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EX-KAISER WEDS
IN EXILE CASTLE
Princess Hermione of
Reuss Is Bride. .
NEAR-RIOT IS STAGED
IN LONGSHORE STRIKE
FARMER IS KILLED
BY TRUCK OF WOOD
vvuru-u ouurci iu lw
TRADE ROWS PLANNED
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER
PERFECTS ARRANGEMENTS.
FOR F. S.-STIMS0N
BO
E UNVEILED
GOVE
OH
HELD
CERTAIN TflWl
Chairman Tooze Claims
20,000 Majority.
MOB OF MEN AND WOMEN IS
S. II. SHELLER RUN DOWN OX
POWELL VALLEY ROAD.
AXD CHI RCHES TAKEN..
DISPERSED BY POLICE. .
1SI11IPLE
Evacuation By Allied
Troops Demanded.
PICT TORN UP
Nationalists Begin Moving
Into Chanak Area and
Other Neutral Zones.
SEVERAL RIOTERS ARE SLAIN
Allied Police Are Forced to
Fire When Student Man
ifestations Threaten.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 5.
(By theN Associated Press.) An
allied extraordinary council de
cided tonight to refuse categori
cally the nationalist demand for the
allied evacuation of Constantinople.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 5.
(By the Associated Press.) The
nationalist government has seized
control of Constantinople, Rafet
Pasha has been made the new gov
ernor and Hamid Bey, the repre
sentative of the Angora govern
ment, has ordered the allied troops
out. In a note to the entente he
has demanded evacuation of the
allied forces.
The Turks have torn up the.
Mudania armistice convention and
have begun advancing into the
Chanak area, occupied by the
British, and other neutral zones.
Since noon Saturday, the na
tionalist administration is declared
to have been established and in
celebration of this masses of ex
cited Turks have been engaged in
disorders.
( Police Forced to Fire.
Students marched against the
palace and engaged in such mani
festations that it became neces
sary for the allied police to fire
on them, several of the Turks be
ing killed or wounded.
The Christians in the Stamboul
quarter throughout Saturday night
were seeking shelter and protec
tion from what they plainly feared
a Turkish massacre.
Today, however, the government
authorities issued orders that all
disturbances should be rigorously
put down. The allied high com
missioners accepted the new re
gime and there was nothing left
for the sultan's ministry but resig
nation. Archives' Transfer Ordered.
Tewfik Pasha, the grand vizier,
realizing that his pwer had disap
peared, dispatched messages to the
representatives of the sublime
porte in the various capitols to
transfer their archives to the rep
resentatives of the Angora gov
ernment. Tiere seemed danger for a time
that the radical forces would gain
the upper hand. The sultan was
denounced, together with mon
archy, and Mustapha Kemal Pasha
was acclaimed as "our president."
It became necessary to throw
" guards of troops around the sul
tan's palace within which Moham
med VI, now cajiph only, is spend
ing fearful hours.
Mohammed VI has given no evi
dence of conforming to the deter
mination of the new government
to rid Turkey of the high office of
sultan, but the quickly developing
popular movement vauy soon com
pel him to accept the inevitable.
New Sprung Dramatically.
Eafet Pasha sprang the news of
the change in government in a
dramatic fashion on the allied generals.-
The generals had sum
moned Rafet to discuss the ques
tion of the admission of Kemalist
gendarmes to the Gallipoli and
Chanak sections. At the termina
tion of the discussion, Rafet, by
way of an afterthought, broke the
startling news like' this:
"I must inform your excellencies
that, since noon the Constantinople
Olyphant, Pa., Residents Raid
Yards of Delaware & Hudson ,
Railroad at Daybreak.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 5. Angered
by the failure of the federal state
fuel commissions to furnish them
coal, more than 2000 citizens o
Olypliant, near here, marched to the
yards of the Delaware & Hudson
Railroad company today and confis
cated four cars of coal.
