Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 01, 1916, Image 1

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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MR.BRAIMDEISNEEDS
NAVY IS PREPARED,
ENGLAND IS RAIDED
K-5 IS REPORTED
ROAD MAY-SAVE BY
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
NINE MORE VOTES
SAFE OFF FLORIDA
ii-v.im; midiauim: said to
....... A a. a. A. X
- " " . w v iptTivn i v l.'t.'nin' tnv i 1 o i n
CRil CUT NEARLY
THIRD IN DRY MONTH
ASSERTS PRESIDENT
Army Not Big Enough
Even for Peace.
E
BY ZEPPELIN FLEET
Tha Meatber. ,
TUBTlinDAT'S Maximum temperature, 3j
POLIi TAJvEX BY FKIEXDS TN"
SENATE SHOWS ONLY 40.
dreie: minimum. u decree.
TniiAVri Mnaa. continued cald: southeast
ik ix niuiinui cocKn.
GRANT COIf RDMIS
erly wind.
War.
Xenncllns raid Enalitud. rase I.
Bombs Are Dropped on
Many Counties.
AT LEAST 6 CFAFT IN ATTACK
French Demand Reprisals for
Damage to Paris.
AIR BATTLE IS VICIOUS
'tie .UpifUim ptir fn
rr1xll. ltih-h 1 Relieved to
Iteie w NrtN- Al
tor nthtt 33 Mi----
tnrN. re. i. I a. m. a mi
bv si vr save Zeppelin airship too
riece t night ' tte ea;rn,
cru:irt and iw11b4 rooBU-a ef
Kni'and. a.-:ordins le annouacemeBl
f the War office.
A m V- r ef boecb ware dropped,
bat Be) eeaaidarabl damage be been
reported.
FAfctJ". Jen. II rr rren.-B oere-pUn-e
nggd th Zeppeiln M
.-trdy BigRI U dropped bom be oa
-ri. hi!'e4 an4 wound4 mor tbn
twe scor ef prM a-reordtae t
jtBorteetlv efatement Just Iewe4.
riMM ., Heleasly.
The Bret I attack th Carman
rir w e machine piloted by
sergeant occupied In patro'tlng; tb
?per air. It puru4 wtta
en-rgy. lb latement say a. bnl boob
athausted Btl htj stock of cartridge
and we obliged to Bband- the (or
Jit
f'B f two ntrhllH which were
armed with ttnaoa had. however, br
thl time Binu4 to climb Bp high
eeoagls nl eoened an InteB. 8r oo
. Ihe Zppl". which probably BX
til nel fe4'r dmii4.
Th Zpp:n Bst plrh4 Bp br
ay-IIatot It nw or th
rilirM lwri l( nt oo It
UM ! to tfl iar4 of th lrMp
n4 - h to tit qoarrr with Ttm 6
lrmintlon. om!!rai nyln boT.
nmlmu low, bb4 KiMtim OB
In er4r ! owapo IB flro from
It Zoppolia's laaehlna j-ara.
rvral WcoppooV.
for II vilBBtoa tn rlitt rentlan4.
tN m'bB itm Botnv frolT n4
on btlt W. Bntll flaallr lio aro
ptano onctn brk down an4 ttt
aB-lt'Btonanl waa cbllr4 to doaeoa4.
pavaral bomb vara droppl by !
Z'pp'm vklrh Tow oirr tho oatakirta
f l'rl stuntr BlM. bot thr pro
d !- tio aurh tdlT a(T-t ao on tba
o-alofi of tba ra!4 of iatar4ar nlcbt.
Tb Yi-tal prona buru iiTt oat lb
iioin tatmnt tcxlay:
"A Oormaa dlrlclM a( ont In tbo
rfrtoa of Paria. whoro It arrtTod
m aftar 1 0 P. M. It waa bombar44
br oar aportal battrt anJ atta-k4
br our aoroplanr. fwforo rtu'lnc
nrtbar4 It 4rop4 a fi u m bt" of
bitnt. a.-ordlnjc ! ! B
rcit4 far. 4i4 no ijmi.-."
fi i a DoaaaoOV Moa)Haato.
