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TIIK MORNING OREGOXIAN. TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1913. HUMANITY FIRST IS PRESIDENT'S VIEW PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES AND GLIMPSE OF FLEET HE RE COUNSEL FOR RIGGS BANK PLEADS CASE T1 VIEWED IN NEW YORK HARBOR. : if t . You can do better for less on Third street Great Crowds Cheer Execu - tive at New York During ; Review of Fleet. Secretary McAdoo and Con troller Williams Said to Have Usurped Rights. 1 : 3 r fpill i A I m BATTLESHIPS PASS IN SHOW ' Mr. Wllou Continually Uncovered, - Despite Drizzle, as National Airs and Salutes Ilcaound Speech ; Defines America's Attitude, fontinuert From First fapft.) land at 7:30 was taken in a Navy ' launch to the flagship Wyoming. where the was a dinner jruest of Admiral KleUher and officers of the fleet. T The day's programme ended with a race under the glare of searchlights, "among the battleships' boat crews, and . the water pageant, consisting of a parade of ships launched humorously or -historically decorated. Tomorrow the ships swing out to sea ' for a Naval war frame along the At : lantic Coast. The President will again " review them from tha deck of the '. Mayflower as they steam down the har. - bor. WyomltlK'H Crew Minn Rare. 7 The President concluded his Ions day by watching the boat races from the " deck of tha Wyoming, and there was ' a joyful celebration amonc the "Wyo ming crew when that battleship won - the race. He stood smiling on the ' bridge a the bluejackets, headed by T their hand and cheering lustily, parad ed around the deck. Soon afterwards " the President returned to the May- flower for the night. He plannod to return to Washington on her after the " review tomorrow. Mrs. Ianiels, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, pave a dinner tonight aboard the Dolphin, which was at tended by Miss Margaret Wilson and " other members of the President's per sonal party, Mrs. Franklin D. Roose velt, Mrs. George McAneny, wife of the acting Mayor; Mrs. Fletcher, wife of the Admiral; Mrs. Franklin K. Lane, .' Mrs. t. F. Houston and Mrs. W. O. ited ; field, wives, respectively, of the Seere- taries of the Interior, Agriculture and Commerce. The full text of the President's ad dress was, as follows: "Mr. Mayor, Mr. Secretary, Admiral " Fletcher and gentlemen of the fleet: ' This Is not an occasion on which, it seeins to ine. that it would be wiae for me to make many remarks, but I what every nation would wish to stand ficatton If I did not express my pleas . tire at being here, my gratitude for the splendid reception which has been , accorded tne as the representative of the Nation and my profound interest , in the Navy of the United States. J Intereat in Navy Keen. f "This! a an Interest with which I was apparently born, for it began when 1 was a youngster , and has ripened with my knowledge of the affairs and policies of the united states. I thlnK ' it is a natural, instructive judgment of - the people of the United States that they may express their power appro " priately in an efficient Navy, and their interest is partly, I believe, because that Navy is expected to express their character, not within our own borders, " where that character is understood, but - outside our borders, where it is hoped we may occasionally touch others with . some slight vision of what America - stands for. "But before I speak of the Navy of the United States 1 want to take ad - vantage of the first public opportunity I have had to speak of the Secretary of the Navy, to express my confidence and my admiration, and to say that he has my unqualified support, for - have counselled with him in intimate fashion. I know how sincerely he has it at heart that everything that the ; Navy docs and handles should be done - and handled as the people of the United - states wish them handled because ef ficlency la something more than or- Sanitation. Kfficlency Is Keynote. ?" "Efficiency runs into every well' ' considered detail of personnel and "' method. Efficiency runs to the extent ' of lifting the ideal of a service above . every personal Interest. So that when 1 speak of my support of the Secretary j of the Navy I am merely speaking my support of what I know every true " lover of the Navy to desire and to pro pose; for the Navy of the United States is a body especially trusted with the Ideal of America. - "1 like to image in my thoughts this ', ideal. Those quiet ships, lying in the river, have no suggestion of bluster about them, no Intimation of aggres ' sion. They are commanded by men ! thoughtful of the duty of citizens as . well as the duty of officers men ac quainted with the traditions of the great service to which they belong, men -who know by touch with the people ,.