THT3 MORXnS'G OREGONIAJT, TUESDAY, MARCH . 6, 1917.
3
WILSON SAYS THERE
ISNQTURNING
BACK
Nation May Be Drawn On to
More Active Assertion of Its
Rights as It Sees Them.
PEACE PLAN IS OUTLINED
President In Inaugural Message De
fines Things America Stands For
in War or Peace Armed
' Balance Is Not Enougli.
WASHINGTON March S. (President
"Wilson's inaugural address was afl
follows: 1 '
My Fellow-Citizens: The four years
which have elapsed since last I stood
In this place have been crowded with
counsel and action of the most vital in
terest and consequence. Perhaps no
equal period In our history has been
o fruitful -of Important reforms in our
economic and industrial life or so full
of significant changes in the spirit and
purpose of our political actions. We
have sought very thoughtfully to set
our house In order; correct the grosser
errors and abuses of our industrial life,
liberate and quicken the processes of
our National genius and energy and
lift our politics to a broader view of
the people's essential interests.
It is a record of singular variety and
singular distinction. -But I shall not
attempt to review it. It speaks for
Itself and will be of increasing Influ
ence as the years go by. This Is not
the time for retrospect. It is time,
rather, to speak our thoughts and pur
poses concerning the present and the
Immediate future.
.New Influences Irresistible.
Although we have centered counsel
and action with such unusual concen
tration and success upon the great
problems of domestic legislation to
which we addressed ourselves four
years ago, other matters have more
and more forced themselves upon our
attention, matters lying outside our
own life as a Nation and over which
wo had no control, but which; despite
our wish to keep free of them, have
drawn lis more and more irresistibly
Into their own current and Influence.
It has been Impossible to avoid them.
They have affected the life of the
whole world. They have shaken men
everywhere with a passion and an ap
prehension they never knew before. It
has been bard to preserve calm counsel
while the thoughts of our own people
swayed this way and that under their
Influence. We are a composite and
cosmopolitan people. We are of the
blood of all the nations that are at war.
The currents of our thoughts, as well
as the currents of our trade, run quick
at all seasons back and forth between
us and them. The war inevitably set
Its mark from the first alike upon
our minds, our industries, our com
merce, our politics and our social ac
tion. To be indifferent to it or inde
pendent of it was out of the question.
People Drawn Together.
And yet all the while we have been
conscious that we were not part of it.
In that consciousness, despite many di
visions, we have drawn closer together.
We have been deeply wronged upon
the seas, but we have not wished to
wrong or injure in return; have re
tained throughout the consciousness of
standing in some sort apart. Intent
upon an interest that transcends the
Immediate issues of the war itself. An
some of the injuries done us have be
come intolerable, we have still been
clear that wo wished nothing for our
selves that we were not ready to de
mand for all mankind fair dealing.
Justice, the freedom to live and be at
ease against organized wrong.
It is in this spirit and with this
thought that we have grown more and
more aware, more and more certain,
that the part we wished to play was
'the part of those who mean to vindi
cate and fortify peace. We have been
obliged to arm ourselves to make good
our claim to a certain minimum right
and of freedom of action. We stand
firm in armed neutrality, since It seems
that in no other way we can demon
strate what it is we Insist upon and
(Cannot forego.
Purpose Cannot Be Altered.
We may even be drawn on, by cir
cumstances, not by our own purpose
or desire, to a more active assertion
of our rights as we see them and a
more immediate association with the
great struggle itself. But nothing will
alter our thoughts or our purpose. They
are too clear-to be obscured. They are
too deeply rooted In the principles of
our National life to be altered. We
desire neither conquest nor advantage.
We wish nothing that can be had only
at the cost of another people. We have
always professed unselfish purpose and
we covet the opportunity to prove that
our professions are sincere.
There are many things still to do at
home, to clarify our own politics and
give new vitality to the Industrial
processes of our own life, and we shall
do them as time and opportunity serve;
hut we realize that the great things
that remain to be done must be done
with the whole world for stage and in
co-operation with the wide and uni
versal forces of mankind, and we are
making our spirits ready for those
things. They will follow In the im
mediate wake of the war Itself and
will set civilization up again. We are
provincials no longer. The tragical
events or the so months of vital tur
moil through which we have Just
passed have made us citizens of the
world. There can be no turning back.
Our own fortunes as a Nation are in
volved, whether we would have - it so
or not.
And yet we are not the less Amerl
I PARAGRAPHS FROM PRESIDENT WILSON'S INAUGURAL
' MESSAGE.
We have been deeply wronged upon the seas, but we have not
wished to wrong or injure in return: have retained throughout the
consciousness of standing in some sort apart. Intent upon interest
that transcends the immediate issues of the war itself. As some of
the injuries done us have become intolerable we have still been
clear that we wished nothing for ourselves that we were not ready
to demand for all mankind fair dealing. Justice, the freedom to live
and be at ease against organized wrong.
