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6 THE MORXING OKEGONIAX, TnURSDAT, OCTOBER 28, 1920 WILSON CALLS FOR LEAGUE- ADOPTION Address to Delegation First Since Collapse. WHEEL CHAIR IS OCCUPIED President' Shows Emotion "While Reading From Manuscript. Task's Completion Urged. (Continues From First Page.) question: Shall we or shall we not re deem the great moral obligation of the United States?-' "The whole moral force of right In the world." said the president, "de cnds upon the United States rather n.an apon any other nation, and It would be pitiful indeed if, after so many great free peoples had entered the great league, we should hold aloof." Remarks Addressed to Nation. While Mr. Wilson spoke directly to the delegation, which bad called upon him to obtain a further expression with regard to the league issue, his remarks were addressed to the whole country, under the salutation, "My fellow countrymen." Declaring that It was "nothing less than tragic" that the great president of the United tSates should have been brought to such a stricken physical condition as the result "of his inde fatigable labor for the country and for humanity," the delegation said they felt that this might be the presi dent's "final appeal to the conscience of his countrymen in the supreme moral decision they are called upon to make." Nothing; Klse Held Proposed. The president asserted that no one who opposed the adoption of the league of nations had proposed anv other "adequate means" of bringing about settled peace, and argued that there was no other available and pos sible means, "and this means is ready to hand." , Asserting that opponents of "the league had tried to persuade the peo ple that the pledge contained in ar ticle 10, "the essential pledge of the whole plan of security." was itself a threat of war. Mr. Wilson declared that on the contrary it was "an as surance of the concert of all the free peoples of the world lnthe future to see justice done and humanity pro tected and vindicated." "The pro-league delegation in cluded: Hamilton Holt, editor of the Inde pendent, who acted as spokesman; Theodore Marburg of Baltimore, Kd win F. Clay, president of the New York Evening Post; John F. Morse, .chairman of the League of Nations club of Massachusetts; Mrs. Schuyler N. Warren, of New Tork. director of the League for Political education: Ur. John Bares Clark, professor of economics, Columbia university; Dr. John Spencer Bassett, professor of history. Smith college; Colonel Sam uel I. Weatherill, head of the pro league republican movement of Phila delphia, and Rev. Arthur J. Brown. New York, honorary vice-president of the League to Enforce Peace. iHsue Held Growlnnr Obscure. President Wilson in his address to the delegation said: "My Fellow-Countrymen It is to be feared that the supreme Issue pre sented for your consideration in the present campaign is growing more obiscure rather than clearer by rea son of the many arbitrary turns the discussion of it has taken. The edi tors and publishers of the country . would render a great service if they would publish the full text of the covenant of the league of nations because, having read that text, you would be able to judge for yourselves a great many things in which you are now in danger of being misled. "I hope, sincerely that it will be very widely and generally published entirely. It is with a desire to reclarify the issue and to assist your judgment that I take the liberty of stating ngaln the case submitted to you, in as imple terms as possible. Tank; of War Is Recalled. "Three years ago it was my duty to summon you to the concert of war, to join the free nations of the world in meeting and ending the most sin t ister peril that had ever, been de veloped in the irresponsible politics of the old world. Your response to the call really settled the fortunes of war. . "You will remember that the morale of the German people broke down long before the strength of the Ger man armies was broken. That was obviously because they, felt that a great moral force whtci they could not look in the face had come into the contest and that thenceforth all their professions of right were discredited and they were unable to pretend that their continuation of the war was not the support of a government that had violated every principle of right and every consideration of humanity" "It is my privilege to summon you now to the concert of peace and the completion of the great moral achievement on your part which the war represented and in the presence of which the world found a reassur ance and a recovery of force which it could have experienced in no other way. We entered the war, as you re member, not merely to beat Germany, but to end the possibility of the -re-I newal of such iniquitous schemes as Germany entertained. Peace Assurance Asked. "The war will have been fought in vain and our immense sacrifices thrown away unless wetcomplete the work we then began, and 1 ask you to consider that there is only one way to assure the world of peace: that is by making it so dangerous to break the peace that no other na tion will have the audacity to attempt it- We should not be deceived into supposing that imperialistic schemes ended with the defeat of Germanv, or that