- of the United Stages what sort of pur poses they ought to entertafn and what sort of discretion they ought to exer ; cise in order to use their engines of ' force as engines to promote the inter- - cats of humanity. No Nation's Property Wanted. "For the fnterestlng and inspiring - thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself. We want no nation's property; we wish to question no nation's honor; we wish to aland selfishly In the way of no na tion; we want nothing that we cannot set by our own legitimate enterprise and by the Inspiration of our own ex ample and standing for these things, for it is no pretension on our part to say we are privileged to stand for ; would deprive myself of a great grati " for and speaking for those things which all humanity must desire. "When 1 think of the flag which those ships carry, the only touch of ' color about them, the only thing that r moves as if It had a settled spirit in ., it. in their solid structure, it seems to - me that I see alternate strips of parch : ment on which are written the right of liberty and justice ana strips of COUPONS TO BE VOTED FOR QUEEN OF THE ROSE FESTIVAL. Not Good After May 20. THE P.OSE FESTIVAL QUEEN CAMPAIGN ; -Tbii Coupon will count for 10 Votes ' For Miss Candidate of . Good for 10 votes when filled out and aent to the Campaign Depart ment by mail or otherwise, on or before the above date. No coupon will be altered in any way or transferred after being received at the Rose Festival Headquarters, I3( Northwestern Bank building. I v " i I - " " 1 j - ?! mesM . - tiki ftkr.i aaj ABOVE WOODROW WILSON IX HAPPY MOOD. BELOW FORMIDABLE "ENGINES TO PROMOTE INTERESTS OK HUMANITY." blood spilled to vindicate those rights and then, in the corner, a prediction of the blue serene into which every na tion may swim which stands for these great things. Spirit Not Dictated. "The mission of America Is the only thing that a sailor or soldier should think about; he has nothing to do with the formulation of her policies; he Is to support her policy whatever it Is but he is to support her policy in the spirit of herself, and the strength of our policy is that we, who for the time being administer the affairs of this Nation, do not originate her spirit, we attempt to embody it; we attempt to realize it in action; we are dom inated by it, we do not dictate it. "And so with every man in arms who serves the Nation; he stands and waits to do the things which the Na tion desires. America sometimes seems, perhaps, to forget her programme, or, rather, I will say that sometimes those who represent her seem to forget her programme. But the people never forget them. It is as startling as it is touching, to see how, whenever you touch a principle you touch the hearts of the people of the United States. They listen to your debates of policy, they determine which party they will pre fer to power; they choose and prefer as ordinary men, but their real af fection, their real force, their real ir resistible momentum is for the Ideals which men embody. No Threat Is Lifted. "I never go on the streets of a. great city without feeling that somehow I do not confer elsewhere than on the streets with the great spirit of the people themselves, going about their business, attending to the things which concern them, and yet carrying treasure at their hearts all the while, ready to be stirred, not only as lndi vlduals, but as members of a greart union of heart that constitutes a pa triotlc people. "And ' so this sight in the river touches me merely as a symbol of that, and it quickens the pulse of every man who realizes these things; to have any thing to do with them. When a crisis occurs in this country, it Is as if you put your hand on the pulse of a dy namo; it is as if the things which you were in connection with were spiritual ly bred. You had nothing to do with them, except. If you listen truly, to speak the things that you hear. "These things now brood over the river. This spirit now moves with the men who represent the Nation in the Navy; these things will move upon the waters in the maneuvers; no threat lifted against any man, against any nation, against any interest, but Just a great solemn evidence that the force of America is the force of moral prln ciple, that there is not anything else that she loves and that there is not anything else for which she will con tend. 2 WOMEN EJECTED Suffragists Cause Scene in Hotel Where Wilson Is Guest. SECRET SERVICE MEN ACT Vice-President of National Suffrage Association Deplores Act Which She Says Belongs to Militant Kngland, Not to America. NEW YORK. May 17. Mrs. Stanley McCormick, vice-president of the Na tional Woman Suffrage Association, In