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8 THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXlAJf, YTEDXESDAT, MAT 31, 1916. TRIBUTE TO BE PAID TO LATE J. J. HILL Chamber of Commerce to Par : Anticipate -in Memorial. U Services at Noon. EMERY OLMSTED TO SPEAK louring Hour of Funeral of Empire Builder "Wheels of Kvery Trafin of His Xetwork of Lines Will - '': Stop for Five- Minutes. ' Portland will pay. humble tribute to I day to the services and to the memory of th late James J. Hill. Synchronously with the hour of his funeral at St. Paul.the wheels of vr y Steam and electric train on his great network of railroads will come to , i a stop. Activity thus will remain sus - pertded for a full period" of five- min ute. -At h 4 nama hrtitw t business fnen of the city will gather at the Chamber of Commerce to partlcl- Jate. in brief memorial services, v . ' Funeral to Be Held at St. Paul. The hour of the funeral at St. Paul 18,2 o'clock. This is equivalent to 12 wv, i. 11 a Vi iittiiu. rruuipur bi xiouii ' trains will stop, and members of the crew as wen as the passengers doubt less will indulge m five minutes' silent .meditation on the remarkable achieve- ments of the great empire builder. L. d.- Oilman, president of the North closing th offices of that road and Its , subsidiaries at noon. The offices will remain - Closed throughout the after . noon. ; The Chtrmber of Cnmmn aftrvlo. In Mr. Hill's honor will be brief. They -will be combined) with the regular noonday luncheon, which had been . called to discuss preparedness. The programme will be changed to permit ..the memorial exercises to precede the other. . 'r trtlana Services o Be Brief. - The Services will open with the song, America." sung by the entire audi- ence. mcuroy s Dana will furnish the music- fernery Oltnetead, a director of the . Chamber and a close personal friend Of L- v. Hill, eon of the empire builder. ' will deliver the principal address. , - There Is So intention to make any un- of the Chamber desire merely to mani , fst their -humble appreciation of Mr. , Jim h greai service in- ine aeveiopment of Portland and ether, parts of the ... Northwest. TJiKiUAAIj PL.1XS NOW TALKED Adjustment of. Portland's Terminal Situation May Follow. Portland' terminal tangle finally . . may be straightened out as an indirect ( '. result of the death of James J. Hill. .-Ever Since Mr. Hill first entered Portland with the North Bank Road, eight years ago. he has been without permanent passenger station. it al ways has been understood that he . withheld construction of one pending an agreement with the other roads that would, lead to the erection of an ade quate union station. Meanwhile pas sengers are being handled through the temporary sheds at Eleventh and Hoyt streets, "However, Mr. Hill repeatedly as serted that his aim was not to build a union Station in Portlahd. He often Inferred that he would, at the proper time, provide Portland with an lnde jieuueui. uepot mat wouia ds a create to the city and to the Hill roads. "I don't believe In union depots," he said more than once when Speaking of the Portland situation. "The traveling nnhlin o-cta Kotlor a.rvtp. ttirmtD-h petition of depots." Yfet it is believed that had a satis : factory Joint terminal plan been t evolved. Mr. Hill would have become a - party to It and that a union passenger eiaiiuii wuuiu nave resulted. It was characteristic of Mr. Hill that he was Rot inclined to play "second " fiddle" to anyone bt to any combina- tion of interests. Had he been able to control the proposed joint terminal hprp. it. in helieveri that he wnuM Ha va acquiesced in the union depot plabs. .It is believed probable that his sue ' cessors will not be so insistent for . , control of -the situation and that an amicable agreement mutually . satis factory to ail the railroads and to the people of Portland will result. JThe local terminal tangle is not one .' involving the passenger facilities so 'much as the freight facilities. The '. railroads are handicapped for lack of freight yards and several plans for pooling ail their terminal properties both passenger and freight have been . - suggested. 1 But no such Suggestion ever has brought forth an offer from the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific which, , jointly, control the present Union tir-jui., iw Hurrenuer tneir - control to the Hill interests. There the matter seems to stand so far as outward ap pearances go. Inwardly, the situation is badly complicated by a lot of legal proceeaings, injunctions, lawsuits, con . demnations and the like. Whether efforts to solve the terminal cirriciM wm UN TORTURED SLEEPLESS MTCED LITTLE CHILDREN athe.tHth CuticUfa Soap and to water. Dry and apply Cuticura Oint ment to affected skin. Nothing more - cooling, soothing and healing. Sample Each Free by Mail . trttb sf. bml Mi the Mrla. Are-a txxrt-esrfl: "Cuticura, Dept. 1K3. Bcwtoa." Bold everywhere. situation now will be renewed is not apparent, but If developments result ing from Mr. Hill's death offer an op portunity for its solution It is certain that Portland people will co-operate in the effort. GULF OUTLET; RECKXTIJT BUILT Through Unfe to Compete With Fan- a in a Canal Hill's Aim. One of .Mr. Hill's most notable achievements, and one that does not seem to have gained much