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TIIE MORNING OREG ONI AX, TnURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1916. PEACEFUL HOLLAND IS READY FOR WAR 400,000 Men Are Under Arms to Defend Nation, if Ne ; cessity Should Arise. AID FOR KAISER POSSIBLE Citizens Favor Entente Allies, but Admit Their Country's Interests May Lie W ith Germany, They 2 Tell Lamar Tooze. BT LAMAR TOOZE. fTniversity of Oregon Student Bepre senativc. Henry Ford Peace Mission.) EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 16. (Special.) Four hundred thousand men out or a population of 6.500,000 under arms in The Netherlands today! And ready to jo to war on a minute's notice! The fate of that little country lies in the balance. Its diminutive size in area can be appreciated when it is realized that the entire country Is but one fourth larger than Harney County, Ore gon. The state of Oregon is nearly eight times larger than The Nether lands. But Holland is a sovereign na tion, and the Dutch have an intense national spirit. They are loyal to a man. Sandwiched, as she is, between two belligerent nations Germany on the west and Belgium on the south the likelihood that she will be ultimately drawn into the struggle isn't beyond the range of possibility. And the worst part about it is that the Dutch do not want war. They are essentially a peace-loving nation. The Hague is the location of the world-known Peace Pal ace. The Hague Conferences looking toward permanent peace are interna tionally respected. Aid for German Possible. The balance is so sharply drawn that the Dutch people do not know upon which side they would lend their sup port in case of war. Representative people whom 1 interviewed are pro ally in their sympathies. I couldn't ascertain the official feeling. However, such is the uncertainty of the people whom I interviewed that they admitted they might have to es pouse the German cause. Circumstances might arise, they said, that would In volve them with the entente and would force them to fight for their existence. Dutch soldiers are everywhere. I rat in a cafe in The Hague one even ing and counted the soldiers among the passersby. Out of 100 pedestrians there were 15 soldiers. At Leydon I saw a regiment of sol fliers drawn up In review. They were sturdy, military-looking fellows. Their frank, open faces seemed so strangely out of place in the stern business of war. They were splendidly officered; commands were given in sharp, quick tones, and as quickly obeyed. Every thing was done in a way that suggested good training. Flood Is Drfrnite Plan. Holland doesn't have to depend on Jicr soldiers alone. She has other means of protection. As a last resort she can turn half of the country un der water by opening the great dikes that keep back the sea. Parts of the country are 20 feet below sea level. This emergency measure would pro tect most of the? larger cities from in vasion The Hague. Amsterdam, Rot terdam, Leyden and Delft. I learned from a Hollander that should such a measure be adopted the land would be flooded to the depth of only a foot or so just enough to make marching impossible and not enough to permit navigation. Those 42-centimeter guns would be just as useless in an invasion of Holland as .a toy popgun; the gun carriages would mire. Dutch roads are not macadam ized. Dutch military preparations do not indicate a desire for war. They are adopting a policy dictated by common sense and good judgment. Mark Aid Given Belgium. Truly, the United States has! done much for Belgium, but 1 believe Hol land, proportionately, has ione more. Since the war started the Dutch peo ple have harbored 1.500,000 Belgian refugees almost equal to a fourth of her own population. The government is taking care of 40.000 Belgians, feed ing, clothing and educating them. Four preat camps, each accommodating 10,000 HflriAjis. have been established in dif- lerent parts of ,the country. Men and women are taught trades free in pub lic schools. The sick are cared for at a public hospital. A moving picture theater in each camp supplies amusement once a week free of charge.' And In addition, the government pays them a weekly wage of about a dollar. The government itself, to say noth ing about private aid. has epent $6. 