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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1916)
TIIE MORNING onEGONIATf, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1916. 8 QUAINT GOWNS WORN AT THE SUNNYSIDE GRAND ARMY CELEBRATION YESTERDAY. TQNG IS DISPLEASED GREAT ANNUAL CLEANUP SALE Every Pair of Shoes in This Big Store on Sale at 'i to U Off of I YEARS, IS WARNING Regular Prices. Store Open Until 10 f. ii. aturaays. Bmg Kongs Broke War Rules, Declare Hop Sings. CHILDREN'S SHOES rjr rroox I . " . BpedsJ prices aa follows i rmy Officer Tells Business : Men That Foreign Conflict Seems Inevitable. Ch 1 1 dr n'a SHOT PRECEDES WARNING t-hoes and Pumps S94 Children's $l.iB Bhoes and Pumps 79 Chlldren-s Code Demands Declaration of End of Peace, Is View Truce Is Ac ceptable, However, and Chi natown Breathes Easily. II. ti) to 11.71 Shoes and Pumps 98 SPEECH IS RESTRAINED II and 12 60 and Pumps iWAR. WITHIN TEH I ljl2& -htsW 4ff I fowl . &Ait- ' ' -yy m llo 4 " - 79c --a :?!". . j9 Aliases' for0.:.-. Jfajor McAlexander, Corvallis Cadet ' Commandant, Explains Military , Situation of Nation So Far as He Is Permitted. PITHY POINTS FROM MAJOR M'ALEXAlVnER'S PRKPABED. KEM SPEECH. The United States will be at war inside of ten years unless all present signs fail. No navy ever will attack land defenses. Hold on to Hawaiian Islands or bid good-bye to Panama Canal. State of Washington today is absolutely helpless against an invading army. There are 116 different places on Atlantic Coast where foreign expeditions could land with ease. Militarism is utterly impossible in United States. Know ye that Great Britain has done you and done you to a finish in all but one Instance. - "The' United States wHl be at war within 13 years unless all present signs fill," emphatically . declared Major Ulysses G. McAlexander, U. S. A., now stationed at Corvallis, where he Is tommandant of the Agricultural Col lege cadets, who spoke .on "Prepared ness" before the Progressive Business Ien's Club yesterday at the Oregon ETilL The Major was introduced by Gus O. Moser. chairman of the day, who told Of the Army man's career from the time of his entrance as a cadet at West Point in 1883 to the present day. "I have no sympathy for those who say repeatedly 'I didn't raise my boy to be a, soldier.' " continued the Major. "I am prohibited, in saying some things I would like to say, but be it known to you, thinking young men of this club, that we will be at -war in side of 10 years. Your senior Senator, Mr. Chamberlain, truthfully has re marked that the Atlantic and the Pa cific oceans are America's best friends, but let me tell you that Great Britain is one nation which has done you and done you to a finish in all but one in stance. And by her agreement with Japan she has fixed it very nicely for Japan. Coast Is Helpless. ."The United States has been unpre pared for every war in which she has ever been involved, and is woefully un prepared now. The helplessness of the Pacific Coast states is such that very little defense could be made if at tacked. "If we were to he involved in a struggle with .any first-class power, prepared as we now are. the sea would be cleared of our Navy in less than three months and 400.000 invading sol diers could be landed on ' the Atlantic Coast at 116 different places. No army could be raised, trained and armed in that time to make any adequate de fense. "On the Pacific, where we are most Interested, our condition is worse. The state of Washington is absolutely help less. Inside of 30 days Japan could land 200.000 men any place on s the Coast. A small force of the enemy could cut us off from the East by dynamiting the railroads. Oregon could be cut off from California by use of dynamite on the Siskiyou tunnel. An enemy landing in any one of the three states of the Coast could obtain unlimited supply of foodstuffs. Militarism Is Impossible. "Militarism in the United States is utterly impossible, . and that we may put up a front to the world, a front placing the United States in a position where she rightfully should stand, first we must have a larger Navy and secondly increased