public at tention, was accomplished only a short while before his death. It was the completion of a through rail route from the North Pacific Coast to the Gulf of Mexico. . Completion of this through routs was ohe of the prime objects that Mr. Hill had irk mind when, in 1908, he acquired control of the Colorado A. Southern and its subsidiary lines. This was accom plished by purchase of a large block of common stock, paid for from the treas ury of the Burlington ftoad. which Mr. Hill had acquired several years before. The Colorado & Southern system ex tended from Denver southeastward to Galveston, on the Gulf. From Denver a. branch extended northward to Orin Junction, Wyo. Ffom Billings, Mont, a branch of the Burlington extended southward to Thermopolis, Wyo. Be tween ThermopOlls and Orlh Junction was a gap of mountainous territory about 150 miles In extent. By bridging this gap the Hill lines would have a complete route from Portland, or from Puget Sound, Via Spokane and Billings, through Denver to the Gulf. . Mr. Hill decided to bridge it. Twohy Bros., of Portland, secured the contract and built the road. It was completed only a little mora than a year ago, ' This achievement was Mr. Hill's answer to the. Panama Canal. It has been pointed out that the Hill roads may be ale to handle freight -from Portland to Galveston by rail and thence by Steamer to New "York as cheaply as It can be handled by water between Portland and New York, through the canal. T.R: CHAIRMAN QUERIES MR. VOJf MEl'EIt WANTS TO KNOW JUSTICE HUGHES' VIEWS. Statement Made That Candidacy Seems Be Espoused by Those Who Want No Definite Defense Programme. NEW TORK, May SO. Former Sec retary of the Navy George Von L. Meyer, chairman of the Republican Roosevelt committee, before leaving for Chicago today to attend the- Re publican convention, issued a statement calling on Justice Hughes' Supporters to say how their candidate stood on the preparedness Issue and the rights of this country on the high seas and the Mexican border, Mr. Meyer referred to Chairman Tan ner, of the New York Stats Republican Committee, as the "real leader of the Hughes boom," and asserted that upon the issues of the campaign he "appar ently is as silent as his candidate." Mr. Meyer declared he had been "much puazled by the attitude of Jus tice Hughes' supporters, and had been coming to the conclusion that his can didacy without his consent ha been espoused by some Republicans Who do not favor a strong position either by the party or by the cbuntry on the issue of preparedness and our tight on the high seas and On OUf border," "Justice Hughes' silence has tendered this possible," Mr. Meyer said. "Thoss of us who feel deeply on the question of a firm assertion of our American ism both at home and abroad do not feel that any candidate can be taken on faith at such a time." ALLEGIANCE IS DEMANDED (Continued frorn First our Common action and consent, gov ernments are set up and pulled down, where affairs are ruled by Common counsel, and where, by the healing pro cesses of peace, all men are united in a common enterprise Of libettj and ot peace. "And yet, the very object for which we are met together is to renew in our hearts the spirit that made these things possible. The Union was saved by the processes of the Civil War. That was a crisis which could be handled, it seems, in no other way, but f need not tell you that the peculiarity bf this singular and beloved country is that its task, its human talk, is apparently- never finished; that it is al ways making and to be made. And there is at present upon us a crisis Which seems to threaten to be a new crisis bt division. We know that the war which is to ensue will be a war of spirits and not of arms. We know that the spirit of America is invincible, and that no man can abate its power, but we know that that spirit mUst. upon occasion, be asserted, and that this is one of the occasions. America is made up out of all the nations of the world. "Look at the rosters of the Civil War. You will see names there drawn from almost every European, stock. Not re cently, but from the first, America has drawn her blood and her impulse from all the sources Of energy that Spring at the fountains of every race, and be cause she is thus compounded Out of the peoples of the World, hep problem is largely a problem of union all the time, a problem of compounding out of many elements a single triumphant force. Old Loves Reawakened. "The war in Europe has dons a very natural thing in America. It has stirred the memories of men. drawn from many of the belligerent stocks, It has renewed ih them a national feeling Which had grown faint under the Sooth ing Influences bf peace, but How flares up when it looks as if nation had Challenged hation to a final reckoning, and they remember the nations "from which they were sprung-and know that they ate in this llf e-ahd-death grapple. It is not singular, my fellow citizens, that this should have occurred and up to a certain point it is not just that we should criticise it. "We have ho pPftip.Ism fne men whn love the places bt thelr"blf th and the sources of their origin. We dd not wish men to forget their mothers and their fathers, their forebears rimnlni back through long, laborious genera tions which have taken part In the building Up of