000.000 in relieving the homeless of their neighboring state. If Holland is drawn into the war it will be against the wishes of the peo ple. They are hunting no trouble, but are ready and prepared to defend their country should the necessity arise. Rosebnrg to Call School Election. ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 16. (Special.) At a special meeting of the Rose burg School Board today plans of a half dozen architects for the erection of a modern high school building were inspected. At the next meeting of the School Board a special election will be called to vote bonds for the erection of the structure. It is planned to build a structure costing in the neighbor hood of $75,000, exclusive of the equipment. CURED HIMSELF OF DRINKING Los Angeles Man Gives Out a Simple Home Recipe That Banished His ' Desire for Liquor. Mr. Earl A. Smith, living at 615 S. Grant Avenue. Los Angeles. Calif., cured himself of the liquor habit with a simple home recipe. In a recent statement Mr. Smith said: "I . took two high-priced treatments for. the liquor habit, both of which failed. Then I heard of the following simple recipe which I tried. It quickly ban ished my desire for liquor and greatly benefited my health. To t ox. of water add JO grains of muriate of ammonia, a small box of Varlex Compound and 10 grains of pepsin. Take a teaspoon ful three times a day. It is perfectly harmless and as it has no taste, color or smell it can be given secretly in coffee, tea, milk or in food- Any drug gist can put up this recipe at very lit tle cost, and It i a wonderful rem edy." Adv. 3 Days Only Beginning Today WHIT William Riley Hatch, Bruce McRae and Creighton Hale In that wonderful play, the popularity of which has lasted years TT i Also Majestic Novelty Trio, Pathe Weekly and Comedy Coming Sunday Big Bill Farnum in "Fighting Blood" jgsgsj Entire Change Qp of Program I Today B IT ID) 17 lu CHIEFS NAME ON BOMB IXFER.VAL MACHINE, ADDRESM.1J TO OFFICER. FOUXD IX WEEDS. Munition Shipment Guard at Seattle Turns Over to Police Rude Con trivance, Wrapped in Sack. cpittt.t! Wosii treh 18. A rudely- constructed ' bomb addressed to Chief of Police Louis M. Lang, of Seattle, was found in the weeds near me norui ern Pacific tracks three miles south of Aiikiirn twlnv Thft hnmh WAS t) TO U (Xll t to Seattle police headquarters, where it was found to contain a large eutu vnamiia nnH nn eiirht-inch fuse. Th. rivnamit. wrannpd in DaDer. had been placed in a baking-powder can, which In turn nao, oeen piacei m a. syrup can. The fuse protruded through holes cut in the bottoms of the cans. Pasted on the largo can was a sheet of plain paper on which tne ioiiowing uote had been scriDDiea wnn a. icu pencil: "Mr. Chief Lang. Seattle. 1 have 75 bombs on hand and 1 send you this one. A. P. E., 343 P. A., Taco- ia." On the bottom of the paper was On the other side of the can were tne words "Danger. Do not open. ine lomb was wrapped In a gunny sarx. 'T v. -v ; , 1 1 mofhinA win found bv Dan McCloud. employed by the North ern Pacific to guard snipments ol war miitiiHnna fnr RiisKtH. stored in the .i...cifii.t!An ..nrri at Auburn. 16 miles south of Seattle. McCloud notified the Northern Pacific special agent here. ho had the bomb brought to faeattie. Aithnnorh e-rnlnsive exDerts in the police department said the bomb really was dangerous. Chief of Police Lang said he considered the matter a hoax. RAINIER WOMAN PASSES Mrs. Uiiabetli Liowe, Succumbs to Long Illness. RAINIER. Or., Feb. Ifi. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth Lowe, after an illness of a year, died at her home in this city Monday, Mrs. Lowe was born in Quebec, Canada, in October, 1849. She was married to Alexander Brough and lived in Michigan until 1891. when the family moved to this city. Mr. Brough died the same year, and in 1893 she married James Lowe, who died in 1907. Mrs. Lowe is survived by her daugh ters, Mrs. Rose Soloman, of Centralia, Wash. Mrs. Julia Edwards, of Seattle, and Mrs. Neimi Thompson, of Rainier, and four sons of this city, Joseph, Alex and Edward C. Brough, and James H. Lowe. She was a member of the Lady Mac cabees, Woman of Woodcraft and the Rebeccas. Mrs. Lowe operated the only public garage in the city. Funeral services will be held at the