Raorantatlra of tho Malta. ho!
Ttjit4 tha of tbo rai l, aar tbat I
no HAtnj ia rfono by tba bomb. f
To rtn.om parmiit4 foroin cr-J
...n'"nl c Irlrofh Rlrr 4-!
Iii. thy rould fui. but IBa I'arla
miftiix papora hot many bia-k
Tbo pro la anaalmon la dman-l-
lij rr"'la for tba two Zoppatin rahl
on I'arfa and aUo rlt for fralr,
o -y la tho arial d'ip of lha ,
i f . I
"It t not nouih to bo ltl;nnl '
at ! It lv-tl. . M. h dlabonor war
If." tba Matin. "futll aanti
in't apa ta awmatfc tra olaa. t do
r-prta!a tmavadiat an4 tlm
jlry rrrUal."
Bllajaaro I. tllolrd.
'rbn I t' bn. ti-l'nttim Miollr.
to tha IVtit Journal.
'Tla pauola f I'arla will prraorva
ri'n, but wilt not apara aay par- ;
' ho may baa baon oiltj.;
t" .un racti.ant-o. Incapacity or lack j
a rt(M of aot omploytBa: tbat
ri-j.'' of Iba air er tha anamy !
ti popla baJ boan) ta4 to bo'
i p r a ft'- a poaaaa4.
jfrai I'ipii, tba dramatl!. aaya
I .rl la tntltlrd to atriklBC Tt-
ma ii tba naar f-itura. ma ranaot
our air aar-ttvo la abla to
a. t it."
WAR USE OF COTTON HEAVY
Tlrr Milltoa Italr-a CJ lato .
powder la) Vrar.
W..lltNJTON. JB. II. Three mil
f I n bale of cotton fcaya boea con
r md m maklna S'apoadar dartns
to ta.t year. I.aoa.ooo in 1:009 and
I -M.oO in tb. t'ntt4 Dtate. Kapre
.nlI Ta f-rt!n. of Alabama, told the
llinae rrneua rammlt! today.
M ura-4 fynrabla action on hi
bill to salber anal poMIh atatlallc
of fiiion oo4 fr war purpa.
Ctxtnm Con-plrax-y to IW Alrrd. j
t-ASlcrN'STrN. Jan II. A meotln.
b're to 4'acu.a tbo eicbance ccnaplr-a'-y
to deprae tbo price of cottna and
rejr f'rthr to rarolat the cot
Irn (t'-hanrr of tba In Had Mala,
n aa cail-4 today for ebrury :t br
f:e?rnttl'e Malta. Cand:r Bad
Ja.owa
Apprrlrn-tn Lijjhlrncd by Mn
ct to XaTjr IX"rvarUcot rora
WlM-r Crft Mtoold tic.
WA.-III.NGTON. Job. Zi A Nay tv
PartmaBt 4i(alrb front Cbarlrr-toB t
aibi aid tbat a atcamar ha4 rpor'-
i(ktiB( what ppar4 to b tho mlaa
Inf aubmarlna K- off lb Tlorlda
coaaC
Tbo 4-partmBl' dlapateh followa:
"Tho tollowter moaaaga ba boon ra-
ealo4 from Jopltar laiat. ria.: Slaamar
Dt A. Caaflald raporta tt ppBr4
to bo tbo aubraarm K-t at i.lt P. M.
laaoary J I. IS mllaa north of Jopltar.
bound-aootb. ftlcaaU. captaiB iwa
ruriBiit officlala aald that If tha
K-i w aa proroadiBC on bar natoral
courao for Kay VTa.t bar poaitloo t
l.jo woold bava bo vtrtoally that
rar-orta4 by Capt-la Kaon.
Tba tnoaaaca iraBthaBa4 officlala
bar In thlr bllf that tha K- ha4
mat lth bo harm, da-plla tbo fallor
of a'l afforta to locata bar alor ah
4loppoara4 in. a fof off CBarl.atoo
arty y.tMy.