the strength and Spirit of other nations. No man quarrels with that. From such springs of-sentiment we fell draw some of the handsome in spirations of out lives. But all that we do criticise Is that in some instances they are not very numerous but in some instances men have allowed this old ardor of another nationality to overcrowd their ardor for the nation ality to which they have given their new and voluntary allegiance. . And d the United States has again to wforK out by spiritual process a new Union, when men Shall not think of what di vides them, but shall recall what unites them. When me Shall hot allow . did loves to take the place of present al legiances; When mri. must, on the con trary, translate that Very ardor of love of country of their birth into the ardor of love for the country of their adop tion ahd the principles Which It fepre feehts." America iHnht Be First, "I have no harshness in my heart even for the extremists in this thing which I have been trying in moderate Words to describe, but I summon them, hd I eummoft them vry solemnly, hot to Set their purpose against the pur pose of America. Amenta must Come first in every, pvurpos. ewe. entertain. ' ' ' 9 ' '- 1 Tl H To Get So 'Muaclb Motor Gar Valuie ForTlie WE! FIND'this ! is i the attitude i of I many people who come into our salesroom- ' before they know? anything about the Maxwell. V Notuntil "the" Maxwell is ' shown and 'demon strate'd to them until they sit in it and examine the finish until they ride in itor perhaps not until they drive it themselves, do they realize what a tremendous .value is offered in the Maxwell car. It is not unusual that Maxwell Rvalue; should not be known to everyone, because it is uncom mon to find such a carfor.a good margin more than the Maxwell price. The Maxwell stands absolutely alone in a highly competitive field, for the amount of value it ofFers for the price. ' Appearance The lines : of the ; Maxwell are decidedly, attractive. There; is no break in the contour from 'the radiator to the back of the car. The fenders are gracefully f shaped. All metal parts' are. enameled or nickel-plated. The uphol stery is deep and well-finished. From any angle -it is a car that the owner can be proud of. " Mot or yThe'englne" in'the Maxwell car is not equalled by any other four-cylinder engine of its size. And we know of larger and more expensive cars that have less able power plants. The Max well engine carries its load through mud and sand or overthe steepest grades without a falter. Quality The materials in'the Maxwell. ( car are the best that can be bought and the workman ship that turns them into finished parts is no less excellent. It is only the large production of the Maxwell factories that makes it possible to put such quality of materials and workmanship-into a car selling at the Maxwell price. : Economy With its. other" attractive "features, the Maxwell is a most economical car to own. Owners get 22 to 25 miles per gallon of , gasoline and 8,000 to .12,000 miles per set of tires. And the car is so durably built that repair, expense is negligible. 7 We are sure' you want a car such as we have described the Maxwell to be. If you will give us a few minutes of your time we are sure we can convince you that the Maxwell Car is an excep tional . value. Come in today. - Touring Car $655 Roadster: $635 F. O. B. DETROIT C. L. Boss tk. Co. 6I5i6iiy Washington Street and every man must count upon belnpf cast out of our confidence, cast out even of our tolerance who does not submit to that great ruling principle. "But what are the purposes of Amer ica? Do you not see that there is an other significance in the fact that we are not going to devote our Nationality to the same mistaken aggressive pur poses that some other nationalities have been devoted to; that because We are made up, and consciously made up, out of all the great family of mankind, we are champions of the rights of mankind. We are ot only ready to co operate, but we are ready to fight against any aggression, whether from without or from within. But we must guard ourselves against the sort of aggression which would be unworthy of America. "We are ready v to fight for our rights when those rights are coinci dent with the rights of mankind and of humanity. It was to set these rights up, to vindicate them, to offer a home to every man who believed in them, that America was created and her Gov ernment set up. We have kept ou? doors open because we did not think we in conscience could clone them against men who wanted to Jhin their force With ours in Vindicating the claim bf mankind to liberty and jus tice. IV Additional Territory Wanted. "America does' not want any addi tional territory. She does not Want any selfish advantage over any bther na tion in the world, but she does wish every nation in the World to under stand what she fctahds for' and to re spect What she stands for; and I can not conceive of any man of any blood or origin failing to feel any enthusiasm for the things that America stands for, or wanting to see that they are in finitely elevated above ally purpbse of aggression or selfish advantage. "I said the ether evening In another place that one of the principles which America held dear was that small and weak States had as much right to their .fcovereingty and independence