcomb, the remainder being taken, in smaller amounts by other Wilson backers. Any Wilson offers at even money have been snapped up by Hughes tak ers, but there is little of it to be had on those terms. Sentiment has little to do with elec tion betting odds, the professional bet tors who make the odds going into the FCame as a cold-blooded matter of busi ness. Some of these bettors have stud ied political conditions for years, and their pre-election analyses have been astonishingly accurate. For this rea son the betting odds are of much more than passing significance. Little money has been laid locally on the result of the. Presidential election in Oregon, though there will probably be a loosening up in the next week or so. Nothing under odds of 2 to 1 that Hughes will carry the state is even considered, and little real money ex cept in small amounts of $50 or les has been laid even at that figure. Oregon Plurality Figured at 15,000. What bets are laid on the result in Oregon are nearly all on the size of the Hughes vote. Several wagers at even money have been laid that Hughes will carry the state by 15,000 those who take the Wilson end betting that his plural ity will not be 15,000. Some similar bets have been placed on the basis of 20,000 plurality for Hughes. It was reported last night that one Hughes backer had just bet $250 at even money that Hughes' plu rality would be at least 30,000. Even money is quoted on the Presi dential result in California, Count Senosky has placed a bet of $100 to $75 that New York City would go for Wil son. So far the interest in the National election has rather eclipsed the purely local contests. Some Interest Is taken In the Congressional race in this dis trict though none but McArthur money is in sight even at odds of 2 to 1 or 3 to 1 against the field. One b,et is reported at even money that McArthur's vote will exceed that of both John A. Jeffrey, Democrat, and A. W. Lafferty, Independent, combined. george: a. kylf, , George A. Kyle, who has been selected as chief engineer for the new $60,000,000 railroad to be built in China, has been a resident of Portland for the last six years. He is widely known among railroad men and others and his work with the Milwaukee railroad in its extension from South Da kota to Puget Sound was one of his latest notable achievements. He has also been Identified with the Oregon Trunk line .and also with the Alaska Cen tral, where he worked out many knotty engineering problems. He also had charge of the Grand Trunk construction through the Rocky Mountains and work in the South African diamond fields for a London syndicate. His residence is at 543 East Thirty-seventh street. For several years he has been attached to the Great Northern engineering staff. EVERY VOTE WANTED Republicans at Lewiston Are Taking No Chances. Value of Individual Ballot Shown by Fact That 575 Votes In New Tork Would Have Elected Blaine President In 18 84. MULTNOMAH LIGHTED UP irxrrMixATioN is tested for the GRA5D RE-OPESIXG. Many Reservations Made Sunday, and Hostelry Will Have Good Showing; of Resident at tbe Start. For the first time in eight months. Hotel Multnomah was illuminated from subcellar to roof last night, in a trial of the lighting system preparatory to b.oMu icuyciuu5 ui u ne notei to morrow night. Yesterday the lobby was alive with visitors there out of curiosity and business. Although the hotel is not yet formally opened, about 50 reservations were made yesterday. Manager Stinson announced there would be a large number of residents in the hotel on opening night. The programme for the opening night will include a dinner in the Arcadian Gardens at 6: a banquet in honor of Mrs. Inez Milholland Bolssevaln and Mrs. William Kent at 7:30. in the As sembly Hall; Gul Reazee Grotto grand tiflll in hnllrnnm . o. .1 ; , .-. i . i gold room, and music and dancing in 'lobby from 8:30 to midnight. The Royal Purple Orchestra, the Imperial Rus sian Orchestra and Wing's Multnomah Orchestra will provide music. E. V. Hauser, of St. Paul, president of the new Multnomah Hotel Company, win oe present at tne opening. JEWISH HOLIDAYS COMING reast of Tabernacles Commences Wednesday for Seven Days. Beginning on Wednesday night, there will be celebrated in the Jewish tern pies and synagogues the Feast of the Tabernacles, or Succoth. which com pletes the cycle of holidays that makes the month notable. Succoth lasts seven days, and there is joined to it an addi tional day known as Shemini Atzereth or the Eighth Day of Solemn Assem bly. Only the first and last davs are observed as full holidays, except by,' the orthodox. j In Temple Beth Israel. Dr. Jonah B. I Wise will preside at a service on Octo ber 11 at 8 o'clock, at another on Thursday, at 10 A. M., and on October 18 at 8 P. M.. and October 19 at 10:30 A. Al. HIKERS EXPLORE CANYON Mazamas Spend Day on Eagle Creek Trip. For their outing yesterday the Mazamas traveled over the O.