The fuel was loaded into auto
trucks and wagons and hauled to
the nine churches and ten public
schools in the borough.
The schools have been closed for
two weeks because the coal com
panies have refused to sell coal in
Olyphant borough, although thou
sands of tons are mined there
daily. The Olyphant citizens held
a midnight meeting Saturday with
Burgess P. B. Dempsey, members
of the council and the school board.
It was decided that the burgess
should exercise his police power and
confiscate sufficient coal to supply
the schools and churches.
Shortly after 6 o'clock this morn
ing the fire gong in Olyphant was
blown. This was the signal for
the seizure of the coal. Fire trucks
loaded -wth firemen raced through
the streets and got the citizens tip.
Scores of vehicles including auto
trucks, wagons and push carts
joined in the raid. Hundreds of
men and boys, carrying shovels,
formed in line. Burgess Dempsey.
the councilmen and school directors,
all with shovels on their shoulders,
led the caravan on ,the half-mile
jaunt to the railroad yards. Hun
dreds of women lining the streets
yelled words of encouragement to
the marchers.
"Get us coal for our schools and
churches!" "Fight for fuel if you
have to!" These were some of the
cries of the women.
REDS TO OPEN CONGRESS
Petrograd Highly Illuminated for
Third Internationale Meet.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 5. Petrograd
is a blaze of red for the third In
ternationale congress. From church
steeples and every high building
illuminated red stars glitter and
most of the buildings of the city
are fringed with strings of red
lights. Red flags, too, fly from
every point of vantage.
Forty-five nations are represented
at the congress, at which there are
352 delegates, according to the an
nouncements. Among the countries
represented are the United States,
Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina,
Italy, France, Germany, -Australia,
China and Japan.
THIEF GETS $116 IN SAFE
Mpney Stolen From Offices of Al
bina Fuel Company.
Currency totaling $116 was car
ried off from a safe in the office of
the Albina Fuel company, 508 Wil
liams avenue, Saturday afternoon by
a thief who entered the place as
A. J. De Vilbiss, manager, stepped
out for a five-minute call. The safe
was left unlocked and open.
A considerable amount of silver in
the same compartment with the
stolen currency was not touched.
Hopes of officers that finger prints
would be found on a paper weight,
which had rested on the pile of cur
rency, did not materialize.
RAIN TODAY FORECAST
Storm Moving South Reported
Of! British Columbia.
With a storm off the coast of
British Columbia moving southward,
storm warnings were ordered at
United States weather stations yes
terday. Strong southeast gales are
expected at all points north of Cape
Blanco.
Today's forecast for Portland is
rain with 'southeasterly winds.
Though election day is but 24 hours
away, weather bureau officials can
not predict what will be the state of
the weather on that date, though in
dications point to a continuance of
rain and heavy winds.
REDS' DEMANDS SEVERE
Full Representation at Peace
Conference Insisted On.
MOSCOW, Nov. 5. Soviet Russia
insists on full representation in the
Lausanne peace conference upon the
same basis as the other parttcipat
ing powers.
M. Tchitcherin, the foreign minis
ter, makes this known in a note he
has sent to Great Britain, France
and Italy, in reply to the Invitation
of the entente that Russia take part
only in the discussions relating to
the Btraits. The note also demanded
the participation of Ukraine and
Georgia.
BUT0NE POST CONTESTED
H. 1. Howe and Frank Davenport
Out for Hood River Recorder,
HOOD RIVER, Or., Nov. 5. (Spe
cial.) In the municipal . election
here tomorrow but a single office
will be contested, Frank Davenport,
now member of the council, opposes
Henry L. Howe, who seeks re-elec
tion as recorder.
Other candidates are R. B. Perigo,
mavor: E. M. Holman. C. O. Henlat
! and James Stranahan, councilmen.
SECRECY WELL MAINTAINED
Ceremony Strange Contrast
to That of 1881.