Germany is the only nation "that entertained such schemes or was moved by sinister ambitions and long standing Jealousies to attack the very Structure of civilization. "There are other nations which are likely to be powerfully moved or are already moved by commercial jeal ousy, by the desire to dominate and to have their own way in politics and in enterprise, and it is necessary to check them and to apprise them that the world will be united against them as It was against Germany if they at tempt any similar thing. War's Sacrifices Mentioned. - "The mothers and sisters and wives of the country know the sacrifice of war. They will feel that we have misled Jhem and compelled them to make an entirely unnecessary sacri fice of their beloved ones if we do not make i as certain as it can be made that no similar sacrifice will be de manded of mothers and sisters and wives in the future. This duty is so plain that it seems to me to consti tute a primary demand upon the con science of every one of us. "It is inconceivable to most of us that any men should have been so false or so heartless aa to declare that the women of the country would again have to suffer the intolerable burden of privation, of war ' if the league of nations were adopted. The league of nations is the well-considered effort of the whole group of nations who were opposed to Gen many to secure themselves and the rest of mankind against a repetition of the war. It will have back of it the watchfulness and material force of all these nations and is such a guarantee of a peaceful future as no well-informed man can question who does not doubt the whole spirit with which the war was conducted against Germany. The great moral influence of the United States will be absolutely thrown away if we do not complete the task which our soldiers and sail ors so heroically undertook to execute. Article Ten Is Held Fledge. "One thing ought to be" said, and saldvery clearly, about article 10 of the covenant of the league of na tions. It is the specific pledge of the members of the league that they will unite to resist exactly the things which Germany attempted, no mat ter who attempts them in the future. It is as exact a definition as could be given in general terms of the out rage which Germany would have com mitted if it could. "Germany violated the territorial Integrity of her neighbors and flouted their political independence in order to aggrandize herself and al most every war of history has origi nated in such designs. It is signi ficant" that the nations of the world should have at last combined to de fine the general cause of war and to exercise such concert as may be nec essary to prevent such methods." Ar ticle 10 therefore is the specific re demption of the pledge which the free governments of the world gave to their people when they entered the war. They promised their people not only that Germany would be pre vented from carrying out her plot, but that the world would be safe guarded in the future from similar designs. orr Declared Time o Cfcoose. "We now have to choose whether we will make good or Quit. We have Joined issue and the issue is between the spirit and purpose of the United State and the spirit of imperialism, no matter where it shows itself. The spirit of imperialism is absolutely opposed to free government, to the safe life of free nations, to the devel opment of peaceful Industry, to the completion of the righteous processes of civilization. It seeing to me. and I think it will seem to you. that (i is our duty to show the indomitable will and irresistible majesty of the high purpose of the United States, so that the part we played In the war as sol diers and sailors may be. crowned with the achievement -. of lasting peace. "No one who opposes the ratifica tion of the treaty of Versailles and the adoption of the covenant of the league of nations has proposed any other adequate means of bringing about settled peace. There s no other available or possible means and this means is ready to hand. They have, on the contrary, tried to per suade you that the .very pledge con tained in article 10. which is the essential pledge of the whole plan of security, is itsetf a threat of war. It is, on "the contrary, an assurance of the concert of all the free peoples of the world in . the future, as Jn the recent past, to see justice done and humanity protected and vindicated. Real Americanism Pointed Out. "This is the true, the real Ameri canism. This is the role of leader ship and championship of the right which the leaders of the republic In tended that it should play. The so- called Americanism which we hear so much prating about now is spurious and invented for party purposes only. "This choice is the supreme choice of the present campaign. It is re grettable that this choice should be associated with a party contest. As compared with the choice of a course of action that now underlies every other, the fate of parties is a matter of Indifference. Parties are signifi cant now in this contest only because the voters must make up their minds which of the two parjties is most like ly to secure the indispensable results. The nation was never called upon to make a more solemn determination than it must now make. The whole future moral