statement tonight, declared that the National association had no sympathy with the act of two women suffragists who today caused a scene by trying to reach President Wilson in tha hotel where he was a guest of honor at luncheon. They were taken in hand by secret service men, but prior to this they had succeeded in delivering to Secretary Tumulty a letter for the President. It was written on the stationery of th National executive committee of th Congressional Union for Woman Suf frage, and appealed to the President for his powerful aid to remove the politi cal disability of women. Mrs. Mcwormick, in her statement, said : "The National association deprecates the lack of courtesy shown toward th President of the United States by small band of American suffragists. It is an unfortunate combination of th English methods to the American sit uation, which in no way warrants them. "The President, so far as we know, has never refused to receive th women suffragists of this country when properly approached. The at tempt to force the President. to receive this adelegation was not made in good taitn or with any real nope that th President would consent. It is th sort of thing which, in the opinion ot many women, might serve to set bac suffrage in this country PEACE BODY SEES ASQUITH Jane Addams and Other Delegates Ketnrn to Holland. LONDON. May 17. Miss Jane Ad dams, of Chicago; Dr. Aletta Jacobs, of Holland, and signorina Genolio, Italy, departed for Holland today after presenting to the British governmen copies of the resolutions in favor of peace adopted recently by the Inter national Congress of Women at Th Hague. ' Before leaving for Kngland Miss Addams was received by Premier AS' quith. All thnee women had an in terview with foreign Secretary Grey. RELIABILITY THE KEYNOTE of a big closing-out sale at the Ken nedy Piana Company. New lnstru menta. standard makes, at unprece dented low prices Adv. A woman's work is never finished POLITICAL ASPECT VIEWED Attorney Declares Controller Has "Abandoned Being Uw Admin istrator and Become Violator." Motions to Dismiss Argued. WASHINGTON, May 17. Arguments on motions by Government counsel to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction the in junction suit brought by the Riggs Na tional Bank against Treasury officials besran today in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. Frank J. Hogan, for the bank, occupied practically the en tire day opposing the Government's con tentions and will resume tomorrow. Iouis Brandeis. Samuel Untermyer and associate counsel for Secretary Mo V'loo. Controller of the Currency Will ms and Treasurer John Burke, who re charged wtih conspiring to wreck he Riggs bank, filed briefs in-support their motions to dismiss tne pro- eedinjrs. They maintain that "a suit involving the property of the United States Is t against the United states ana hat the Government cannot be made a party to a suit without its consent. The officers in their dealings with tne bank, it was declared, acted in their fficial capacity and within the law, The right of the bank to sue in equity as also challenged on the ground that had an adequate remedy at law. Politiral Aspert Referred To. Mr. Hogan charged in his argument that a political aspect had been in- ected into the case and that 80 per cent the affidavits filed by Secretary Mc Adoo had nothing to do with the pro- eeding. He cited authorities to show that officials of the Government may made amenable to the court when hey attempt to usurp authority and as erted that Mr. McAdoo usurped au thority by assuming to be the paying fricer of the United States and with holding $5000 interest on bonds due the Rlgcs Bank to satisfy penalties im posed by Controller Williams. Referring to Controller Williams, Mr. Hogan said: "We hale to the bar an individual who has abandoned being law administrator and become a law iolator." The withdrawal of the American Red ross and Panama Canal funds from eposit at the Riggs Bank, the attor ey declared, was brought about by the nfluence of Secretary McAdoo and Controller Williams. 