as large and strong states. . She believes that because strength and Weakness have nothing to do with hrf pHhClples: Her principles are fof the rights and liberties or mankind ana that is the haven which, wa-havo offered to those who believe that sublime ahd sacred creed of humanity. Ahd I also said tnat I believed that the- people of the United States were ready to . become partners in any alliano of the nations that would guarantee public right above selfish aggression. Alliances Nst Wanted, "Some of the public prints have re minded me, as if I needed to be re minded, of what General Washington warned us a-rainst. He warned us against entangling alliances. I shall nev.er myself consent to an entangling alliance, but I would gladly assent to a disentangling alliance, an alliance Which would disentangle the peoples of the world from those combinations in which they seek their owh separate and private interests, and unite the people of the world to preserve the peace of the World upon a basis of common right and Justice. There is liberty there, not limitation. There is freedom, not entanglement. There is the achievement of the hlgst things tor which thft United States has de clared its pt-Inclple. "We have been engaged recently, my fellow citizens, in - discussing the processes of preparations. I have been trying to explain t6 you what we are getting prepared for. and I want to point oUt to you the only process of preparation Which is possible for the United States. It la possible for the United (States to et ready only if the men of suitable age and strength will volunteer to get ready. I heard the presiaent of the United States Cham ber of Commerce report the other even ing on a referendum to 7S0 of the Chambers of Commerce of the United States upon the question of prepared ness ahd he reported thftt 99 per cent of them had voted lrt favof 6f pre paredness. Very weti, now, wfe are going to apply the acid test to those gentlemen, and the acid test is this: Will they give the young men In their employ freedom to volunteer for this thing, t Wish the referendum had In cluded that, because that is the essence of the matter. Business Men Are Warned. "it is all very well to say that some body else muit prepare, but ar the business men of this eduhtry ready themselves 16 lert da hand and saert flea -an interest in. order, Ih&t wa .may get ready? We shall have an answer to that question in the next few months. The bill is -lying upon my table now ready to be signed, which bristles all over with that interroga tion point, and I want all the business men of the country to see that interro gation point Staring them in the face. I have heard a great many people talk about universal training. Universal voluntary training, with aU my heart, if you wish it, but America does -not wish anything but the compulsion of the spirit of America. I. for my part, do not entertain any serious doubt ot the answer to these questions, because I suppose there is no place lrt the world where the compulsion of public opinion is more Imperative than It Is In the Uhitetd States. Tou know yourself how we behave when you think nobody is watching! And now all the people of the United States are watching each other. "There never was such a blazing spotlight upon the conduct and princi ples of every American as each one Of us now walks and blinks in. And as this spotlight sweeps its relentless rays across every square mile of the terri tory of the United States, I know many men. even When they do hot want to. are going to stand up and say, 'Here! Because America Is roused, mused to a self-consciousness and & Natiohal self-consciousness such as she has not had In a generation. And this spirit is going out conquering and to conquer until, it may be in the providence of God, a neW light Is lifted up in Ameri ca, which shall throw the rays of lib erty and justice far abroad Upon every sea, and even upon the lands which now wallow in darkness and refuse to see the light." to be built near the lake and for state road and bridge work. The mill will be owned by residents of the lake district and will be the first plant started In that heavily tim bered section. Waliklakum Light Plant Completed. CATHLAMET, Wash.. May 30. tSpe-Clal.)-The Wahkiakum County Elec tric Light Company, of this place, has completed Its plant and has in Opera tion electrlo lights as street lights and In all th business hons! nd ninny home. The city is equipped with SS 100-candlepowef lights, which are prov trig a great Improvement over former systems. ' Rurfclars Make Escape. LA CENTER. Wash.. May 30. tSpe cial.) Burglars gained entrance to the La Center Mercantile Store early Mon day, but were frightened away by Joe Brothers, a clerk who sleeps in the store. The intruders secaped without any booty, leaving two gunnysacks in thi hurry to get. away. LAKE QUINIAULT MILL RISES Product of Plant to He TTsed for Bnildlng Summer Homes. ABERDEEN. Wash., May 80. (Spe cial.) A lumber mill with a Capacity of cutting 10.000 feet daily Is being erected on the shore of Lake Qulniault and will be in operation within a few weeks. The plafit will fufnish material Xor & number of new, Summer .homes lis 13 E3 i F words fail to convince you. a trial wilL PBC TOOTH PASTE helps save teeth by help ing to stop1' Acid-IVlouth." S.TT