force of right in the world depends upon the United States rather than upon any otheV nation, and it would be pitiful indeed if, after so many great free peoples had entered the great league, we should hold aloof. I suggest that the candi dacy of every candidate for whatever office be tested by this question. Shall we, or shall we not redeem the great moral obligations of the United States?" Delegation Read Speaks. The president's address was deliv ered after Hamilton Holt, who headed the delegation, had made the follow ing address: "Mr. President, we are a group of men and women who, although we usually count ourselves republicans, hold steadfastly to the convictions that the league of nations transcends party politics and is the greatest moral issue that has confronted the American people in this generation. "We have reason to know that we represent a vast' number of other re publicans throughout the ' United States, who are ready to put patriot- Ism above party in the present cri tical hour. "As your term of office Is drawing to its close and as the people are about to express themselves on the league of nations, which your statesmanship has largely made possible, we feel it both a duty and a privilege to call upon you at this time in order- to as sure you that there are many repub licans who are proud to acknowledge your great services in the realm of international justice and who fully and deeply appreciate the personal sacrifices you have been forced to make for- the cause nearest your heart. Democracy Declared Ideal. "It was you who first focused the heterogeneous and often diverse aims of the war on the one ideal of pure Americanism, which is democ racy. It was you who suggested the basis on which peace was negotiated. It was you, more than any man, who translated into practical statesman ship the age-old dreams of the poets, the prophets and the philosophers by setting up a league of nations to the end that it could be substituted for competition In international affairs. The acts of statesmanship were un doubtedly the chief factor which trought about that victorious peace which haa shorn Germany of her power to subdue her neighbors, has compelled her to make restitution for her crimes, has freed oppressed peo. e and has restored ravaged terri tories, has created new democracies in the likeness of the United States, and above all, has set up the league of nations. "When our forefathers met at In dependence hall, Philadelphia, over 100 years ago arid signed the Declara tion of Independence, they took no counsel of cowardice, but mutually pledged their lives, their fortunes and their aacrA honor to the principles enunciated in that immortal docu ment. The United States of America resulted. , Mutual Pledge Is Urged. "If now all the citixens of America who claim to be true friends of the covenant take no counselor cowardice but mutually pledge themselves to the great declaration of interdepend ence so noDiy cnampioned by you and the host of other good men in this and other lands, then the United States will enter the league, united nations of the world will result and our boys whose blood hallows the fields of France will not have died in vain." MRff. PEETE IN JAIL; muhder S CHARGED Indictment Alleges Slaying of ' J. C. Denton. 'NOT' GUILTY" IS PLEADED Justice of state supreme court, now is being considered throughout this dis trict as a possible successor to A. S. Bennett, resigned. Judge Smith has practiced law in Baker for 31 years. He served as state senator from Baker county from 1898 0o 1902; was a member of the University of Oregon board of regents from 1898 -.o 1917. and was circuit judge of the Eighth judicial district from 1906 to 1912. He now is making campaign tours in eastern Oregon in behalf of Governor Cox. Jndge Smith having pledged him self to devote his entire time In the present campaign to support Cox, is unable to make any campaign for the position on the supreme bench. How ever, he has requested all voters to write in his name on the ballot. Woman Keeps Head Covered Even in Court as Jndge Reads Ac cusation to Her. LOS ANGELES. Oct. 27. Mrs. Lou ise L. Peete of Denver, Colo., charged with the murder of Jacob Charles Denton, wealthy mining, promoter. An an indictment returned today by. the Los Angeles county grand jury, to night is in the county jail awaiting trial in the superior court, beginning November 29. Mrs. Peete appeared before the grand jury for tw.o minutes. She had used those two minutes,it was stated, to tell the grand jurors she had no intention to tell them anything else. Five minutes later, it was reported, the jury had voted to indict her, charging that "the said Louise L. Peete did willfully, feloniously and maliciously kill and murder Jacol Charles Denton on or about June 2." v Read Kent Covered. She kept her head "covered even after she had entered the courtroom of Judge Willis, -where she looked straight before her while the judge read the indictment and while, pro ceedings for the state were conducted by Thomas Lee Woolwine. district at torney, and Deputies Doran and Tur hey. f "You have heard the Indictment." said the court. "How do you plead, guilty or not-guilty?" Without a second's delay and In a voice loud and clear and firm, the