'Together," he said, "these men took away from the Riggs Bank mora than 2.000,000 in deposits, yet they say that the bank might not be as solvent as it s today if they had not helped it. Advice Asked for Not Glveau The attorney dwelt at length on de mands for information made on the bank by Mr. Williams. Me said the rectors of the bank held a meeting ast Summer and asked that controller ust what he desired the bank to do, but that no advice or suggestions were received. In demanding a penalty of JoOOO from the bank for failure to submit a report f the loans of the institution for 18 ears, Mr. Hogan declared that Con- roller Williams made an erroneous calculation in order to stipulate tha amount, which was due in interest to the bank, and notified the hank tha it would be subject to a "further and continuing penalty." We thought he meant what he aid." continued the attorney. "It now aDDears from w imams amaavii ma he was merely attempting to bull the officers of the bank. He now says he had no intention of exacting iurtne nenaltr and he makes no attempt to calculate the amount that had been In curred." National City's Case Held Separate. Touching on the statement In Mr. McAdoo's affidavit that the secretary did not know but two officers of the National City Bank of New York, and that he had no dealings with that in stitution to arouse hostility, Mr. Hogan said that the National City Bank was In no wav connected with this case and did not own a dollar's worth o stock in the Riggs bank, and that th plaintiff had made no accusations in connection with Mr. McAdoo's relations with the National City. Mr. McAdoo charges that he was not made a defendant in this case in good faith," he added, "but in order thatilibel might be circulated unde protection of the law. That is a con temptible and unfounded aspersion upon Senator Bailey and myself as counsel for the plaintiff." It was believed tonight that prob ably two more days would be occupied by the arguments on the legal phases RE IV CROWN -&e Gasoline o Quafi(y OILS & GREASES QUALITY - CONVENIENCE Standard Oil Company (California) Portland MARY PICKFORD "AMERICA'S IJTTLK SWEETHEART' attain chactnine the audiences ut the Peoplea. Hrr tintf fected charm. ImpllcHy and boundless drama tic powr. as jt pressed In Kan-hon th Crirket prove again, beyond he Hhadow of a doubt, her right to the dis- i m-tinn of htnjr the tvorid'a most popular motion pu-ture Mar. Nfvrr friiif-r "Tprs of the Storm Count ry" has thin gifted little star been presented tn so rtupicious a c ha ran enza.tton. Thousand saw thin beautiful film Sunday and yentenlay and It Is proving to be the best attract ion shown at the Peoples for m o Mm. of the proceedings. Jf the court should ovfiru le the motions to dif mis. the defendant officials then would have to show CRiife why they should not be permanently enjoined from committing the alleged unlawful interference with the bank. THAW HEARING HELD UP HABKIS fORPlS PRO( KKUIN tiS ARi: STAVKD BY tOlRT. Majer of Stanford White to Have Op portunity to Fight Appeal bjr State Next Kridaj. NEW YORK. May 17. An order ssued late today toy Presiding Justice Ingraham in the appellate division of the Supreme Court risyintr all pro ceedings In the habeas corpus petition of Harry K. Thaw, in which Thaw seeks to have a jury in the Supreme Court pass on his panity, brought an other delay in the lonjr-drawn-out proceedings against the slayer of Stan ford White. Thaw's case had been twice called during- the day in the Supreme Court and Justice Hcndrick had postponed the case until tomorrow at the request of Deputy Attorney-General Becker. The Justice at the time said that un less some action was taken in the meantime by the appellate division he would begin the hearing tomorrow. The stay granted by the appellate division Is part of an action begun by rranK A. (Jook. of the Attorney-Gen eral's office. The order directs Thaw to show cause Friday why a stay should not issue pending the determi nation of an appeal taken by the Attorney-General from the decision of the appellate division last Friday, in which the ruling issued by the Supreme Court granting a Jury hearing as to Thaw's sanity was upheld. SPECIAL SESSION URGED ADVOCATES OF SHIP PURCHASE BILL WANT ACTIOX. Belief EiUla That Measure Will Be Carried at Next Gathering and Many Democrats Want Meeting at Once. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. May 17 Interviews given by Democratic Senators and Representa tives since the sinking of the L.usltania, and slight intimations gathered in offi cial circles In Washngton. indicate that the ship purchase bill, which caused a serious tieup at Ihe last sea sion of Congress, will be revived at the next session, and will have the full strength of the Administration behind it. The advocates of the ship purchase bill maintain that there is more reason for Its enactment now than there was last Winter, and, as the destruction of foreign ships continues, the necessity for American ships will continue to grow. The ship purchase bill, though backed strongly by the President dur ing the short session of Congress, failed principally because of the constitu tional limitation of the session, which proved to be a great factor in favor of those Senators who filibustered against the Administration measure and defeated It. Had the recent ses- The Direct Road to Clothing Economy Is the Mill-to-Man Route