Tba r"partmoBf rfforta to claar up
att doubt aa to tho K- coatlBoao.
hooik officlala wrro ftrm la tkalr
oplaioa that tho vaal a falloro to ra-
ipoa4 lo wlrtaa Inqolrtaa waa cot
aotlrcly lo tho abort ran of bar wlro
laaa. CO-OPERATIVE STORE SURE
Male ralwrally ModeU lo Crl
IVtokB at Urel Coat.
t'MCRiltTT OF Or.EOON. F.una.
Or. Jan. J I. Spacll) A atudant co
oporatt'o atoro. wboro all book and
achool aoppllaa may bo porchaaa4 on
tbo rampua. will bo opanad next Fall,
accordlnc to flBai plan tbla woak. Tb
rallna of tb atadant council laat
month waa aobmlttad to tho atudaat
body and accapt4 by a Ursa majority.
A board of director will b ortan
l4 aooa amoBtr tb (todonta, and a
policy for purchaatBC and lUn
drawn p wlthla a ahort ttma. t'nd-r
tha plari. tadnla will rrcat'e book
aa4 all auppllaa at tha lowt polbl
coat. la caaa tbar la a loaa. tha atu
daol body will rovar tha daflcIL
PHEASANTS BEG FOR FOOD
Storm IrUr Hondrcd to Merry of
far Mrn on Hrigbta.
Tba rnawa4 atorm ha drlran hua
drda of tTilBa phoaaanta to rafua; In
aatanaatad bulldlnara ea Council Crcat.
and th bird literally baa; for food
from tho etreelcar conductor, accord
Ins to Wir.lam M. Wlldar.
Tba pheaaaota aro la dire atralta."
aald Mr. Wlldar after a trip over the
Portland ll-lht lino with on of the
conductor who called hie attention to
tho atanrlns bird, "reople abould tak
food op tbar and acatter It la pro
trcted p!aca In Council Croat I'ark
and atons tb road."
COLD KILLS HOOD BIRDS
llandrvda of Alaska or Mountain
nobln l'nand Dead.
IIOOr niVEIt. Cr, Jan. fSpe
claD The cold waathar of tho paat
week ha caue4 lha death of hundred
of Ataaka or mountain roblna. Th
bandiomo bird, aald to be mar nu
merous hero tiao on any former year.
haTe flocked by the tbouaanda to the
willow brake a Ion; the Columbia
lowland.
"I walked acroaa the loa lead yea
terday . mti IC. 1 Wan. "and found
pltea of tbo blrdvlered and froaea
to death, under tho tree."
PRESIDENT IS STARTLED
t ram t onne-rtlon of Train Ilrrake
Willi l-:plo"kn.
CHICAGO. Jan. :i. While th rreal-
f or m abortly before tho departure of
bis train here today a harp pIolon
waa h-ard. Secret atlc men crowd
e4 to the platform and th rreaid-nt.
apparently anmeohat tartle4. entered
the car.
A clovid of reeaplns steam ahowed
tl.at th rontlerlln hoae between- th
rear coach and tb one netl forward
had burst.
BUY FROM MEXICO MOVED
llrwolatlon for Pan lia-a- .f Iarr
t'allfwrnla Introdurrd.
1VASIIINOTO.V. Jan. Jl. Tha Presi
dent would be authorized to neotla!e
with th Carraaaa sorernment for pur.
cbaae of Low,r California by a resolu
tion introduced today by Itepreaanta
tl'e r.rltt-fl. of Illinois.
II d-rlared aurh a purcha- would
put Into th handa of tb d fat-to orfl
riala of Mexico million of dollar for
rehabilitating lha ocrnnicnl and the
coontry'a Indostrle.
AUSTRALIAN CROP RECORD
Wlsral Yield l IJirsewt Err llli
I eO. one. 00 A lla-lM-l for tiport.
LONrXS. Jan. 31. Director Sfursla.
of the Auetratian Bank, today aald that
rrpnrt ihowii the Australian wheat
crop woold b a record one.
II estimated the yield Would be
1So.oAe.ftAa bohls. of w Men 1 uu.w'.u'io
would be avallabi fur axporL
Mr.GregoryWantsCon
troversy Ended Soon.