ac cused woman answered: "Not guilty! Judge Willis said November 24 was the earliest date available for the trial and prosecution and defense agreed on that date. While a big crowd outside waited for a glimpse of her, Mrs. Peete was led across "the bridge of sighs" con necting the criminal courts with the county jail and taken to a cell. Shooting Version Alleged Given. The evidence upon which the indict ment was based was said to include these alleged facts: Mrs. Peete caused to be hauled into the Denton cellar the earth under which the body was burled. ' She caused the pawning of a dia mond, ring which had belonged to Denton. She disposed of his automobile. She gave away part of his clothing. She cashed checks bearing the sig nature of J. C. Denton after, it is be lieved, he had been murdered. She gave to Deputy District Attor neys Doran and Turney an alleged version of what led to the shooting of Denton. Mrs. Peete's attorney said he might make application for bail for Mrs. Peete after he had familiarized him self with the testimony heard by the grand jury. DIMPLE NOT QUITTING RESIGNATION AS PROHIBITION DIRECTOR IS DENIED. Agent for Central States Contra dicts Announcement at Chi cago Federal Building. , CHICAGO, Oct. 27. After it had been announced at the federal build ing today that Major A, V. Dalrymple, federal prohibition director for the central states, had resigned, telegrams were received from Major Dalrymple in Washington saying he had not re signed and did not intend to quit. Chief of Police John J. Garrity to night was served with a subpena to appear before the federal grand jury tomorrow in connection with the in vestigation of illegal whisky traffic. The subpena was issued after "Mike de Pike" Heitler, ex-saloon keeper andnex-convict, had been ques tioned by federal officials who cred ited him with making a confession which implicated government officers and officials of several middle west ern towns in alleged illegal liquor traffic. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 27. Ralph Groves, prohibition enforcement in spector for Southern California, has been removed from office, according to a report current at the federal building here today. Mr. Groves had not been active in the office for sev eral weeks, his duties having been taken over by A. O. Kriete. Mr. Groves is a brother of K. Ray Groves, chairman of the California democratic state central committee. WILLIAM SMITH IN RACE Voters' Asked to Write In Xante for Supreme Court Office. , BAKER. Or., Oct. 27. :(Special.) William Smith, who was mentioned editorially last week by the Morn ing Democrat for the position of . ' have Resinol readvfor scalds and burns The tormenting, insistent pain of a bum or scald is quickly subdued by Resinol Ointment. Its cooling' ingre dients remove the inflammation, and hasten the heating. Cover the burn well with Jtesinol and bandage with soft gauze. In severe burns or scalds covering a large surface always send for a doctor. POET REPLIES TO CRITICS .iii APPEAL TO GERMAN PROFES SORS IS DEFENDED. People in England Held to Talk of Forgiving -If There Were Nothing to Forgive. LONDON, Oct. 27. Robert Bridges, British poet laureate and chief mover in. forwarding to German professors on October 17 an appeal for reconcili atloni has sent a letter to the London Times, defending himself and his fel low signers against an avalanche of criticism. "The communication was signed," he writes, "by those on our side whose patriotism has not settled down Into Indiscriminate personal suspicion or ill-will and It appeals confidently to the same class on the other side. It is the intention of the signers or the appeal to encourage the moderate party in Germany, which has always deplored the chauvinistic policy lead ing up to the great war. "People here talk as if they would readily forgive the Germans if there were nothing to forgive. They do not see that it Is the fact that we were so terribly injured that makes our for giveness so necessary and so power ful" SALEM COACH LET OUT Improper Conduct Around School Charged to Virgil Egbert. SALEM. Or., -Oct. 27. (Special.) Because of a general complaint that his condTict was improper about the school, Virgil Egbert, director of ath letics in the Salem high school, today received notice that his services were no longer wanted. It is" said some of the boys of the school complained against Egbert. The complaint was investigated by J. C. Nelson, principal. It Is not be lieved Egbert will carry his case to the school board. - He has -a wife and child and has lived in Walla Walla and The Dalles. For a time he attended Washington State college at Pullman, but was not graduated from the institution. REVOLUTION IS REPORTED Bolivian Legation, However, De- dares Rumors False. BUENOS -AIRES. Oct. 26. A brief but unsuccessful revolution broke out in Bolivia, according to advices re ceived here today. The movement- was immediately suppressed and 27 of its ringleaders were executed. A censorship has been imposed. : LIMA, Peru, ; Oct.. 26. Reports in circulation here of -a revolution in Bolivia were officially denied by the Bolivian legation today, officials as serting that , the rumors probably were caused by a street demonstra tion promoted by, an army officer. Major Quintanilla, for political pur poses. Major Quintanilla was ar rested .and will be courtmartialed, the officials said. . 