There are no stops on the way to Middlemen's Station, but a straight, direct track from the producer to you. Does this save you money? Well, rather! The saving will fully range from $5 to $7.50 on a suit. Come to the store and examine our new Spring Suits at $15 $20 $25 You will find them to be from $5 to $7.50 less than same grades are sold for elsewhere. Brownsville Woolen Mill Store Third and Stark ion not been limited to adjourn March the filibuster doubtless would have failed, though it might have been con- nued a month or two beyond the lime when it did collapse. While there has been no Intimation from the White House that the Presi dent intends to call a special session of Congress for any cause, some or me strongest supporters of the Adminis- raticn have advised that an extra ees- ion be called to consider a ship pur chase bill. Their advocacy of this move is two-fold: they want a ship purchase bill passed as speedily as possible, and they feel that the inter national situation Is such that It might be well for (he Tresident to have Con- ress on hand, in case emergency should arise making a session absolute- y necessary. 80 TO GET A. B. DEGREE University Commencement Hxcrcleses to Begin, on June 13. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON', Eugene, May 17. (Special.) Seventeen coun ties of Oregon will be represented In I the list of graduates with the A. B. de gree from the State University at Eu gene. June IS. The graduates will number between 80 and Ku. this not in cluding those who receive law and medical degrees. Commencement exercises, which an nually bring several hundred visitors, will begin Sunday. June 13. with the baccalaureate sermon, preached by Rev. W. T. Sumner, of Portland, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon. The next two days will be given over to a field meet, a recital by the school of music, meetings of the alumnae and alumni, the president's reception, the Booze-Soaked Husbands The Chicago Tribune editorially says: A man cannot expect to soak his constitution In alcohol, to ruin his physique by liquor and have healthy children. The Neal Treatment, at homo or Institute, -will eliminate the virulent poison, create a loathing for liquor or drugs and soon restore natural appetite, sleep and normal mental and physical conditions. For full information call or address the Neal Institute, corner College and Broadway, Portland, Or. Marshall 2400. ttO Neal Institutes In Principal Cltlea. A MODEICV SCHOOIj built in Parkroee, that beautiful addition to Portland, which four years ago was a wilderness, but has been prosto changed by Hartman A Thompson into the sweetest suburb of "city farms," located along arkd south of Sandy boulevard. This $10,000 school tells its own etory. A story of wonderful jrrowth. Let us show you a half acre or acre nestled among royal firs, luxuriant dogwoods and beckoning wild flowers, where you cam raise not only your own vegetables, but your own collection of ruddy-faced, healthy children. If your soul aches to bo out in the open. If your conscience bids you furnish your children air and elbow-room, call up Main 208 or A 2050 and ask for tho Parkrose Department COUPON Not Good After May 25. 1915 ROSE FESTIVAL ELECTRICAL OFFER This Coupon Will Count for 150 Cents For M Candidate of Electric Co., will entitle you to 150 cents that will apply on a Jo.oO Triangle Iron, which is guaranteed for lile. See Morrison Electric Co. for lighting fixtures at reduced prices, electrical wiring and repairing. Everything electrical. Agents for Mazda Lamps. Ill West Park Street and East A 2456 Mi 8 gay H Third and Morrison Failing-Berkmaii contest, and Iho meeting of the Board of Rcfjents. Qranling of degrees the following day will be followed by thfl closing event of commencement week, tha alumni banquet. The commencement address will be Riven by CussIuh Jack son Keyser, profei-Hor of mathematics Ht Columbia T'ntvers(ly. New York. APPLY POSLAM; SEE HOW QUICKLY PIMPLES GO Pnslam is the most useful remedy for Pimples. Cndue Redness and minor skin affections, as it is for Kc.cma and stubborn rruptional diseases. To nee how quickly it will dispose of Pimples or clear an inflamed (Complex ion, apply upon the affected spot at night and note the improvemi: n t next morning. Poslam takes hold and ex erts its work of healing at once. You can tell after one or two applications Just how It Is going to act. Its results after a brief time are often surprising almost incredible. Poslam is abso lutely harmless. Tour druggist sells Poslam. For free sample write to Kmergency Laborato ries, 32 West 25th St., New York. Poslam Soap, medicated with l'oalam, 5 cents and 15 cents. 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