RlfypS ARE EXCHANGED
Civil Service Is Held With Reii.
gious Ceremony Later; Both
Sit in Gilt Arm Chairs.
DOORN, Holland, Nov. 5. (By the
Associated Press.) The German ex-
emperor and Princess Hermione of
Reuss were married today at the
house of Doom, where the lord
abides in exile. This second ven
ture wa3 in strange contrast with
mat aay in issi when, as crown
prince, he wedded Augusta Victoria,
daughter of Grand Duke Frederick
of Schleswig-Holstein.
Several of the offspring of that
first union were, present today to
set the seal of family approval to
the new alliance.
.mere were two ceremonies, a
civil contract drawn up and signed
by "Wilhelm II" and . "Hermione,
Reuss," as they affixed their names:
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second, a religious ceremonv.
conducted by the ex-court chaplain, I
Dr. Vogel, according to the Lutheran
rites. , I
Secrecy- Well Maintained.
'The air of secrecy surrounding
the entire affair has been well
maintained throughout. The climax
of vthe systematic mystification
adopted by the household came
when the bride's sister, Princess
Ida, who resembles her, success
fully passed herself off as the bride
at the Amerisfoort station last
night with an. array of castle cars,
whereas Princess Hermione left the
train' at Apeldoorn. half an hour
early and drove to the. castle un
observed, those within the palaee
making much of this as a )iug-c
joke. r
At the religious ceremony which
began with the singing of the Luth
eran hymn "Jesus Geh Voran," Pas
tor Vogel preached from the text
"Now abideth faith, hope and char
ity." -The bridal couple occipled
carved gilt armchairs surmounted
Dy crowns, wnue tne numerous
guests were seated In rows behind
them.
Marriage Service Read.
"Now the joyful day has arrived,"
declaimed the minister, "when his
majesty and her serene highness
join hands." He recalled that tha
text had served at the golden wed
ding of William I and at the bride
groom's own silver wedding.
The bride," said he, "has left
fatherland and friends to unite her
life with that of his majesty whbse
faith sustained him in circumstances
Concluded on Page 3. Column 2.)
OILY WORDS BUT jiO PETALS.
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Disorder Follows Running Down
of Worker by Strikebreaker
in an Automobile.
The first disorder of any sort in
the longshoremen's strike broke out
yesterday at the Ainsworth deck,
where a menacing crowd of 100 or
more strikers, a dozen accompanied
by women, gathered for a noisy
demonstration against the men who.
had taken their places. J
Trouble was precipitated when L.
W. Smith, a strikebreaker, returning
from lunch toward the dock in a
machine at about 12:30 o'clock, was
set upon by the jeering mob. Fear
ing that they would upset his car.
and hoping to shake off those who
had boarded it, he opened his
throttle and made for the dock. One
striker was knocked down and
bruised, and the rest rushed toward
Smith's car In ugly mood. Officers
appeared in. numbers in time to pre
vent further violence. Smith was
arrested on a charge of reckless
driving and released on his own
recognizance.
Before the assault upon him the
mob had edged up close to the line
of demarkation between city and
railroad property and had been en
gaged for a half hour or more in
baiting strikebreakers on their way
to lunch Women in the crowd were
said to have used foul language and
to have pulled and hauled the men
as they went by.
Comment was made by Captain
Moore, in charge of the strike trou
ble, that the temper of the strikers
was becoming increasingly ugly.
Acting on his orders the police
broke up the, gathering at the dock
on the grounds that it was too ex
tensive for a picket line.
Four wobblies met up with the
law in the course of the day and all
landed in the city jail. Emil Lindel,
crippled
newspaper vendor and
avowed I. W. W., according to police,
enteenth street for selling X W. W.
literature without a license.
John Nelson's activities in front
of the. longshoremen's hall at Fifth
and Everett streets were construed
by police as disorderly conduct He
was selling wobbly papers. Diil
tribution of radical strike hahdbUls
brought about M. J. Mahoney's ar
rest at the Ainsworth dock.
