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THE : OREGON ; DAILY JOU RNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON nniiiTn tn nnrnnu SWING FOR COX " ' By Ward A. Irvine : Straw votes and reports from vf w w ms saw v m v rf that Pot hnrtnnnr' :. is not iar wrong in declaring tni' uregon has been removed within tho last two weeks from a probable HAr'f ing state tn 4 dmihtftil fftlnmn Ti ToaffitA of Nations has served to break down . party lines, and an a result of Hard- . ing s numerous statements ."dative to his position on the league, and . his final stand against H At Des Moines, many a. Republican has lumped over' to the Cox aUndird. - If the movement continues, there is nnaalhilltv nf a small for nliiralltv , In Oregon. WILL BEAT WILSOTT VOTE Word comes from an Eastern Oregon county that went for Wilson four years am that C.nt will undouhtarilv mri v more votes than Wilson got in 19 It. A Republican county In Western Oregon sends word that the movement to Cox Is strong and that the county will roll op plurality for ttie League of Na tions candidate. Another small county in that territory reports a switch of 26 Republicans In a very few precincts to the Cox standard. Other counties are sending in similar reports. From the . Southwestern Oregon city railroad men. Fifty-eight cast ballots. Forty-seven were registered Republi cans. Cox got 66 votes. Teacher for cox ' Nine teachers were questioned In Port land. Seven were Republicans. One was for . Harding. In a ballot taken among' carmen. Cox received 81 out of 90 Votes, A merchant from a suburb Republicans have come to him In the last live aays ana announcea inemseives for Cox and the League of Nations. Dr. E. T. Hedlund. Cox chairman in Multno- men, claims his county for Cox. The switches have occurred within the , n,n ra.l,a ITAW InatnnA, 1 ft Haw, last two weeks. Far instance, 10 days sgo one family of five in Portland was a unit in support of Hardfng. Today three ' are for Cox, one Is on the fence, one remains In the Harding camp. That ramny was-cnangea largely on ins msn 1 question and by the Harding separate . peace. ' BENNETT DISCUSSES NEED IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Before a meeting of the cltlsena of St. Johns, called by the Better Transpor tation league, William D. Bennett, can didate for public service commissioner, ' outlined some of the changes that would , have to be brought about before any permanent solution of our transport a ' tton -problems could be expected. He pointed out that a complete reorganisa tion 'of the present traction system would be necessary ; that the franchise under which they now operate would. .. In all probability, have to be surrendered ' and a new arrangement entered into, which would permit a full supervision . of all expenditures by someone repre senting the people. He pointed out . that the people had lost Confidence in the management of the traction company arid that unless the company could re store that confidence, thenrio fare that would be reasonable for the car rider would bring in enough revenue to make the traction company a paying proposi tion. He said that the one thing that would go further than all others to reas sure the public would be for the traction company to submit to a full and com plete supervision by someone who would truly represent the public, with full power to prevent the payment of high salaries and with power to prevent the expenditure of any money for purposes not absolutely necessary to the opera- tlon of the system. LOVEJOY MEETING OFFERS M'ARTHUR CHANCE TO REPLY Congressman MeArthur may or may not be, present tonight at a meeting of supporters of Dr.r Esther Pohl Lovejoy, candidate to succeed him. He has been Invited to beat a big rally scheduled for I o'clock in the auditorium of the Lin coln high school, under auspices of the Oregon Popular Government league, the Anti-Raloon league of Oregon, the Wom en's Christian Temperance union and the Prohibition party, all of which are seek ing to replace MeArthur by the election of Drl Lovejoy. "MeArthur has publicly stated at meetings of late that his opponents have been making misstatements concerning his record," Bald B. A. Green, secretary of the Oregon Popular Government league, who sent the Invitation. "We simply want to give, him an opportunity to get on the platform and tell us where in we have said anything untrue. Of course, if he should accept, which we hope he will, he will be expected to an swer questions based on his record, should any be asked. It is our purpose to go fully into all phases of his record tonight" Dr. Lovejoy and Mr. Green will be speakers tonight, and W. J. Herwig, su perintendent of the Anti-Saloon league, and Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruh, executive secretary of the dry forces, will also