MAXIMUM IS FIXED AT $2.50
Government May Be Lenient if
Litigation Is Avoided.
PRIVATE OWNERS DESIRED
Attor-ne-y-Cicncral l".mphlie IVrwIr-
iblltly of rorop I'Bient of
Vnpald 'Tum lo Countl,
Wlara Conjrc-) Ilxca Title.
ORKGOVIAN XKWo BCTtEAU. Wuh
Inyton. Jan. II. Interprtln tb dcl
alon of th fuprema Court In th Or.
son A California land srant case. At-
torncy-General Oresory. In aa opinion
rendered today, hold that "I J 50 per
acre la tb mailmom amount which
lha railroad company Is. or wa at any
time, entitled to receive." II bold
that the restrictive clana of th
sranlinf; ac.' mean xactly what they
ay.
"An early tt!mnt of tha con
trovry." say the Attornay-Oeneral.
"Is much to be dealrcd. If. tharafor.
the railroad company could be Induced
to asree to aa adjustment of the whole
matter. It mlht bo wl for th Gov
ernment to yield on a few points. -peclally
with repect to tome of the
chart made and credlU claimed.
Caeeraaaeat Caa B ! t rW-t.
Tut If the company la solnr; lo
contest any legislation that Consresa
may pas upon tha aubject, and th
Indication now are that It will, then
th Oovernment thould claim all that It
I entitled to by a atrlct rule of law.
t would respectfully augxest th
wisdom of Inviting tba representative
of the railroad company to Indicate
what. If anything, they would Bare
.0 aa a eit!rr.-eut of the entire con
troversy. "The Supreme Court aaya that. In dls
poslns of the unsold lands. Congress
should secure to the railroad company
all the- value the granting acta con
ferred." aaya th Attorney-General. "In
aecertainlng what thla la, I think we
ahould consider how much of that value
th railroad company haa already re
ceived." edlt far Kapeaae Mot Ulvea.
He ahowa that on the legal baaia the
railroad company waa entitled to
II. 00. 009 for lie entire grant, and haa
thua far received i.S0.8T0. leaving a
balance atlll due of :.I93.130. The rail
road company contend It haa expend
ed on the lands SI.0i:.3I9. including
I l.S:T.";t paid In taxes, but the Attorney-General
thinka the company la not
entitled to credit for any of Ita ex
penditurea. "for If auch credit were
allowed It would receive more than
11.19 an acre, and thla I not warranted
imr.urivd an Faae X I'olumn I. I
lllll(IS0((liWWgM
Kullan Kellm. Turkish battl cruiser, I Itlll
Jn fltfhtlns trim. Pa e
MezJc.
Fucltlre from villa I taken from tralB and
executed. Iase 3.
Feretga.
Rolt in China galntug ground. Pago 2.
National.
President aya Navy Is prepared now. but
Army Is not bl enough, even for peace.
I'ssa 1.
Louis lirmndels lacks nine vote of having
enough tor confirmation. Page u
Compromise with railroad la land grant as-
gaalad. Page 1.
K-i la reported safe off Florida coast.
Pag 1.
Pomeetlc
Kegrnee walav aotolsts. kill two and fatally
wound third, page .
Looters are caught la Otay Valley. Pag J.
Middle West flood danger grave. Page a.
(porta.
Jodce McCrrdle telcgrajilia reply t Berry.
Pag le.
Coast Leacua directors will vote on aalary
Unit lucrrae (odsy. Page 14.
Cncle Fams play Seattle aeptet here to
night, rage 1-
Parmer apolorlxes for "framed" bout and
spks new chance. Page J.
raeirki Northweat.
Delecatea lo National conventions most pay
own cxt-ens. I'ase B.
Cullrca staff In La Grande lor Farmer
week. I'age g.
tiry farming tract of lO.oo a-rc In Baker
to be opened for entry. I'ase .
CauiBieri'lal aad Marlaa.
Oram puree lower at all Northwestern Points.
Page 17.
Braaka come swiftly la Chicago wheat pit.