C. O'Rourke broke up a religious
street meeting in the north end with
his persistent howling. He told of
ficers thst he was selling I. W. W.
papers' ard was arrested.
ANTI-JAPANESE PLOT OUT
Manchurian Dictator Ready to
Aid Reds Against Mikado.
TOKIO, Nov. 5. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Chang Tso-Lin, -uncrowned
king and dictator of Man
churia," is ready to combine forcee
with the soviet against the Japanese,
according to an interview given by
the Manchurian leader at Mukden
yesterday to the Asahi Shimbun of
Tokio.
The Corean malcontents have be
come bolshevistic as the result of
Chang Tso-Lin allowing the red
army to enter Manchuria, it is said.
The Tsolshevists have renewed their
agitation against Japan, and, it Is
charged, Chang Tso-Lin is taking no
steps to prevent this uprising. The
Manchurian dictator also threatens
to withdraw his financial support
from Japanese enterprises.
New Tribunal Is Result of Several
Yea'rs' Study of Problem
of Arbitration.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON", D. C, Nov. 5.
Plans have been perfected by the
International chamber of commerce,
the American section of w'ich has
" .dquarters in Washington, for the
establishment of a new international
court of arbitration for the settle
ment and adjustment of commercial'
disputes between different countries.
The new tribunal is the result of
several years' study of the problem
of" international commercial arbi
tration and will be independent 'of
all agencies established by govern
ments. The administration of the
court will be directed from the head
quarters of the international cham
ber at 33 Jean Goujon, Paris.
Twenty-seven nations besides the
United States will name groups of
representative business men to serve
on the court.
Owen D. Toung, chairman of the
board of the General Electric com
pany, has agreed to serve as chair
man of the American group on the
new court. The other American
members will be Newton D. Baker,
ex-secretary of war; President Irv
ing I. Bush of the Bush Terminal
company, New York; R. Goodwin
Pheet, president of the People's Na
tional bank of Charleston, S. C;
President Henry M. Robinson of the
First National bank, Los Angeles;
Frederick S. Snyder, president of the
Boston chamber of commerce;
President Thomas E. Wilson of Wil
son & Co., Chicago; Edgar Carolan,
of the International General Electric
company, Paris, and M. J. Sanders,
manager of the International Mer
cantile Marine, New Orleans.
DEATH LAID TO LIQUOR
Companion, Found in Room With
Victim, Held for Investigation.
BAKER, Or., Nov. 5. (Special.)
Heart disease, probably aggra
vated by "too much moonshine"
was the cause generally assigned
by sheriff's officials and others for
the death of John Pelly, 56, a
plasterer, formerly of Weiser, Idaho,
whose body was found In a room
in the Lundale .frotel'juinaiain street
yesierdtry,
Gerald Tipton, al
Was found intoxlca
room; has been hej
jail pending an ii
examination of tl
dead man revealed'
face but no indie
play.
The body of Pelly
pending information
EXPLOSION KILLS'
Ammonia Container Explode .i.
Boat at Tampico.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) v
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 5. A ti
of ammonia exploded on the Amer
ican boat Mexico at Tampico yester
day. It bad just entered port after a
long ocean trip. Many were killed
and wounded.
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Solemn Service Is Held
at Stock Show.
LATE PRESIDENT HONORED
Herculean Efforts to Estab
lish Exposition Recalled.
ANIMALS WELL GROOMED
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Thousands of Persons See Con
testants Put in Shape for Judg
ing Which Starts Today.
Prima donnas and debutantes
never received the care and atten
tion which were given yesterday to
the kings and queens of the live
stock world in preparation for the
judging beginning this morning, the
third day of the Pacific Internation
al Livestock exposition. Buffers and
polishing cloths were applied to
horns and hoofs and the fat sides
of the prize stock glistened with
grooming or krinkled in curls
finer.