talk. A. band will provide music for the event .Sunday was observed throughout the city as prohibition day. The pastors af- nuatea wun the general Ministerial as sociation or other spokesmen represent- Ing them gave reasons why Dr. Lovejoy should b sent to congress, the chief on being tbetr anxiety to M thorough safeguards thrown about the Volstead njorlty In congress la all that la necessary to overthrow the Volstead act. It waa explained, hence the efforts on the part of the churches to send to Washington one who has a lone record of established prohibition principles. Dr. Lovejoy personally spoke at the young people's meeting in Calvary Bap tlst church -and at the regular meeting of the Olencoe Baptist church at 7:10 o'clock. 8he declared herself as most strongly In favor of prohibition and said she will "support the Volstead act with all the power at her command, should she be elected. PERKINS COMMITTEE TO BEGIN WHIRLWIND DRIVE Preparing for a whirlwind closing campaign, members of the. "Perkins for Commissioner" campaign committee will hold an Important meeting at 715 Cham ber of Commerce building at J. o'clock tonight to map out final plans for Its candidates. Notice of the meeting was Issued this morning by Hamilton John stone, chairman of the committee, which is sponsoring the candidacy of Dr. T. L. Perkins for city commissioner. "We are more than gratified with the results of the campaign to date and are confident that Dr. Perkins will poll the highest vote of all commissioner can didates," Mr. Johnstone said this morn ing, i "The feeling persists among voters of Portland that Dr. Perkins should be gtven a long term on the city commission. His record during the eight months be served out the unexpired term of. Mayor Baker was such that the average thinking voter believes be should be given a fet ter opportunity to display his sound business Judgment "Assurance of strong support comes dally to us from all sections of the city and from civic organisations of all kinds. Dr. Perkins' public record as a legislator and city commissioner is his strongest asset in this campaign." Mr ARTHUR INVITED TO BE GUEST AT LOVEJOY MEET Congressman MeArthur has been in vited to be a special, guest of the Oregon Popular Government league and the al lied dry forces that are working for Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, to succeed him. at their meeting to be held in Lincoln high school auditorium, at 8 o'clock, this evening. The invitation was sent to him yesterday by B. A. Green, secre tary of the lea cue, who explained that. Inasmuch as MeArthur had said he has btee" m''r!pe"non ceriln matters, 'l ,u!,e ?nIy ,a,r ,t0 nl J have opportunity to correct anything he wishes to. "Mr, MeArthur really should accept this Invitation." said Mr. Green, "for he would then hav opportunity to make his own statement in his own way and correct the misrepresentations he says have been made. At the Lincoln school meeting Dr. Lovejoy will speak and others on the program are Mr. Oreen, W. J. Herwig. superintendent of the Oregon Anti-Saloon league, and Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruh, executive secretary of the Multnomah county dry congressional committee. A band will lead In the music and the meeting is expected ' to be one of the largest of the campaign. ' JACKSONVILLE-MEDFORD COUNTY SEAT FIGHT HOT Medford. Oct 25. Coming down the home stretch this week a vigorous cam paign will be waged by both sides of the controversy on the question of removing the courthouse from Jacksonville to Medford. which will be voted on election day. The removal Is fathered by the Medford Chamber of Commerce. ' The city council has agreed to furnish a site for the new courthouse, if the re moval carries. Porter J. Neff and John A. Westerlund have publicly agreed to build a temporary concrete structure to house the courthouse offices and the Chamber of Commerce pledges to pro vide temporary quarters for two years or "will pay over the sum of $5000 to the county authorities for that purpose in case that plan is preferred by tnem. Colonel H. H. Sargent and Lewis Ul- rich of Jacksonville are the leaders in opposing the proposed removal of the courthouse and are holding nighty meet ings in an tne to was ana rural districts of the county. COX VOTERS WARNED NOT TO BE TRICKED BY BALLOT A warning to voters who will cast their ballot for Cox and Roosevelt on November 2 not to be "tricked" Into vot ing for the electors of William W. Cox and August GiUhaus, Industrial Labor candidates for president and vice presi dent is sounded by Dr. C. J. Smith, chairman of the Democratic state cen tral committee. Dr. Smith points out that unless vot ers use extreme care they may mark their ballot in favor of the electors of the Industrial candidate. He calls at tentlojn to all voters in the state who will vote for Cox and Roosevelt to mark their ballot as follows: 17 X Hayter, Oscar Democratic of Polk county. 