Page 17.
Steady d.cMne In .tork accompanied by
tree a-tllog. Tage 17.
Strong murket for livestock at North Port
land. Page 17.
Wheat export flrurea reflect tannage hort
ag. Page 1.
r act land aad Vldalty.
Marie censor war ends. Pag T.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page a.
Month s snowfall nearly establishes new rec
ord. Page a.
Crime la cut nearly on-thlrd first month
of prohibition. Page 1.
Enrollment for layman' meeting Is 489 first
day. -s 7
Jawiah relief fund jumpe $1000. Page a.
School registration 2..2. Page II.
Co-operative dairy exchange organlxea.
Page la.
t'bamber preparea customa appeal. Pace IS.
Commlaaloner Baker appeala for relief for
unemployed. Paga 1.
T. R. REBUKED IN SENATE
Senator Reed Lands Administration
Policy In rorelirn Arfalrs.
WASHINGTON. Jan. JL Senator
Reed, of Missouri. In a speech In the
Senate today attacked Colonel Rooao
velt for hla attitude toward the Wll
aon Administration and praised the
President's .onducx of fort.iicn affairs.
"It Is a happy thing for this coun
try." he said, "that there has been In
sistence on American rights, and
equally fortunate that there na not
been aomo hot-headed. Importunate
demagogue In the While House."
TWO SHIPS LOST AT SEA
irclcs Picks l Report of lllUi
crlo Vnreported Tragedies.
NKW YORK. Jan. 31. The White
Star steamship Bovic reported on her
arrival h-re today from Manchester
that ahe had picked up wireless mea-
sages Indicating that two aieamnipa
have becu recently lost at ava here
tofore unreported.
One was the Apalachee. a British
tanker In the government eervlce; the
other an unidentified steamer, whose
crew was rescued by the steamer
FlnallL
NO SIGN'S OF A THAW. YET.
Drunkenness Decrease
About 80 Cent.
GRc'rilES REPUCE LIQUORS
No Family Rows Find Way
Into Portland Police Court.
FEWER ACCIDENTS OCCUR
Thousand Krlls Cured, Says Assist
ant Prosecutor Red net ion of 80
Per Cent Forecast by Munic
ipal Judge btevenson.
One month of prohibition, and all's
well.
All well, and then some. Look:
Not a single family row has broken
Into the police court during the month.
They were a common occurrence be
fore m. nearly all duo to boose.
Grocery stores hare taken the place
of corner saloons; rents have not been
materially affected, aay the brokers,
and the number of vacancies left by
saloons Is astonishingly few.
More Money Circulated.
More money is In circulation for gro
ceries, dry goods and staple articles,
says C. C. Colt, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, Indicating that the
working man's money spent for liquor
la going Into other channels of trade,
replacing the Industrial forces appar
ently left Idle by the advent of prohi
bition.
And this Is not alt Mrs. Lola O.
Baldwin says the number of girls In
the police court has fallen almost to
nothing a veritable revolution, she
says.
Intoxicated motor drivers have
ceased to ex Int. according to the police
record. Reckless driving and speeding
has been diminished many hundred
per cent.
Drunkenness Decreases 8O0 Per Cent.
Three times ss many persons, or
nearly so, were arrested In December
as January, or a reduction of from 2004
to 776. The number a year ago Jan
uary was 1743. or more than twice as
much as last month.
But here is the big figure.
Drunkenness In January, 1916. de
creased nearly 800 per cent under De
cember. In December, 1913, there were 897
arrests for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct, last month the number was
119. One-third of this latter number
were arrested January 1, the hang-over
of the celebration that marked the clos
ing of the saloons. Discounting that
number as products of last year, pro
hibition has reduced drunkenness more
than 1000 per cent in the first month.
A year ago January 87 were drunk
and arrested, or five times as many as
last month.
Arreata for All O'aemra Cut.
And with the passing of liquor ar
' tConcludfd on Page 4. Column 3.)
Ten. 3Ieiubers Said to Be Doubtful.
Sub-CoiruiUttee to Begin Its
Hearings on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. (Special.)