The day was primarily an exhi
bition day; an opportunity for spec
tators to wander where they would
to admire the purebred animals
which wiil compete for Pacific in
ternational honors when they meet
before their respective judges today.
Bronr.e Tablet Unveiled.
Glowing tribmes were paid to tha
memory of Fred S. Stimsori, presi
dent of the Pacific International
last year, who died Thanksgiving
day, 1921, about two weeks after he
had finished putting on one of the
greatest livestock exhibitions ever
held on the Pacific coast. A beau
tiful ceremony preceded the unveil
ing of a bronze tablet placed on the
front of the exhibition building in
memorial to Mr. Stimson.
Four speakers extolled Mr. Stlm
son, who, they declared, had done
more toward encouraging the breed
ing of purebred stock in this country
than any other one man. The speak
ers were Governor Olcott, O. M.
Plummer, secretary and manager of
the exposition; E. A. Stuart, presi
dent of the exposition, and E. O.
Holland, president of Washington
state college at Pullman, who was
an intimate friend of Mr. Stimson.
S-nday Record Broken.
' wd exceeded both t"ne ex
; of officials and the Sun
of last year. Estimates
d ran between 12,000
" ' sons.
. . P -ety prevailed around
- i . the ceremony. The
j n opportunity to
.'. , xhibitions of the
h: t. . !: teams of the
ompany, Lead
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' M farms and
. teams will
'ng contest
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during i -
Folic- .-., i ... mber of
the priz; u-v ; ' James
McCleave -. , . '. , re put
over tne 'v - . tiairs
and three ! i Vy
riders were t' ' t . ce
to ride the Mc
A veritable St.:
call for riders '
were let into tl. ? .
bucking ponies ph
fast as they could : '
the crowd was c ' , i
laughter.
Memoriul Exercise- '
This hilarity immedl. s-i- - .
way, however, to solemi. - . -the
memorial exercises foi
Stimson begun. Before, dur. .id
after the ceremony a beautify con
cert of sacred musis was given by
Campbell's American band, inter
spersed with solos by Jane Burns
Albert, soprano.
The main speecn or the ceremony
was made by Mr. Holland, who re
viewed the hard work arid great
achievements of the leading, live
stock man of the Pacific northwest
and told how he had assisted in
building up the livestock industry,
both by encouragemafit and by set
ting an example wflh his own estab
lishment, the famous Hollywood
farms near Seattle. The speaker
gave illuminating anecdotes of his
work, and told how Mr. Stimson had
died shortly after his Herculean ef
forts last year, when he had char
tered a special train from Chicago
to bring out the country's most
prominent breeders of livestock to
Portland's show.
Governor Olcott Speaka.
Governor Olcott was the first
speaker, taking, the platform imme
diately after, the invocation and the
musical overture by Campbell's
band. He discussed the importance
of the exposition to the livestock
and agricultural activities of the
sta,te and the whole. Columbian ter
ritory and eulogized Mr. Stimson as
the man who had given it the im
petus which has carried it so far.
E. A. Stuart, who succeeded Mr.
Stimson as president of the Pacific
International Livestock exposition,
followed Governor Olcott and talked
on the responsibility lie felt in tak-
Car Driven by C. Everett of
Boring Hits Pedestrian
"After Collision.
S. H. Sheller, 68, farmer in the
vicinity of Powell Valley and Jenne
last night when he was strucU j
by a wood truck driven by C. Ever
ett of Boring. The authorities said
the accident was apparently un
avoidable. Sheller was walking toward
Jenne road on the Powell Valley
road when Everett's machine ap
proached from behind. Just before
Everett's machine would have
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nolia street, attempted to pass the
truck. The right rear hub cap of
Keep's machine struck the left front
hub cap of Everett's truck in pass
ing, throwing the truck toward
Sheller. Sheller was knocked vio
lently to the pavement and was
run over by the right front wheel.