Catholic Church Thursday. EX-DEPUTY COIXECTOU OF INTER A' A I, RKVEME IS DEAD. 1MI Samuel Waddle. Samuel Waddle, aged 80, until recently a deputy collector of in ternal revenue, died Tuesday and his funeral was held yester day at Finley's chapel at 3:30 o'clock. Rev. W. W. Youngson officiated. Miss Harriet Leach sang -Rock of Ages" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Interment was made in River View Cemetery. Pallbearers were: W. E. Finzer, John Beard, Charles Ringler, Dnj C. R. McAyeal, Robert D. Gar land, Dan McGill. Mr. Waddle came to Portland seven years ago. Three years ago he entered - the employ of the Government under Internal Rev enue Collector Miller. He was born in Illinois in 1835. Four sons survive. They are J. A. and Wellington, of Portland; Dr. H. C. Waddle, of Hazelgreen. Wi3.. and James, of Janesville, III. Mr. Waddle was a member of the Ma sonic Lodge of Normal. 111., and of the Knights Templar of Bloomington, 111. Pianola Moved From Club Is Full of Booze. House Committee Trades Off Instru ment and Irate Members Confess Caching Supplies. GLOOM indescribable has settled upon one of Portland's prominent clubhouses. The passing of a pianola, companion of idle hours, is mourned. But not for itself alone. Thereupon hangs a tale, and a true one. Walter F. Geren, "Craig Kennedy" of the District Attorney's office, met a member of the house committee of this exclusive club yesterday. "Any bootlegging going on In your club?" he greeted, genially. "Remem ber, we're watching you." "Well, no; but say, here's something,"' and the house committeeman told this yarn: "The pianola up at the club had not been working well for some time. Fi nally the house committee decided to trade it for a phonograph and some reo ords. This was done last week. There was a near-riot when some of the mem bers heard of it. ""What the blank has happened to the pianola?' five asked me at once. 'Whern' blue blazes is it?" " 'Why, we traded it for that fine phonograph,' I told them. They weren't a bit pleased. " 'Doggonit, couldn't you have con sulted some of us about it before you did this?" they asked me. "I was more or less nettled by this time. " 'What are you Tiuts so blamed ex cited about?" I asked them. 'I didn't know you were music lovers." "They took me to a corner and whispered in my ear. The majority of them had nice little bottles cached away in the pianola!" ARSON SUSPECT TAKEN CHARLES M'DANIELS, WHO FLED FROM PORTLAND, APPREHENDED. Prisoner Is Accused of Participating in Attempt to Burn L. B. Mene fee Mill During; Strike. SEATTLE, Feb. 16. Charles McDan iels was arrested near Cedar Moun tain, 18 miles from Seattle, by deputy sheriffs and will be taken to Port land to answer a charge of arson. Mc Daniels. whose home is at Cedar Moun tain, fled to the woods with his brother, John, when he saw the deputies ap proach the house. The brothers were pursued for a mile and surrendered when overtaken. McDaniels was to have been a prin cipal witness for the State of Oregon last May at the trial in Portland of Thomas Patterson and Hugh Priest, charged with attempting to burn a shingle mill during a strike. He disap peared at the alleged instigation of Glen Hoover, of Seattle, counsel for the defense. Hoover admitted that he induced McDaniels to flee and was fined and reprimanded by the court. Disbarment proceedings are pending here against Hoover as the result of the incident. Patterson and Priest were convicted and sentenced to prison. Charles McDaniels was a companion of Hugh Priest and Thomas Patterson, both of whom are serving terms of from three to 10 years at Salem for arson, and was accused during the trial of these two men before Judge Davis of being the prime mover in the arson plot against the University Shingle Mill of the L. B. Menefee Company. The accusations were made by the prisoners. There was an attempt made, through the use of phosphorus, burns from which were later found on the pris oners' hands, to destroy the Univer sity Shingle Mill during a strike of the Shingle Weavers' Union in Febru ary, 1915. For a time the mill was picketed. ' DROWNING VICTIM FOUND Body of Paul Watson Is Discovered ' at Cherry Grove. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) The body of Paul Watson, aged 22, son of Robert Watson, a sawmill owner and operator on the Lewis River, was found today after being in the water ten days. More than a week ago young Wat son and some friends took a trip on the river in a rowboat, which over turned. Unable to swim, young Wat son drowned. Owing to the high waters since it was impossible to drag or the body, and it was not until today that the body came to the surface at Cherry Grove. INDIANS USE DEAD. CATTLE Stock Killed by Storm on Umatilla Reservation Is Dried for Food. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) With no expense to themselves and a small amount cf labor, a num ber of Umatilla reservation Indians have stocked their larders with enough meat to last them for the remainder of the Winter. Every animal that has been lost to the reservation cattle herd has been seized by the redskins, stripped of every bit of meat, leaving the bones as clean as if the animal had been through the plant of a packing-house. So long as an animal does not die from a disease, the Indians use it for food. What cannot be eaten before it spoils the Indians preserve by drying in strips How flammoiint Is Improving Motion Picture Programs Here is tangible evidence of recent accomplishments in Para mount Pictures. A quality pro gram including exclusive features to be seen only at the better theatres. Local Distributor. PROGRESSIVE MOTION IMCTTItF! CO., Central Bldg., Seattle, V "ill. fU NEW YORK.N.Y. ....to -rv " A tJ a Co- aV3 a&r VAltllfl pM1 CO" $rcu- Cartoons INDIANS ARE FOR RAILWAY Tribal Council to Discuss Opening of Klamath Reservation. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. 16. (Special) Steady progress is being made in the preliminaries looking to ward the opening of the Klamath In dian Reservation, as desired by Mr. Strahorn in connection with the new railways through Central Oregon. President J. W. Siemens, of the Klamath Commercial Club, received word today from Superintendent Will iam M. Freer, of the Klamath Reserva tion, that he had received a telegram from the Indian Department at Wash ington, directing him to make a formal request in writing to the department for leave to convene the Tribal Council to consider and act upon the matter. The Indians are working with the whites to secure the opening of the Reservation. COYOTES ARE KILLING DEER Travelers Report Seeing 100 Car-. casses in Klamath Country. KLAMATH FALS, Or.. Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) That at least 100 deer have been killed recently by coyotes, and that at least twice that number are imperiled, was the information brought here re cently by Harry and Wilbur Telford, who returned from a three days trip to the upper Jenny Creek country, on the Klamath-Jackson County line. The deer have been practically sur rounded by a pack of coyotes and these animals kill the deer at will by driv ing them from the trails into the deep snow. Seven freshly killed carcasses were found by the Telfords, besides the remains of about 100 others killed more or less recently. ... . Just Three Days More To See the Most Talked of Attraction of the year REX BEACH'S Famous Story of Life and Love in Old Panama "THE NE'ER DO WE'LL" With the noted "Spoilers" cast, including Kath lyn Williams, Wheeler Oakman and others. Don't fail to see: Young Anthony and his football squad drive their car through the cafe; the thrilling, hair raising fights that follow; his last big time with "the boys," and his awakening the morning after; the many exciting episodes that take place among the hot-blooded Spanish people; his love escapade with Mrs. Cortlandt and the com plications that follow. It's too good to miss for anything. REMEMBER, TODAY, TOMORROW AND SATURDAY Your Last Chance. . Admission 15 and 25 Cents. First Show at 12 Noon Then Every Two Hours. MUSIC BY EVENSON'S ORCHESTRA The famous Colonel Heeza Liar, loved 0V ETOWTl-UDS an A u:,j J raw-" .. Personally v ' of an tra tire; C motin . Un,u comed;he ""tor,. Z ' Orator. C Al1 Gi,bert worJ,-famoU3 , times PreSC"trvieW9 Topics ;'otion picture tin&, minent pe r.ntures tor stISveeV and you fiZZt ttllm every , see PARAMOUNT PICTURES ARE SHOWN EXCLUSIVELY V , AT THE PEOPLES THEATER WEST PARK AND ALDER STS. Phone Your Want Ads to The Oregonian Main 7070 A 6095 reS