defenses, land forti fications, coast artillery, and a mobile Army. "The question of the Philippines is a matter of National policy. Do you know that we are holding them today with only four regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry? Then, too, there is the Panama defense, Alaska and Porto Rico and our vari ous coaling stations which we cannot forget. Thus you can see why a larger Army is needed. "And since you know we here on the Coast have only one railroad bridge across the Columbia into Washington, and only one railroad line into Cali fornia, is it any trouble to believe that inside of 24 hours an invading army could .cut off all three Pacific Coast states from communication with each other? Why, we should have stationed in this northern territory nine regi ments of infantry, three of cavalry and two of field artillery and the same number in California. "Another thing, we must hold Hawaii at all hazards, or else it is goodbye to the Panama Canal. There we should have stationed nine regiments of in fantry, one regiment of cavalry and two regiments of field artillery. "So I say, young men of the Progres sive Business Men's Club, study these National problems, and above all back your National Guard, for the citizen soldiery needs all the support you can elve it." mm m . ' ?fc iW, - f Xf'A-ih $J& 4 VU i I' ARE YOU LIKE THIS? If yon are irritable you may be the last person to realize it unless you honestly examine youwelf. Are you? Are you subject to headaches? Do you forget easily? Is it difficult for you to keep your mind on your work? Do you have a eense of weakness is arma and legs and get tired easily? If this description fits your case you need a non-alcoholic tonic, for these are the symptoms of neurasthenia. Write today to the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, N. Y. for the free booklet on "Diseases of the Nervous System" and eet a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills from Che nearest drug store. Begin the treat ment at once. You can tell when the tonic action of the pills is helping you because your appetite will pick up and what you eat will not distress you. As the rich, red blood reaches every part of the body the feeling of "weakness and depression disappears and you know that you are taking the right treatment. Some people can hardly avoid neuras thenia. They are born with a tendency to it. But, by buildinpr up the blood with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills this tendency may be overcome and the condition cor rected Pin your faith to this treatment and stop worrying. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will be sent by mail, postpaid, at 60 cents per box ; six boxes $2.50. GOWNS OF I WORN 200 Grand Army Veterans and Ladies Have Party. ALL JOIN IN "AMERICA" Incidents in Uves of Washington and Xincoln Are Related and Musical Programme Given. Dress of 1812 Attracts. Reminiscent of the historic '60s were the gowns and other features of the Grand Army of the Republic party at Dawley's Hall in Sunnyside, attended yesterday by more than 200 members of the Grand Army and other Civil War veterans. Rows of silver-haired veterans, smiling their happiest, lined one side of the room, and on the other sat the women, some of whom were more than quaintly garbed. Others were in street clothes. One of the striking features of the programme was the singing of "Amer ica" by everyone present. With respect to the National hymn all stood un covered and sang enthusiastically. Rev. W. T. Kerr offered the prayer, and the Veteran Quartet sang at the opening of the meeting. Lincoln's Gettysburg speech was read by Mrs. Elizabeth Lamont Incidents in the life of- Washington, peculiari ties of his character and some of his experiences were told by Henry Wor den. Miss Zella Knox sang two solos. A reading was given by little Mary Beth Woodworth, who was dressed like the little girls of long ago in a queer, full calico frock. Miss Helen Werschkul sang, Miss Atlanta Allen was another soloist and Mrs. Gertrude Woodworth read. "Lincoln" was the topic of the talk by H. S. Fargo, who told of his trials, his greatness and