He suffered a compound fracture
of the skull.
Deputy Coroner Goetsch took
charge of the body. Both drivers
will report to the sheriff this morn
ing. Sheller was a widower. He
is survived by his son, Lee R.
Sheller, and a daughter, Mrs. John
Eive, who lived just across the
street from their father.
135 REFUGEES DROWNED
Only Two Russians Arc Saved
When Steamers Founder.
TOKIO, Nov. 5. (By the Associ
ated Press.) One hundred and thirty-five
Russian refugees from Vla
divostok were drowned today when
two steamers foundered, according
to a- dispatch from Seoul to the
Yomiuri here.
Only two persons were saved, the
report stated. The dispatch om'tted
the exact location of the foundering.
WIFE SHOT; MAN SUICIDE
Melvin Horn of Jacksonville Is
Dead Following Shooting.
MEDFORD, Or., Nov. 5. (Special.)
Melvin Horn of Jacksonville, this
afternoon shot his wife, from whom
he lia , been separated, , and then
killed liimself with a pistol. The
shooting was in Mrs. Horn's hojne.
Mrs. Horn was dangerously
wounded In the abdomen. The couple
have four children, who were living
with Mrs. Horn.
LISBON CABINET RESIGNS
Action Follows Sitting of Portu
guese Chamber of Deputies.
LISBON, Nov. 5. The Portuguese
cabinet resigned late last night at
the conclusion of the sitting of the
chamber of deputies.
A dispatch from Lisbon on Fri
day said that the government of
Premier Silva had decided to re
sign in order that it might be re-constructed.-
P0ST0FFICE IS RAIDED
Military Overpowered, Funds Se
cured and Building Is Burned.
DUBLIN. Nov. 5. The Rotund
Rink postofficeNvas seized by armed
raiders and burned to the ground
this morning. The raiders over
powered the military, secured f2340
from the building.
The maternity hospital next door
vas for a time in great danger of
Mng destroyed.
... EX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
. ; DAY'S Maximum temperature,
degrees: minimum. 40 degrees.
,iJAT'S Bain; southeasterly winds.
Foreign.
Ex-kaiser weds rrlncess Hermione.
Page I.
Nationalists seize Constantinople. Page 1
National.
World court to settle trao5 dispites
planned. Page 1. '
Domestic. v
Now businese era drives out gloom.
Page a. -
Vice ring housed in deserted armory.
Page 4.
Ship board vessel scene of big row.
Page S.
Negro assailant cornered by mob. Page 6.
Citizen seize railway coal. Page 1.
California is sure to elect Johnson.
Page 2.
Dr. Doyle tells of seance absolutely con
vincing to all present. Page 12.
Victory by narrow margin for republicans
In . congressional election forecast.
Page 2. :
Sports.
California uses ace on Pullman. Page 14.
' Commercial and Marine.
Unusual activity is seen on river. Page
15.
Purchasing power o west increases.
Page 21.
Portland ttd trinity.
Bronze Is unveneo. lor rrea o. oumson.
Mayor Baker favors ejecting syndicalist.
Page 9.
Mr. Baker expects fair bill to pass.
Page 22.
Near riot is (staged in longshore strike.
Page 1.
Coast sawmills piling up lumber stocks.
Page 20.
Horse show g opens tonight with eight
features. Page 8.
Tax defeat means delay for builders.
Page 20. .
Fight over school bill closes tonight
. Page 6.
World declared short of cross-bearers.
Page 22.
Farmer is killed by truckload of wood.
Page 1.
World declared short of crossbearers.
Page 22.
Governor held certain to win. Fags 1.
'ARTHUR SURE OF PLACE
His Re-election Expected by
7500 Margin.
PIERCE ERRORS COSTLY
Attack on Highway Commission
Said to H.ave Hurt Cause
to Vast Extent.