18 X Hedlund. Dr. E. T. Democratic or Multnomah county. 19 X Miller, Robert A. Democratic of Multnomah county. 20 X 21 X Keames. A. E. Democratic or JacKson county. Watkina, Elton Democratic of Multnomah county. THREE COX MEETINGS ON LIST TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY Three Cox meetings are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday evenings In various parts of the city, according to word given out today at Democratic state headquarters In the Morgan build Ing. Barnett Goldstein will discuss the League of Nations Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in the Woodstock M. E. church. Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden will NOW ON SALE! November , THE WINTER FASHIONS Harpers 'Ba&ar esasssyallsdh mmitlm is delsawa. Be fita it trissaV ts IfafesWb Omm icmnAf straw sawi iebAtM tbsaa 1st tW waist las ssadtWai eswwW sua towflssps. MAHAN NEWS AGENCY Distributers 45 N. Fifth St, Portland, Ore E STANRELD STILL STAND UN REFUTED Two years ago, when R. N. Stan field waa then as aow a candidate for the United States senate, 'two of hla present confidential campa'gn managers, who were then bitterly opposing his nomination, sanctioned and presumably indorsed the state wide publication of the charge that Stanfield was associated with th Swift Packing interests and had made f 1,000,000 of profits by hoard ing wool needed for the manufacture of clothing for the soldiers. These charges, published May . 1918. were contained in the following article Reiterating the statement that R. N. Stanfield. Republican candidate for United States senator, made a "cool million" from his wool ' ooeratlons and that his senatorial campaign is one of the most lavish ever staged in tne nis tory of the state, Dr. Mark S. Skiff, a prominent Salem cttixen. today replied to an interview appearing in a morning paper Saturday by Mr. stanfield aeiena Ing his wool operations. Dr. Skiff fur ther asserts that Swift A Co.. the pack- t i i , l. , . e,.ti. and it would be Interesting to know If the packers are not contributing to the campaign. CHALLENGE IS ACCEPTED Mr. Stanfield in his interview also challenged Dr. 8kiff to measure his patriotism 'with that of Mr. Stanfield, and the doctor accepts ' the challenge and Insists that the patriotism of the two be measured by a "flesh and blood" and not a "dollars and cents" standard. Mr. Stanfield's interview was In re gard to a former statement given the ress by Dr. Skiff, in which he said tr. Stanfield had made $1,000,000 from wool operations ; pronounced Mr. btan field's offer of his wool clip to the gov ernment camouflage and flayed him for his expensive campaign. "In your reply in the Oregonlan on May 4 to a published letter of mine charging you with having cleared a "cool inlllion" from "hoarding' wool since the United States entered the war. and also with lavish campaign expendi tures, you challenge me to measure my yairiuiinn UHinsi your winuiiain, I accept the challenge," says Dr. Skiff. MEASURED BT DOLLARS "You measured your patriotism by the same standard that you measure your wool profits In dollars and cents and vulgarly boast of having per formed the common duty of contribut in to oatriotic organisations. I meas ure mv natriotlsm in flesh and blood. for I have offered a son upon the altar of war my only child and he is rignt lnr on the battlefields of France while you are waxing rich from wool needed for clothing for that boy and thousands of other boys waxing rich, and with your other wool associates are spending a fortune to gratify a political ambition to supplant a man in tne senate wno is patriotic enough to put duty to country above political fortune, and remain at his post in Washington during tne cam paign. ASKS STAIfFIELD TO ENLIST- "You may Dlead in reply that you have no son to offer on the altar of war; but you are young, have health and wealth and why not 6ffer yourself instead ol waging in this day of sacrifice a costly political campaign and traducing your opponent for having stood patriotically bv President Wilson on the food control bill? Older men that you. Mr. Stanfield, are wearing the uniform oi tnetr coun try today ana serving unaer tne nag and why not you? Tender your services to your country instead of your wool at the market price, or give me a valid reason for not serving your country and i win coaaescena to meet you on mercenary grounds and measure my financial contriburtons to patriotic or ganizations against yours, and I will guarantee that I will have contributed as much proportionately as you. EEPIT FAITHS RAMBLING "Your reply is rambling : it is pretty much of a wool gathering expedition into tne clouds, i cnargea you witn reaping a cool million from your wool operations and your failure to deny the charge is tantamount to an admission of the truth. I said you had offered your wool clip to the government at the market price ; that it was a cold-blooded business proposition and your failure to deny this charge Is" tantamount to an admission of the truth. 