his gifts to the coun try. The Singing of "America" fol lowed. Mrs. Gertrude Woodworth wore a calico dress made of cloth bought in the year 1812 for tl a yard. The cloth was handed down for 60 years, and then made into a frock several years before the Civil War. The material is still crisp and quite heavy, and is of a queer, dark pattern. The whole gar ment is hand-made. A small vestlike bodice is covered with a white net fichu and attached to a full skirt with three hand-shirred ruffles at the bottom. Of the number of old dresses worn it presented the- most striking appearance. , Mrs. Lillian York appeared as a Gypsy in a dashing spangled costume and with many strands of beads about her head and neck. Some of these were heirlooms. The rings she wore were exceedingly odd. Two of them were made by her father, who picked up the stones while he was in Central Mexico during the Mexican War in 1846. NAME WRONG 23 YEARS Woman Says Husband, Mentally Up set at Wedding, Made Mistake. BAKER, Or... Feb. 24. (Special.) Seeking to change the name of her- Top (Reading From Left to Right) Mrs. Jennie Beeson, Mrs. Atlanta Allyn, Mr. Lillian York, Mrs. Ger trude Woodward. Center Mrs. Kel lie Klepk, Mrs. Josephine Brooks, Mrs. Nettle Walker, Sirs. Blra Chandler. Bottom Mrs. Anna Fishburn, President, self and her eight children to Gardner because her husband got his name twisted at the wedding, Mrs. J. R. Baumgarner today filed a petition in the Circuit Court. She says that Gardner was her hus band's name but that he gave that of Baumgarner because he was mentally unbalanced at the time of the wed ding. Mrs. Baumgarner was married in 1893 and secured a divorce in March, 1913. Her husband was later adjudged insane. Coyotes Keep Children Home. MANSFIELD, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Driven to desperation by hunger owing to the heavy snows, the coyotes are banding and coming in close to town at nights in their search for food., Sunday night a good-sized band was seen inside the town limits on the west It is said that in some of the country districts the smaller children are being kept from school for fear of coyotes. POUND FINANCE. PUZZLE COMMISSIONERS DIECK AJTD BIGE LOW TO DRAFT ORDINANCE. Humane Society Recommends Increase of Service and About S4000 Is Estimate of Needs. After formally agreeing that the Oregon Humane Society should be given sufficient funds from the dog license and pound fee receipts ' to place the public dog pound on a better working basis than it is at present, the City Council has appointed Commissioners Dieck and Bigelow and City Attorney LaRoche a committee to prepare an or and make a report on the amount to be given. Officers of the Humane Society met with the Council and the subject of in creased service for the pound was con sidered in detail. One plan was to give the society 80 per cent of the licenses and fees received since last September so that there would be money on hand for the erection of some new buildings planned by the society. This wouia amount to about $4000. Another plan was to advance J4000 to the society from the general fund so that the pro posed improvements could be made and then let the society pay back the money from the dog licenses which will come in nPTt Sentember. Officers of the society explained that thn doer Dound at present is not cover ing the field and that there is much work to do in the way of handling animals properly and caring for sick and crippled animals PACIFIC UNIVERSITY QUINTET WILL PLAY FAST PACIFIC COLLEGE TONIGHT. or- t s -Ji' " v iH"Yr)TiVT T--T Seated Standing (Left to Right) Coah Yakel, Frnfnga . and.. Reed. Uoodman, tapiuDivucox, jine. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or., Feb. 23. (Special.) r The Pacific University quintet will meet Pacific College on the home floor tomorrow night. A hard and fast contest is expected, as Pacific College has lost only one game this season to the Pacific University quintet, while the latter has an unbroken string of victories to its credit Pacific University scored 239 points to its opponents' 73. The game Saturday night will practically determine the title for the champion ship of non-conference colleges of Oregon. Chinatown is recovering its smile since the announcement of a 30 days' truce to the tong war was made Wednesday. It is evident that the Ce lestials believe lasting peace. Is prob able. Moi Chin Mon, committeeman of the San Francisco Peace Society, talked yesterday afternoon of the arrange ments for further peace meetings be tween the Bing Kong and Hop Sing tongs. No conference will be held for several days, he said, as prominent members of both societies left the city when hostilities opened. Time will be needed to get the news to these In their secret hiding places. Taking nothing for granted, the po lice will not relax their watch of Chi natown, announced Chief of Police Clark. "They'll keep the peace, or we'll make them," he said. Both tongs are content with the truce, but the Hop Sings complain that the code of tong warfare was violated by the shooting of Jeung Sing Wah one week ago. The attack was made, so they say, without formal declaration that peace was at an end. This is con trary to custom, and accounted largely for their bitterness, the Hop Sings ex plain. For Julian Alabero, Filipino-Chinese, held as suspected murderer of Wong Gin Monday afternoon, the Hop Sings say they have no concern. They admit that he was once a Hop Sin.- gunman, but say that he left the tong more than a year ago. If he is implicated in the war, they deny that he fought under their Instructions. After being held for two days by the police. Charlie Show was released yes terday for lack of evidence. It is ru mored that he is chief director of the Hop Sing warriors and directed the recent fighting for that tong. Investigation of the cases against Lou Gong, whose victim is recovering at the Good Samaritan Hospital, and Ah Low. who killed Leong Tin Lock, is still being conducted by the grand jury. The District Attorney's office ex pects a report today. Both gunmen are of the Bing Kong tong. BAKER CHINESE FEAR GUN3IEN Police Hear of Strangers Dressed as Japanese in City. BAKER, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) That two of the three tong men who terrorized La Grande were thought to be in Baker to attempt the murder of heads of the republican movement among local Chinese, was reported to Chiaf of Police Jackson by D. R. Fong, of this city. Fong had received information that gunmen were in the city, mado up as Japanese, and the word was quickly spread about Baker, the Orientals keeping under cover for fear of vio lence last night. The police force searched for hours and reported to day that if . the tong warriors had re turned from Boise, where they were deported from La Grande, they had probably remained in Baker but a short time. MEAT LAW CHANGES DUE Ordinance for Inspection to Be Made Operative by Amendment. Proposed amendments to the city's meat inspection ordinance to make the measure operative will be presented to the City Council this morning by City Attorney LaRoche, who prepared the amendments at the request of City Health Officer Marcellus. When the Council approves the ordi nance the Health Bureau will start plans for meat inspection. The ordi nance, which the Supreme Court ruled recently would be valid, provided that . i. ; l .,). cortntn Amendments. ins - - - provides for the inspection of all meat brought into me cuy ior iuuu, ci;cii. such meat as is now inspected by the Federal Government. MILLS ARE BUSY LOADING Temporary Break in Car Shortage Causes Renewed Activity. BAKER. Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) Baker mills have been busy the last -i ..- nln'A enffiHe-nt ears to han dle the output were obtained, but hope SYNOPSIS OP THE ANNUAL, STATEMENT OP THE Citizens Insurance Company of St Louis, In the- state of Missouri, on the 31st day of December, 1915, made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oregon, pursuant to law: Capital. Amount of capital paid up $200,000.00 Income. NteBPrrem,.Um.Srr?e!T!d.f".ri."f.!h309.T06.57 Interest, dividends and rents re- celved during the year 28.0B1.S1 Income from other sources re- ,,, celved during the year 43.068.84 Total income $380,837.02 Disbursements. Net losses paid during tho year..? 80,641.33 Dividends raid during the year on capital slock 119.000.00 Commissions and salaries Pald , durin the vear 102,987.96 Taxes, licenses and fees paid dur- ins the year 1.875. bo Amount of all other expenditures 1.I19.0S Total expenditures $311,623.97 Assets. Value of stocks and bonds owned W HO. & T 1 " " ' ' . , " Loans on morteages and collat- Cash in banks and on hand. ... ... 