Louis D. Brandeis, the Boston lawyer,
nominated for the" Supreme Court by
President Wilson, could muster today
but 40 votes for his confirmation.
It requires 4 votes to confirm. Mr.
Brandefs must win from the 10 doubt
ful votes or make converts among the
46 Senators, more or less, opposed to
him.
The poll of the Senate was taken
hastily by friends of Brandeis and may
show some inaccuracies later, but it
proves tbat the confirmation Is not to
be made without a fight. '
When the Senate committee on the
Judiciary met this morning to consider
tho nomination of Mr. Brandeis, Senator
Overman, acting chairman of the com
mittee. appointed a subcommittee of
five members for the most part re
garded as friendly to Mr. Brandeis ta
study his qualifications. The subcom
mittee consists of Senators Chilton, of
West Virginia, Fletcher of Florida and
Walhh of Montana, Democrats, and
Cummins of Iowa and Clark of
Wyoming, Republicans. Mr. Clark I
supposed to be the only hostile mem
ber of the subcommittee.
The subcommittee is ready to hold
hearings and to listen to witnesses for
and against Mr. Brandeis. The subcom
mittee will bold Its first meeting
Thursday morning. Before tbat time
Individual members will have looked
into Mr. Brandeis' published remarks
and some aspects of his record.
.Representative Kent, of California,
an Independent Republican, told the
sub-committee that LJeutenant-Gov
ernor Esehelman. of California, would
give testimony favorable to Mr. Bran-
dels in connection with matters par
ticlpated in Jointly by Mr. Brandeis and
himself. In connection with some of
these matters Mr. Brandeis had been
accused of bad faith.
TESTIMONY CLAUSE FOUGHT
Issue Over Withholding Uquor Evi
dence to Go to High Courts.
BAKER. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.)
Tbat the refusal of Charles Blackweil,
now in the County Jail, to testify as
to the identity of the person selling
him liquor nine days ago will result
in the first test In this stal.t of the
constitutionality of that clause in the
prohibition law providing a jail sen
tence for the specific offense, was the
assertion made today by Frank B.
Mitchell, attorney for Blackweil. He
declared that if his client is sentenced
for refusing to be sworn, the case
immediately would be fought in the
higher courts.
The case, set for hearing today, was
deferred.
CAR FENDER SAVES WOMAN
Mrs. 1. Kverhart Is Carried 150
Feet, but Arises Uninjured.
A fender on a Russell-Shaver street
car yesterday probably saved the life
of Mrs. D. Everhart, living in the Sac
ramento apartments. Union avenue and
Sacramento streets.
She was struck by the car. knocked
down and carried 150 fect on the fen
der, but, apparently unhurt, was able
to ariso when the car was stopped,
l'atrolman IL S. Raney helped her to
her feet and, in referring to the acci
dent, exonorated the streetcar men
from blame. She had slipped as she
was crossing the tracks in front of
her home.
BIRDS DIE BY HUNDREDS
Biologist, Students, Boy Scouts and
Audubon Society Join In Feeding.
More urgent than ever is the need to
feed birds, says W. L. Finley, state
biologist, who yesterday received re
ports from various sections of the city
that the little feathered songsters are
dying of starvation.
Through Superintendent Alderman,
of the city schools, Mr. Finley has be
gun a movement whereby schoolboys
will help in the work. The Boy Scouts
too, have been interested and will set
out .food for tho birds.
Tho Oregon Audubon Society Is man-
airinir a campaign for money to buy
bird food.
PERSIANS AND TURKS JOIN
United Force Said to Be Harrjing
Russians in Luristan.
BERLIN. Jan. 31 (By wireless to
Sayville.) "The Russian newspaper
Birzheviya Vedomosdy published re
ports from Teheran saying the situa
tion of the Russians in Persia Is becom
ing worse." says the Overseas News
Agency.
"These reports confirm the statement
that the Governor-General of Luristan.
Samson-es-SuItaneh, has joined with
Russia's enemies and formed a strong
army which will be placed at the dis
posal of the Turks."