'Neither do you aeny mat tne last oner was in anttci pation of a government order comman deering the wool of the country. " 'Pride' in your "native state.' you declare, caused you In recent years to associate yourself with certain Portland financiers and other wool growers of the country, but "pride" did not prompt you to give a list of these financiers. Investigation disclosed that L. F. Swift of Swift A Co., the packers recently un der investigation by the federal .trade commission under the charge of illegally com Din ing to control meat prices, is as sociated with you in the Columbia Basin Wool warehouse, where you store your wool, and I presume this was the rea son for your profound silence on the subject PACKERS' BACKING HIlfTED AT "You did not deny, either, that the campaign conducted in the path of your candidacy by you and your wool asso ciates surpasses in l&vishnesa any po litical campaign waged In the state since the halcyon days when the millionaire corporations and the bosses ruled Ore gon politics, and.it jrould be interesting io Know it me pactrers are not contrib uting to thla cam Dai rn. "Although I am not a candidate for office, you assailed me personally. Since you are a candidate, I would be war ranted in attacking you personally, and were I so inclined I could perforate your recora, lor you are vulnerable. also speak. Mrs. Kdith Snyder will sing, several selections. John A. Jef rrey and Elmer R. Lundberg will speak at a Cox meeting: on the same evening at the Vernon school. Twenty third and Wygant streets. On Wednes day evening Colonel F. L, Evans, John Jeffrey and William D. Bennett will speak at the Lents school, Ninety-second and Gilbert road. COX-ROOSEVELT CLUB TO HOLD RALLY The Cox-Roosevelt club of St Johns, Linnton and Portsmouth will hold a rally at Blckner hall, St Johns, Tues day at 1:10 p. m. W. 8. XTRen and John M. Pipes, Re publicans, will tell why they are sup porting Cox and the League of Na tions; the Cox Glee club, assisted by Miss Mary F. Neely and Madame Isads Bourey, will give a musical program. Mrs. Bessie M. Richards will preside. TWO BIG RALLIES TO END DRIVE IN JACKSON COUNTY Medford, Oct 25. The closing week of the Republican campaign in Jack son county will begin with a rally Tues day night in Ashland. Former Congress man Charles F. tcott of Kansas will speak. The other rally Wedsesdar night In Medford will be addressed by Lieutenant Colonel James J. Crossley of Portland and Congressman W. 8. Ben nett of New York. Smaller meetings will be held every night at advantageous points throughout the county. ' Plan to invade Oregon Spokane, Wash., Oct 25. Plana to carry the farmer-labor movement into the state of Oregon shortly after the November election, if a number of the state and legislative candidates In Wash ington are successful this year, were announced today by J. N. Northway. secretary of the Spokane county farmer- AKE ISSUE OF G.O. P. FAILS, Br Louis Seibold (Copyright 1920. Prm PubHaUnc Co. Now Tot worn.) New York, Oct. 24. The most per plexing problem that confronts the Democrats and Republican manag ers is, "Can the moral conscience of America" be sufficiently aroused in support of the League of 1 Nations during, the next eight days, to nul lify the apparent success of the Re publican propaganda which is de signed to convince the great number of voters that it is an undesirable thing for the welfare of the United States? ' Governor Cox, the Democratic candi date, told me in the Waldorf hotel a few minutes before he departed yester day on his mission to convert the doubt ful states of the Middle West that he believes a study pf the problem has pro vided an antidote to which the voters are responding. He expressed complete satisfaction with the result of his ef forts to expose '"the emotional fake" which the Republican party has built up with the support' of various nation alistic groups hitherto deceived by Re publican propaganda. HAYS ALSO CONFIDENT A few minutes later Republican Na tional (committeeman Hays told me. within 200 feet of the apartment in which Governor C6x was conferring with his manager, that "nothing the Demo cratic party can do will change the ad vantage which the Republican party has won by exposing the incompetency of the Democratic administration and the dan gers fit the Wilson League of Nations Governor Cox is quite certain he has succeeded in dissipating the fog which the Republican party had created to obscure the vision of the Irish, the Ital lan and to some extent