217,573.86 Interest and rents duo and ac- crued - n-..i .,.of $684,425.51 Total assets admitted in Oregon.. 684.425.51 Liabilities. -.intmi for losses unpaid. ..$ 25.7S5.S9 Amount of unearned premiums on all outstanding risks 1H'H? All other liabilities J93.126.34 Total liabilities exclusive of capital stock of $200,000. $4S4.425.51 $684,425.61 Rnxiness in Oreron for -the Tear. Total risks written during the year $1,662,069.00 Gross premiums received during the year 21.046.36 Premiums returned during the . year ,........- 4.10S. R4 Losses oaid durinir the year 11.641.23 Losses incurred during the year 12.4ol.2g Total amount of risks outstana- 1913 1.040,503.00 CITIZENS INSURANCK COMPANY OF MISSOURI. By J. G. CARR. Vice-President. Statutory resident Keueral agent and at torney lor service; John H, Burgaid, $1.48 V- -- $1.98 J fx a f vsM I ( S I $1.98 I Shoe i Repairing 1 While I Yu g Wait All aisss In blacks, tans, in whites and patents, clsth and kid tops. 3500 Pairs LADIES' Fine SHOES ttrth as.AA wot on sale) St S1.98 S2.48 Klcht in the face of the highest leather market we are going to plare rn sale w ladies' $3.00 to $5f 8hoes at I1.9B and $2.48 a pair. These come in patents, dull leather, new soap kid. midnight blue and bronze, in lace, button or Gypsv cuts. Every size from 2 to 8, all widths from A to EK. The best $3 to $5 Ladies' Shoes now $1.98 and S2.48 Mail Orders Killed. $1.98 SALE of MEN'S SHOES Over 3000 Peart Men's Dreta and Work Shoes Hy;? $2.48 Oa sals at fol lowlna' psloasl Men's 5 and 1 4 Shoes. S2.98 Ms ns $-3-SO Kho.. en's $J-i l' Bhoss. 1.8S 1 i gTffO f) 1 Comer I j 1 Msissls it ssn m il fsBsli) 11 BSMBBS4BBBSBBSJ Boy Shoes Boys' re. $1.60 Bhoes pr. 98 Boys' rsc. t2.S0 Bhoes. K1.48 Boys' rsir IS.00 Shoes. Itl.eS AU slsss. wMWSMMIHEL:il.tll for a permanent ample supply is not entertained. Loading- crews have been kept at top speed since the temporary breaking; of the shortage. The mills are so far be hind, on their orders because of the shortage that more cars will be needed before a normal condition is reached. Millmen ascribe the break in the tie up to their vigorous protest at the shortage. Civil AVar Veteran Pax.ses. PHILOMATH, Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) William A. Boles died at his home here Tuesday of an attack of pneu monia, tn his 76th year, llo was a vet eran of the Civil War. having served, In Company B, Ninth Kansas Cavalry. He came to Oregon in 1&78, tettlinir at Albany. He was the father of 10 chil dren, nine of whom renido in Oregon. Aided by a favorable wind, which bin persistently for several dsys, tho cotton boll weevil In Georgia msdu n advance of 10K miles in a few weeks, whrs Its progress under normal conditions ha born, .".n miles In a ynr. "What s in a Name? "sm "Everything! The purpose of a name is to identify its owner, but ultimately it serves also to iden tify whatever qualities of mind and heart its owner possesses, so that in the last analysis a good name is like the title page of Hamlet it bespeaks the quality of the contents Twenty-five years ago De pendable was a name to day it is an institution a two-fold synonym for coffee and satisfaction a guar antee of highest quality in coffee, delicate flavor, invin cible strength, freshness and uniformity; and also a guar antee that a reduced price and a consequently reduced quality will never be re sorted to in order to sell it. Such is the prestige of a NAME " 1 "" .i i . -i -si - Trace "Feature D" in Dependable products. All answers suitably rewarded. B'j PER pa "Country Club" at 35c per pound, is tho equal of many 40c coffees. "Hespo" for those who prefer a 30c coffee is as good as you can buy at the price. DWIGHT EDWARDS COMPANY Portland, Or.