We have been obliged to arm ourselves to make good our "claim
to a certain minimum of right and of freedom of action. We stand
firm in armed neutrality since it seems that in no other way we
can demonstrate what it is we insist upon and cannot forego.
We may even be drawn on, by circumstances, not by our own
purpose or desire, to a more active assertion of our rights as we see
. them and a more Immediate association with the great struggle itself.
There are many things still to do at home to clarify our own
politics and give new vitality to the industrial processes of our
own. life, and we shall do them as" time and opportunity serve: but
.we realize that the great things that remain to be done must be
done with the whole world for a stage and in co-operation with
the wide and universal forces of mankind, and we are making our
spirits ready for those things.
The tragical events of the SO months of vital turmoil through
which we have Just passed have made us citizens of the world.
There can be no turning back. . Our" own fortunes as a nation are
involved, whether we would have It so or not. These, therefore,
are tha things we shall stand for, whether in war or in peace:
That all nations are equally Interested in the peace of
the world and in the political stability of free peoples
and equally responsible for their maintenance;
v That the essential principle of peace 1 the mutual
equality of nations In all matters of right or privilege.'
That peace cannot securely or Justly rest upon an
armed balance of power;
That governments derive all their Just powers from
the consent of the governed and that no other powers
should be supported by the common thought, purpose or
power of the family -of nations;
That the seas should be equally free and safe for the
use of all peoples under rules set up by common agree
ment and consent, and that, so far as practicable, they
should be accessible to all upon equal terms;
That national armaments should be limited to the
necessities of national order and domestic safety;
That the community of interest and of power upon
which peace must henceforth depend imposes upon each
nation the duty of seeing to it that all influences pro
ceeding from Its own citizens meant to encourage or assist
revolution in other states should be sternly and effectu
ally suppressed and prevented.
United alike in the conception of our duty and In the high re
solve to perform it in the face of all men, let us dedicate ourselves
to the great task to which we must set our hand. For myself, I
beg your tolerance, your countenance and your united aid.
cans on that account. We shall be
the more American if we but remain
true to the principles in which we have
been bred. They are not the prin
ciples of a province or of a single con
tinent. We have known and boasted all
along that they were the principles of
a liberated mankind. These, there
fore, are the things we shall stand for,
whether In war or in peace:
That all nations are equally interested
In the. peace of the world and in the
political stability of free peoples and
equally responsible for their mainten
ance; That the essential principle of peace
Is the mutual equality of nations in
all matters of right or privilege;
That peace cannot securely or Justly
rest upon an armed balance of power;
That governments derive all their
Just powers from the consent of the
governed and, that no other powers
should be supported by the common
thought, purpose or power of the family
of nations.
Seas Mast Be Equally Safe for All.
That the seas should be equally free
and safe for the use of all .peoples
under rules set up by common agree
ment and consent and that so far as
practicable they should be accessible
to all upon equal terms;
That national armaments should be
limited to the necessities of national
order and domestic safety;
That the community of interest and
of power upon which peace must hence
forth depend imposes upon each nation
the duty of seeing to it that all influ
ences proceeding from its own citizens
meant to encourage or assist revolution
In other states should be sternly and
effectually suppressed and prevented.
I need not argue these principles to
you, my fellow-countrymen; tney are
your own, part and parcel of your own
thinking and your own motive in ar-
fajrs. They spring up native amongst
us. Upon this platform or purpose ana
of action we can stand together.
And it is imperative that we should
stand together. We are being forged
into a new unity amidst the tires that
now blaze throughout the world. In
their ardent heat we shall, in God's
providence, let us hope, be purged of
faction and division, purified of the
errant humors of party and of private
Interest and shall stand forth in the
days to come with a new dignity of
National pride and spirit. Let each man
Bee to it that the dedication is in his
own heart, the high purpose of the Na
tion In -his own mind, ruler of his own
will and desire.
I'nlty of America Esaentfal.
I stand here and have taken the high
and solemn oath to which . you have
been audience because the people of the
United States have chosen me for this
august delegation of power and have
by their gracious Judgment named me
their leader in affairs. I know now
what the task means. I realize to the
full the responsibility which It in
volves. I pray God I may be given the
wisdom and the prudence to do my
duty in the true spirit of this great
people. I am their servant and can
GERMANY SENDS GOLD
ADVANCES TO TURKEY BY AUGUST
WIU, REACH W24.SOO.OOO.
COUNT FIFTY! NO
NEURALGIA
PAIN
Don't Suffer! Instant Relief
Follows a Rubbing With
"St. Jacobs Oil."
Conquers pain never fails.
Rub soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs
Oil" right on .the ache. or pain, and
out comes the neuralgia misery.
Here's a Joyful experiment! Try It!