the less refrac tory German mind, regarding the true meaning and inestimable value of the League of Nations to the nationalistic ambitions reflected by them. He ex pressed the opinion that the belated awakening of the people would trans form the contest for the presidency into a real fight before November 2. HARD FIGHT PROMISED National Chairman White, Treasurer Marsh, H. Moore and Senator Pat liar rtson, who are managing the Cox cam paign, expressed greater confidence than the governor himself that "we will show the other side a fight during the next week and we have every reason to be lieve that we will win." The retort of Hays who, while most optimistic is, nevertheless Inclined to conservatism in the matter of claims, was that "we are not afraid of any fight the Democrats can put up. We have been ready for one ever since the cam paign started. The tide set against the Democratic party months ago, and while it may not prove an irresistible flood. the results will show that the voters of the country, men and women, are deter mined to substitute competency and ef ficiency in the government for incom petency, autocracy and inefficiency. These two authoritative views clearly reflect the conditions that exist nine days before the 27 million voters of the country are to render their decision be tween the two parties. That there has been a vast improvement in Democratic chances is not disputed by the more im portant managers of the Republican campaign. CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT This improvement is attributed by them SAYS GOV COX "Something to Think About" Gloria Swanaon and a Notable Cant in a Cecil B. DeMille Picture PS Why Wait? GO NOW! Mac mm .t 'K live THE TraUed by Three," Chap. 13 Comedy Scenic N to three causes.. First, the wabbling and evasion of Senator Harding, the Repub lican presidential candidate, aggravated by factional rows ia some of the most important parts of the cofcntry. Sec ond, the aggressive and effective work by President Wilson and Governor Cos, plus thorough cooperation of the party organisation generally. Third, the tre mendous Interest recently displayed by voters, particularly women, in the League of Nations. The improvement noted in Democratic chances has been sufficiently marked to make the Republican leaders of several states express concern over their state, senatorial and congressional candidates, to cause many of them to run up sig nals for financial help and to revise their obvious extravagant pluralities for their presidential candidate. Surface in dications reflected in the report to the New York. Chicago and San Francisco headquarters of the two parties still point to a victory for Mr. Harding, xnere is' no question about that. But the balance of this same report points unmlsuaabiy to the slipping of Mr. Harding in popu- ular estimation. In some parts or tne country the retrogression has been so pronounced as to encourage the Demo cratic leaders to assert that If the cam paign had another month to go Harding would be beaten and the "emotional fake failed In its purpose." WOMAN TOTE DOUBTFUL A circumstance that contributes large ly to this conclusion is the admission of both parties that they have not suoceeed- ed in getting a line on tne prooaoie distribution of the women vote, of which it is estimated there will be about 12, 000.000. The managers of both parties, there fore, make obviously absurd claims which have so far resisted analysis ana aeu- nite classification. The Democrats believe they will be Lable to win enough of the women vot ers in some of the western states wnicn, combined with the electoral states sure ly Democratic, will give them the de cision. While the Republicans also at tach great importance to the women vote. It is not regarded as vital to the conditions of that party as tt is to the opposition. The reason is that the Re publicans are confident of securing the support of the business vote, the pro fessional rank and file of the party, all of the votes susceptible to German pre judice and to a very large extent those responding to prejudices encouraged by Republican propaganda for reasons re lating to Ireland, Italy and other na tionalistic issues. The Democratic elaims that voters identified with these distinct groups have evidenced a tendency to modify their extreme and unwarranted prejudices is somewhat Justified, but diligent Inquiry fails to show that there has been any general movement on the part of any of these groups to return to normal Democratic affiliations. The Republicans assert that voters of these distinct types are "still wearing a grouch against the Democratic party" and they dont want to get over it" Here In New York, in Boston and in other places in the East where the Demo cratic managers have noted a pronounced change on the part of voters hitherto influenced by hostile Irish propagan dists, the "local leaders are apprehensive of their state and local candidates. That is the best proof that the "grouches" of the groups antagonistic to tne Demo cratic party Is still working. N O. O. V. HOLDS TO CLAIMS In the matter of figures the Republi cans have not modified their claim that Mr. Harding will carry all of the New England' and Atlantic seaboard states north of the Potomac. The extent of their concessions to the opposition west of the Alleghenies is limited to Ken tucky. Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Idaho and Colorado. They as sert that Mr. Cox does not stand a ghost of a chance of winning his own state, Indiana, California. Nebraska, Minne sota and South Dakota. The concensus of expert opinion and betting in New York, Chicago and Boston, Pittsburg and San Francisco unmistakably favors the chances of the Republican presiden tial ticket by odds of from three to six to one. The betting on Mr. Hughes over Mr. Wilson four years ago was from two to four to one. and Wilson was elected. The last week of the campaign, which TODAY AND TUESDAY ONLY KATHERXNE DONALD - . cumin? mystrrr. areiiii i NOTORIOUS MISS UffLE (hZmth tuieUM tmcC nee by iKlECK Albany. Oct. 25. Two passengers were slightly injured and three Southern Pacific passenger coaches on train No. 2 J, southbound were badly damaged at 11:15 o'clock Sun day morning, when a baggage car was backed into the passenger train as the latter was leaving the station. J. B. Lant, of Tangent, a Southern I Pacific brakeman off duty, suffered cuts on nis hands mnicted by broken glass, and a logger whose name was not learned here, was hurt about the shoulders. He went to Eugene. Lant waa ,iven medical at tention at Albany. ' The three coaches were left here for re pairs. The baggage car that-caused the damage was being sidetracked prepara tory to being attached to the Yaqulna train, when it missed a switch and backed onto the main line. Selfish Purposes Back of Bird Bill, Engineer Charges Salem, Oct I. Statements credited to W. L.,F1nley. former state biologist, to the effect that the proposed Roosevelt bird refuge measure on the November ballot represents a compromise between proponents of the bill and irrigation interests of Harney county, are denied by Percy A. Cupper, state engineer. Such compromise aa was mads was between the proponents of the measure and the William Hanley interests of Burns and the .Swift-Corbett interests Of Portland", wlttf do not represent the rank and file of the irrigators, accord ing to Cupper. Both the Hanley and the Swlft-Corbett interests. Cupper de clares, see In the measure a chance to protect their own property, and any compromise agreed to by them was necessarily based on selfish grounds both parties will Inaugurate today, will be spirited until the campaign is closed by Mr. Cox at Toledo a week from to night and by Senator HardlnasWhen he makes his last frost porch explanation of his previous explanations regarding his attitude on the League of Nations. WIDE PUBLICITY 18 AIM Both parties will resort to every device calculated to maintain or reverse surface Indications that point o a victory for the Republican presidential candidate. Both will inaugurate extensive newspa per advertising campaigns, which are ex pected to exercise a tremendous effect on the voting mind. The Democrats will be able to hold up their end In this respect by unex pected additions to volume . of cam paign contributions. Although the Re publicans are not as "flush" as It is generally believed, they afc probably well prepared to meet any demands for funds necessary to win the doubtful states, particularly Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. Determined efforts will be made by both parties to win Ohio, where the ne gro vote .is counted on to favor Mr. Harding. FLAYING TODAY and for the balance of the week ,11 tMSssWMtiM WILLIAM FARNUM in Gregory Jackson's glorious story of a Man, a Maid and a Million. It's, fairly filled with humor "The Joyous Troublemakers19 Liberty Topical. Digest ' Liberty World Newt "1000 Pounds of Harmony Keatet and Our Giant $50,000 Organ NEXT SATURDAY Portland' Biggest Fun-Fest - 1800 School Children To Attend Symphony About 1800 school children will at tend th rehearsal of the Portland Sym phony orchestra at the Hetlig theatre Tuesday afternoon, under the cooper ative arrangements made between the orchestra association and the school ooara. preference in tne dispensing or tickets to the school children . is being given those who show an especial in terest in music Those attending the rehearsal will be excused from classes. HITS INDIANA, OHIO COsmtisaad Pram Pace On.) make a supreme effort this week to win November 2. The -belief in the Democratic camp Is more pro-league Republicans and inde pendents will swing to Cox aa a result of hla definite announcement in New York that he favors a reservation to Ar ticle X which provides that under no circumstances can the armed forces of the United States be used under the league unless specifically authorised or approved by congress. His statement Is apparently a counter move against what he believes to be an attempt by Ellhu Root and other Re publicans who have advocated the league to misrepresent his attitude to ward reservations by saying he want the covenant "just as Wilson negotiated 10,000 GREET COX WHEN HE STOPS AT WASHINGTON Washington. Oct. 26. A crowd of 10.