GERMAN FORCES REPULSED
French Report Failure of Attack
With Hand (irenades at Hill 110.
PARIS, Jan. 71. German forces last
night delivered two attacks with hand
grenades near Hill No. 140.
Both attacks resulted in failure, ac
cording to the French official an-
uuuucement given out this afternoon. I
FLEET IS READY FOR WAR NOW
'We Mean Business,' Declares
Mr. Wilson.
WARNINGS ARE REPEATED
Great Throngs in Chicago and Mil
waukee Hear Executive, Who
Tells of America's Ideals and
Advises Hurried Defense.
CHICAGO, Jan. 31. The United
States has made preparations for im
mediate war as far as the Navy is
concerned, although the present naval
force is inadequate in size. President
Wilson declared tonight in an address
before several thousand persons in the
Auditorium here.
"We mean business." he said, in
speaking for the preparedness plans of
the Administration.
"We have given to the present fleet
of the United States an organization
such as it never had before, I am told
by Admiral Fletcher," the President
said, "and we have made preparation
for immediate war, so far as the Navy
is concerned. 1 .
Army Not Big Enough for Peace.
"The Army," the President said, "as
at present constituted, is not large
enough even for the ordinary duties of
peace."
The President repeated his warnings
that no time must be lost in strength
ening the defenses of the Nation. Ho
declared the Government was doing
everything it could for preparedness.
"When I see some of my fellow citi
zens spread tinder where the sparks
are falling I wonder what their ideal
of Americanism is." the President said.
Ameiica. the President taU, had been
cruelly misjudged by the nations now
at war.
"I know that on the other side of
the water there has been a great deal
of cruel mi-sjudgment with regard to
the reasons why America has remained
neutral. Those looking at us from a
distance don t feel the strong pulses
of ideals and principles that are in us.
Ideals Pat Above Dollars.
They do not feel the conviction ot"
America that our mission is a mission
of peace, and that righteousness can
not be maintained as a standard in the
midst of arms. They don't realize that
back of all our energy we-.ie a body
of idealists much more reaay 10 w
down our lives for a thought than for
dollar.
"They suppose, some of them, that
we are noiaing 011 ucwtuau "
make money while others are aying,
the most cruel misunderstanding that
any nation nas ever naa to iace o
wrong that it seems almost useless to
try to correct it because it shows that
the very fundamentals of our life are
not comprehended or understood."
Rulers, not public opinion, brought
about the present war, Mr. Wilson de
clared. "1 thank God there is no man in the
United States who has the authority
to bring on war without the consent of
the Nation," he said.
Invasion Not Everything.
The task of tho United State.-, he
said, has been to assert the principles
of law in a world iu which the princi
ples of law have broken down.
We are not now thinking 01 invasion
of the territory of the United States."
the President declared. "That is not
what is making us think. We aro not
asking ourselves, shall we be prepared
only to defend our homes and our own
shores?
"Is that all we stand for? To ke p
the door shut securely against our ene
mies? What about the great trustee
ship set up for liberty of national gov
ernment in the whole V.'estern Hem
isphere? We stand pledged to see that
both continents of America are left free
to be used by their people as those peo
ple choose to use them under a system
of national popular sovereignty as ab
solutely unchallenged as our own."
Great Throng Acclaims President.
The President arrived in Chieujiu
from Milwaukee shortly after 6 P. M.
and was driven to the hotel. Later he
went Ao the auditorium, which was a
riot of red, white and blue, swung in
festoons from rails and boxes. Back ot
the stage hung the American coat-or-arms
on a field of blue.
Four galleries besides tho main floor
were white with faces. Many had
sought in vain to obtain tickets and
were turned away. Twelve hundred
police held in check the sidewalk
crowds clearing the street entirely of
traffic between the hotel and the
auditorium.
Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, oc
cupied a seat on the stage near tlie
President and Governor Dunne, ot
Illinois was in a box.
The entrance of the President was
heralded by the playing of the "Star
Spangled Banner." The crowd stood
and applauded. Mrs. Wilson did not
enter with the President, but sat in a
box.
President Wilson's Milwaukee speech.
in part, follows:
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