15 STILLS ' DESTROYED Nearly 5 0 Cases of Liquor Poured in Gutter at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 27. Fifteen complete stills and nearly 50 cases of liquor have been destroyed by the federal prohibition enforcement of fice here. The stills were destroyed today and -a large quantity of liquor poured into the gutters. Copper used in the manufacture of the Illicit stills will be turned over to the Red Cross for salvage. . Boycott Held War Prevention. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Oct. 27.-"The economic boycott feature of the league of nations will prevent future wars," William G. McAdoo declared in a five minute speech here this afternoon from the platfo"rm- of the eastbound train. "The destiny of the world de pends on the one big issue, the league of nations," he added. Mr. McAdoo denounced republicans whom he said were "misrepresenting the league" to the American people. " Italian Censorship to End. NEW TORK. Oct. 27. The Com mercial Cable company announced to day it had been notified by the Ital ian government that censorship re strictions will be abolished Novem ber 1. Many mm -4fy a Nervous Breakdown Is Due to Eye Defects Be cause the Abnormal Mus cular and nerve action has depleted the nervous system and brought col lapse. My Perfect-Fitting Glasses will bring the eyes back to normal. DR. WHEAT Eyesight Specialist 207 Morgan BIdg. YORK TO MISS BRAINERD BACK Governor Promises to Sign Extradition Papers. DAY'S DELAY IS GRANTED Attorney for Alleged Kidnaper Is to Have Time to Prepare Ad ditional Papers. NEW TOfJK, Oct. 27. Governor Smith announced today ' he would grant application bv the state of Washington for extradition of Miss Betty Bralnerd, Tacoma newspaper woman, charged with having kid naped the -year-old son of George T. Stagg from his mother's home in that city. The governor said' he wouldsign the papers tomorrow. The governor granted the day's de lay to give Miss Brainerd's" counsel an opportunity to prepare further papers In the case. Miss Brainerd's attorney attempted . to show that the kidnaping was done by the boy's father and that she had commited no crime. ' Mrs. Ada Cunningham, grand mother of the child, who came from Tacoma, and Captain John H. Strick land of the Tacoma police, attended the hearing. MRS. STAGG IS GRATEFUL Mother of Kidnaped Child Thanks Officers for Assistance. SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 27. Spe clal.) Mrs. Edith Cunningham Stags, mother of the kidnaped baby Bobby Stagg. in a letter received by Deputy Sheriff Beebe here today expressed her thanks to local authorities who helped her in tracing her child, and added: " "I have little doubt, .bad it not been for your assistance, we should still be searching. I surely hope your efforts to extradite Miss- Brainerd will be successful. After having found my baby thin", ill and so un natural, . I am all the. more- bitter against them (the kidnapers). 1 hope If I may be of any service in the way of assisting the prosecution you will let me hear from you." Beebe said he had learned that Miss Brainerd had written Seattle friends, asking them to send her $2500 for her lawyers. The deputy said he-had been informed the money -had noa been sent. . duties assigned to It by the cove- Hart and Reptesentative Miller will cial.) The postorfice department will nant." -. be the speakers.- State Chairman Heb- receive bids on new quarters for an , b'erd and County Chairman Jones have office here. Bida on 1800 feet of Republicans Plan Bi" Rallv loined forces to make the rally the floor spactj on a five or ten-year, greatest republican meeting tjf the lease, beginning March 1, 1321, ar SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 27. King campaign, it was stated. called for. county republicans ,will hold d big rally Saturday night. .it was an- Posfoffli fn Ilav Vi-n- Trtln.n The Moors are credited with having nounced today. United States Sena- rosto",ee to "av Atw Loctio"n' introduced cotton manufacturing into tors Jones and Poindexte-r. Governor HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 27. CSpe- London in 1590. COUNCIL GOING CONCERN League Body Making Good, Says . Belgian Representative. ' BRUSSELS, Oct. 27. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Satisfaction with the manner in which the council of the league of nations had functioned in tbe-period from the formation of the league to the present, on the eve of the first meeting of the league's as sembly at Geneva, was expressed to day by Paul Hymans, former foreign minister of Belgium ana representa tive of that nation in the- league's council. : "At the end of the first chapter of the history of the league with this tenth session," said M. Hymans in .his statement, "I think it may be said that the council has performed the , ELATED AT RESULTS Portland Man Says He Can't Say Half Enough Good for Tanlac. Still another who has cause to be glad that he was Induced to take Tan- las is E. P. Frentress, of 316 Russell Street, Portland, Or., welt known contractor in house moving and rais ing. 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