- 000 people greeted Governor Cox when be arrived last ntght at Union station en route to Hlnton. W. Vs. At I :S0 o'clock tonight a reception committee consisting of Joseph Tumulty. Timothy L Ansberry, a close friend of Governor Cox ; Attor ney Oeneral A. Mltchel Palmer, Senator Dial of South Carolina, John D. Colpoys. secretary of the Democratic district com mittee, and John F. Costello, Democratic committeeman, met him on the train platform.- Tumulty and Ansberry held a consul tation with the presidential candidate in his drawing room. Then, arm In arm with Attorney Oeneral Palmer, he walked to the presidential reception room of the station, and for SO minutes be shook hands with a continuous pro cession of people. One little Japanese alarmed the po lice by grasping Cox by the hand and refusing to let go. He talked In an ex cited fashion, but was finally dragged away. Then the crowd yelled for a speech and a burly policeman mounted on a piece of statuary and yelled : "Silence all. Let the president speak ! Cheers and much laughter greeted this illy. Governor Cox mounted a ledge and expressed his appreciation, but re fused to make a speech on the ground thai It would be trespassing the Sab bath day. Thereupon he returned to the drawing room, where he conversed with Attorney Oeneral Palmer, William H. Lamar, so licitor of the postofflce department ; Ed- FINAL DRIVE OF COX lli!il!!!li!II!ICIi;!I!i:illil! Hanan & Son AGENCY mm Tomorrow and Wednesday for K4M0ST1MT OF THE PRICES ON ALL 11 FINE SHOES NEW PRICES Effective . THURSDAY MORNING, 9 A. M. October 28, 1920 Corner FOURTH WTWwwfmm!mmim?mmM!m?tm?m' 10 BE FACTOR AT .2 The "absent voter" Is one factor general election one week from nest Tuesday. Under the provisions made in in taws oi iviv, tne absent voter" may cast his ballot, provided he would be eligible to do so were he In his own voting preV-ct at the time of an election. This is the first general election at which "absent voters" of Oregon will cast their ballots. At the recent pri mary election but four such ballots were cast In Multnomah county. Al ready County Clerk Beverldge has re ceived applications for ballots from 42 such persona Many are students at colleges outside this county. Others are from commercial travelers, some of whom are in other states. It Is esti mated that at least 60 "absent voter" ballots will be cast in this county at the coming election. The "absent voter" Is defined In the statute to mean "any elector who is a student in attendance at any Institution of learning, also any officer or employe of the United States or of this state. and "commercial travelers' who are ab sent from their legal residence upon the day of any general, special or pri mary election and who are qualified electors of this state." The law provides that at ang time within 30 days preceding an election the voter, expecting to be absent on election day, may make application to the. county clerk, in person or by mall, upon a blank to be furnished by the county clerk, for the official ballot. Upon receipt of the official ballot, the voters shall msrk it according to the Instructions sent with it, and fill out an affidavit on the back of the ballot, signing and swearing to it hp fore a notary public, and mall the documents to the coun'ly clerk. To be valid, the ballot must be re ceived by the county clerk In time for him to deposit It with the election board in the elector's precinct before the closing of the polls on election day. Election boards where such "absent voter" ballots are presented are to ver- parlson of the signature to the affi davit with that upon tha application of the elector, and by an examination of the poll book to see that such elector has not voted In person and that he Is a registered elector. When they hive thus satisfied themselves they shall de posit the- ballot In the box and enter upon the poll book the fact" that such an elector has voted by means of an absent voter ballot. ward A. Ryan, ejected from a recent meeting In Baltimore when he attempted to heckle Senator Harding, and others until the train pulled out. llllllllil i SdDl and MORRISON 'HI ELECTION NOV labor party 1 -,uli iiuiiaiiiliUiliuliiUliiiliiilUlilUllUliuiii iMMII