-W. R. & N. line to Eagle Creek, near the Cas cades. The day was spent in exploring the canyon, now made quite accessible by the Forestry Service trail. Fully 100 took the trip. Many went up Saturday night ana campea out. Wednesday evening of this week the Mazamas will have a moonlight walk. They will meet at 7:30 P. M. at West over and Cornell roada . and take five-mile bike. iff' - r i ,v W f ' . ' : - I - ;' ' : - r J j r AW DAH0 REGARDED AS SAFE Hood, and took up a farm in what is now Montavilla. The same year his future wife. Miss Elizabeth Claggett, was brought West as a child by her parents, who chose the route through The Dalles. Mr. Kerns worked for some years on various farms in the Mount Tabor dis trict, and at- the time of his marriage in 1868 took his bride to a 20-acre tract on the East Side of Portland, which now constitutes the Hawthorne Addition. Here he developed one of the first nurseries in Oregon. Two sons, Leroy and Harold Kerns, and two daughters, Mrs. F. L. Cham bers, wife of a Eugene banker, and Miss Maud Kerns, of Seattle, survive htm. Mr. Kerns also leaves a sister, Mrs. I. J. Williamson, of Oakland, Cal., two half-brothers, W. G. Kerns, a Portland real estate dealer, and Elmer Kerns, of The Dalles: two half-sisters, Mrs. Lou Williams, of California, and Mrs. Mary Ward, of The Dalles. LEWISTON, Idaho, Oct. 8. (Special.) "Every vote counts." That is the slogan the Republican headquarters at Lewiston has adopted, and is urging every Republican to vote November 7. When commenting upon the situation today, Chairman John E. Nickerson said: It is the general rule for the indi vidual to feel that his vote will "not make any difference anyway." The campaign committee this year want such an Idea entirely dissipated. There is no question but that the Republican party will make a clean sweep in Idaho this year." Some of the data being provided by the Republican headquarters cite the following illustrations as to how in fluential a vote might become: 18SO. Oregon A change of 338 popular votes from Garfield to Hancock would have given Hancock the electoral vote of the state. California A change of SO popular votes from Hancock to Garfield would have given Garfield the electoral vote of the state. 1884. New York A change of 675 popular votes from Cleveland to Blaine would have given Blaine tbe electoral vote of the state and the presidency of the United States. 188S. Connecticut A change of 167 popu- I lar votes from Cleveland to Harrison would" have given Harrison the elec toral vote of the state. 1892. North Dakota A change of 92 pop ular votes from Weaver to Harrison would have given Harrison two more electoral votes. 1896. Wyoming A change of 292 popular votes from Bryan to McKinely would have given McKlnley the electoral vote of the state. South Dakota A change of 92 popu lar votes from Bryan to McKlnley would have given McKlnley the elec toral vote of the state. 1904. Maryland A change of 26 popular votes from Parker to Roosevelt would have given Roosevelt the entire elec toral vote of the state. 1008. Missouri A change of 315 popular votes from Taft to Bryan would have given Bryan the electoral vote of the state. 1912. California A change of 232 popu lar votes from Roosevelt to Wilson would have given Wilson the entire electoral vote of the state. STRAND ACTS APPROVED FOUR VAUDEVILLE- NUMBERS CLUDED IX OFFERING. i?r. "Romance of Blllyaroat Hill" la Smile Sending;, Sob-Brlnslns Film Full, of Swectncsi, Besides "The' Romance of Blllygoat Hill," a photoplay version of Alice Hogan Rice's latest success, there are four ripping vaudeville acts at the Strand. "The Romance of Blllygoat Hill" is one of those smile-sending, sob bringing novels, such as only the author of the famous "Mrs. Wlggs of the Cab bage Patch" and "Lovely Mary" could write. It is Just as full of sweetness and sobs and human interest as either of the others, and is beautifully played, besides it has more romance. Three merry minstrels, blackfaced and happy, headline the bill, and sing old gems from tbe cotton fields and popular new songs. The Dancing Brownie is a dapper young -man. whose feet keep time to Jigs and reels. One of the best acts on the bill is the one by the Gallons, who are Jugglers and comedians of merit. There is something unexpected every minute of their act and their stunts are clever and novel. Balls and baskets, plates and sticks, everything that is in the dining-room setting, goes Into the air and Is caught. Both are clever and the girl is pretty. Melvln Ogden plays special pipe or gan numbers for the "Romance of Billygoat Hill." COHSONISSCOUTED GIUSD ARMY JIE5 DEST WILSON EQUALS LINCOLN. Much advertising these days is like the great gas clouds which the armies of Europe are hurling at each other. It envelopes you in a thick fog of superlatives and exaggerations in "which you can only rub your eyes and gasp for breath. Here, by "way of contrast, is our advertising code: to be straight forward to be truthful to be brief. "When you have such merchandise as Kirschbaum Clothes at $15, $20 and $25, you can safely leave a lot to be said by the goods themselves. fliio inn 5 m Hi! WSJir . M n ?v.;, JA. I'm "ftm fimizm fm til 8 1 V ;'4't.5 IBS f xmm W Hi 1 (IS PjnI Q Vy A.B-it2IbauC. ! a a a e o i PHEGLEY &. GA VENDER At the Sign of the Cherry Tree Cor. Fourth and Alder Sts. P ! hecMrschhaum n a O0QD0DOaDOODQ83QE3ODQQ 0 D a a a B B n o a a o o Q D 0 B 8 e n b a iiiionininsniaiiis nunuinHiunoii iimiiniuuuiimuiui Qncmmniminn nnimmmininniuu tmiiiuniiiininiiiu! IH'f 11! I ill illii 1 Hi ill Mi m Sir ! SAMUEL F. KERNS DEAD PIONEER OF 1S52 SUCCUMBS AFTER BREAKING! LEG. Early. Farmer on Tract Now Included In City of Portland