From the eleventh hour quiet, tha
pre-election calm, that has settled
over republican headquarters pend
ing the triai by ballot tomorrow,
two confident statements emerge.
The one is that Governor Olcott wiil
be re-elected by a majority of 20,
000 votes and upward. The other
that republican members of the Ore
gon congressional delegation will be
returned, and that Representative
McArthur of the third district will
experience no difficulty in defeating
his democratic opponent. Elton Wat
kins. "Our prediction," t-aid Walter L.
Tooze Jr., stats chairman or the re
publican "committee, "is that Gov
ernor Olcott will defeat Walter M.
Pierce by not less than 20,000 votes.
The three republican representatives
in congress, McArthur, Hawlcy and
Sinnott, are certain to be returned
to Washington. McArthur will win
in Multnomah county by not less
than 7500 votes. In every essential
respect, despite the bitterness of
the opposition, and the unscrupu
lous tactics employed, it will be con
clusively demonstrated that the re
publican state of Oregon : is SHU
strongly republican.
Counties Kspeetrd.
"Governor uieolt will carry 23
counties,- including Multnomah. Ad
dltioaally, he may carry, for he has
a strong chance in each, four doubt
ful counties. We concede to Pierce
not more than 10 counties, and even
in these strongholds of the demo
cratic candidate he has been steadily
slipping during the past two weeks.
Olcolt's local friends in these coun
ties maintain that Pierce Will not
carry them, or only by the narrow
est of margins.
"Our estimates have been .most' -'
conservatively compiled from the re
ports of political observers in every
county of Oregon independent " in-,
vestiators who are in no way. con
nected with the state republican or
ganization. We lave the utmost
confidence in the figures supplied.
Pierce Lender Talks Hopefully.
A majority of 30,000 votes for
Walter M. Pierce, democratic can
didate for governor of Oregon, was
the prediction of Dr. Charles J.
Smith, state democratic chairman,
who based his prediction on reports
received from all county chairmen
in the state.
"We estimate," he said, "that
250,000 votes will be cast in the
state out of a total registration of
345,000 persons. Of this number.
Pierce will receive 140.000 votes and
Olcott 110,000. Elton Watkins, dem
ocratic candidate for congress, is
expected to carry Portland by 15,000
votes. We further expect to elect
10 democratic members to the Ore
gon state senate and 12 democratic
members to the house of representa
tives." McArthur Certain to Win.
"A most careful Inquiry in Mult
nomah county indicates beyond all
doubt that Representative McArthur'
will be re-elected by a substantial
majority. The demagogic campaign
of his opponent, like that of Pierce,
has not made the expected head
way. Mr. McArthur has made a
good record, and political observ
ers note that, despite predictions to
the contrary, he is being warmly
supported by ex-service men. His
vote for disabled soldiers and his
stand on the Bursun bill have made
him many friends among thone who
wore the . uniform. My prediction
is that Representative McArthur wpl
win in Multnomah county with a
majority of not less than 7500."
With respect-to the county ticket,
W.' E. Eddy, county chairman, be
lieves that republican candidates
will sweep the field. As for the"
re-election of Representative Mc-'
Arthur, while admitting that his
majority will be reduced, his fore
cast is that the third district will
return Mr. McArthur by not less
1(j 00 majority. Governor
Olcott's majority in jviUsitnaman
county, according to the viewpoint -of
Chairman Eddy, will vary from
a minimum of 10,000 upward to
15,000.
' Candidates Dodge BUI.
Political observers see in the trend
away from Pierce and Watkins
growing unpopularity of the com
pulsory school bill. Both espoused
the measure when it appeared to be
more popular than it is now. But
since the hool bill became ob
viously a lost cause both candidates
have cut loose from it and the
measure docs not appear to be spon-
and J. W. Crltes, treasurer.
(Concluded on paso S, column 2.)
(Concluued on Page 4, Column.!.)
(Concluded era rage 5. Column 3.)