Passes, at Age of 83, at Eugene. EUGENE, Or., Oct. 8. Special.) Samuel Fleming: Kerns, 83, pioneer of 1852, Indian war veteran, and founder of one of the first nurseries in the city of Portland, died in his home here today. The cause of his death was the breaking; of his leg in a fall four weeks ago at the country home of his son- in-law, F. JU Chambers, of Eugene. Mr. . Kerns was born In Hillsboro. Ohio. He entered the Willamette Val- Jley. by iha old, Barlow road. near. Mount Burnslde street, was struck and in jured by an automobile driven by Charles Wolff, 753 East Stark street, at East Fiftieth and East Stark streets yesterday afternoon. The lad was taken home, and is believed to have concussion of the brain, although his skull Is not fractured. The injured lad was gathering chest nuts with a smaller brother and Mar vln Finier, son of William E. Flnser, formerly Adjutant-General of the Ora- K Walla walla to Greet Troops. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Oct. 8. (Special.) Company K will return to morrow morning and arrangements the men. In the evening: the Com- A S Port tun SUGGESTIONS TO SICK WOMEN How Many Are Restored To Health. Speaker Before Veterans at Hood River Declare Democratic Policies Have Proved Failure. HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 8 (Special.) The addresses of Democratic spell binders and expressions of Democratic publications in comparing President Wilson to Abraham Lincoln has roiled local Grand Army men. Judge A. C. Buck, of this city, in addressing a meeting of the local branch of the Hughes Alliance, characterized such expressions on the part of the sup- rters of President Wilson as combe. It makes me sick," said Judge Buck. ddressing the same meet in ir. E. L. Smith, who was present at the Chi cago convention of 1860. when Abraham Lincoln received the Republican nomi nation, declared that one might as well compare a mud turtle to an elephant as to compare the characteristics of the two men. Wilson's policies, declared Mr. Smith, have been failures and never in the history of the country has there been such a need for the return to the beneficent and wise policies of the Re publican party. "The Republican party has a strong man," sail Mr. Smith, "in Charles E. Hughes." BOY, 12, HIT BY AUTO Clifton Brockmann Believed to Have Concussion of Brain. Clifton Brockmann, 12-year-old son of Jir, and. Mrs. J. L. Brockuiatm, 1397 East First. Almost every operation in onr hospitals performed upon women becomes necessary through neglect of each symptoms as backache, irregular and painful periods, displacements, pain in the side, burning sensation in the stomach, bearing down pains, nervous ness, dizziness and sleeplessness. Second. The medicine most success ful in relieving female ills is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It regulates and strengthens the organism; it overcomes disease. For forty years it has been making women strong and well, relieving back ache, nervousness, ulceration and in flammation, weakness, displacements, irregularity and periodic pains. It has also proved invaluable in prepar ing for childbirth and the Change of Life. Third. The great number of unso licited testimonials on file at the Fink ham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass., many of which are from time to time published by permission, are proof of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, in the treatment of female ills. fourth. Every ailing woman in the United States is cordially invited to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass., for special advice. It is free, will bring you health and may save oor Ufa. have been made to give the militia men a noisy welcome. Business houses will close for half an hour, that em ployes may be at the train to greet mercial Club will give a reception to the soldiers. Pioneer Is Eugene Visitor. GENE. Or- B. Hendricks. Oct. 8 (Special.) of Spokane, Wash., Oregon pioneer of 1848. Is visiting his brother, T. G. Hendricks, president of the First National Bank in Eugene. Mr. Hendricks' parents, on coming to the State, settled near what Is now Pleasant Hill, Lane County, when he was one year of age. Their nearest neighbors were many miles away. There was a family living on the coast fork of the Willamette River, another on the Snntiam River. In what la now Linn County, and two or three other families at elmilar distances in other directions. Mr. Hendricks said his first visit to Eugene was In 1S52. There is a movement among the Bo era of South Africa to have an edition of the Blhlo In their own ptoi. the T al. At present they read the Bible in the pure Dutch of Holland. PAINT UP after CLEANING UP to PREVENT FIRES AND DECAY A film of paint when thoroughly dried acts as a very satis factory fire retardent. Insurance companies make a reduction in rates on, buildings which are painted both inside and out. You should paint now 1st To Help Prevent Fires. 2d To Brighten Up Interiors for the Dark Winter Months. 3d To Prevent Decay. 4th Because Wood Is Thoroughly Dried Out After Summer Heat. 5th Because Buildings Painted Now Are Equipped to Stand the rigors of Winter. Phone or call on RASMUSSEN & CO. N. E. Cor. Second and Taylor Sts., Portland Manufacturers of Paints and Varnishes for Every Purpose I'1!'! ill! i