Get a small trial bottle trom your
druggust; pour a little in your hand
and rub it gently on the sore, aching
nerves, and before you realize it in
Just a moment all pain and neural
gia disappear. It s almost magical,
but the Joy is, that the misery doesn't
come back. - No! The nerves are
soothed and congestion is relieved and
your neuralgia is overcome.
Stop suffering! It's needless neu
ralgia and pain of all kinds, either in
the face, head, limbs or any part of
the body. Is instantly banished. "St.
Jacobs Oil" Is perfectly harmless and
doesn't burn or discolor the skin. In
Finance Minister Telia of - Agreement
for Germany to Continue Plan After
War Ira Retain for Import,
AMSTERDAM, via London, March E.
A Constantinople dispatch quotes the
Turkish Finance Minister as saying to
the Parliament that the advances from
Germany to Turkey by August will
have reached a total of 142,000.000
Turkish ($624,800,000.)
The .Minister spoke of the stability
of Turkish paper money and announced
that a treaty had been concluded with
Germany under which the price of such
money after the war would be main
tained on an even basis with German
paper. Germany, he said, had agreed
to send to Turkey each year 3,000.000
gold for retirement of the paper. This
would be in addition to whatever pa
per was retired by means of com
mercial transactions. In return, Tur
key had agreed to favor her allies in
the matter of imports after the war.
The agreement with Germany indi
cated the retirement of all paper cur
rency in II years, advances to be made
to Turkey until this process was com
pleted. The Minister said ordinary expenses
were fixed at 46.000.000. which would
be increased to 55,000,000 by supple
mentary credits.
CHAMBERLAIN IS III
FIGHT FOR CLOTURE
Senator Lane Joins in Move
and Denies He Filibustered
on' Armed Neutrality.
DEBATE LIMIT FAVORED
Senator Borah Is Opposed Jones
of Washington Says He Wants
Decisive Majority Rule
and Hits at South.
OREGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, March 5. Oregon's two Sen
ators will Join in the fight to be started
by the Administration leaders of the
Senate tomorrow to force the adoption
of a cloture rule. They both favor a
rigid rule, so drawn that a majority,
as in the House, may cut off debate
whenever it is ready for a vote.
Already Senator Chamberlain has
signed a round robin declaring him
self back of the movement to amend
the rules In such way that the majority
may force a vote on any pending bill
after . each Senator has been allowed
one hour for discussion. Senator Lane
said today: "I am absolutely in favor
of cloture and always have been."
Lane Denies Filibustering. .
Senator Lane also took occasion to
assert that he had not filibustered
against the armed neutrality bill and
insisted that his speech Sunday morn
ing was not of a filibustering nature;
that he would have voted for the reso
lution had It been amended by adding
the Stone amendment. At the time
Senator Lane spoke, however, it was
apparent to everyone that the armed
neutrality bill would fall.
The Republican Senators from the
Northwest will stand out against the
plan of forcing any cloture rule that
will enable a bare majority of the Sen
ate to 6hut off debate, most of them
opposing cloture in any form. Senator
Borah, of Idaho, is strongly opposed to
cloture, though disposed to believe
some such rule may be adopted by
the new Senate. He thinks, however,
that It will not be adopted speedily.
The Senator will set forth his views
when the subject is brought up for
mally. Jones Favors Reasonable Cloture.
Senator Jones, of Washington, Is in
favor of reasonable cloture, and says
further he "might favor pretty strong
cloture In order that some day we
may reduce Southern representation in
Congress." He is unalterably opposed
to a cloture rule which will enable
a bare majority to shut off debate, but
he would favor a rule which would
enable a two-thirds or three-fourths
majority to force a vote after a measure-has
been discussed for a reason
able length of time.
Senator Poindeter said today that
President Wilson's statement published
this morning will bring forth resent
ment from -many Senators, not alone
those whom he assailed, but others
who will hold that his suggestion of
a cloture rule is an unwarranted in
terference with tho Senate. He thinks
a cloture rule can be adopted only by a
two-thirds vote.
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.
ELEVEN PRESIDENTS WHO
HAVE BEEN INAIGIBAT
ED TWICE.
The following Presidents of the
United States have been chosen
to continue in office for a sec
ond term: Years.
Washington 1789-97
Jefferson 1801-09
Madison 1809-17
Monroe 1817-25
Jackson 1829-37
Lincoln 1861-66
Grant 1869-77
Cleveland 1885-89, 1893-97
McKinley 1897-1901
Roosevelt 1901-08
Wilson 1912
Served one month, 11 days, of
second term when assassinated.
Served six months and ten
days of second term when assassinated.
succeed only as they sustain and guide
me by their confidence and their
counsel. The thing I shall count upon,
the thing without which neither counsel
nor action will avail, is the unity of
America an America united In feeling.
in purpose and in vision of duty, of
opportunity and of service. We are. to
beware of all men who would turn the
tasks and the necessities of the Nation
to their own private profit or use them
for the building up of private power
beware that no faction or disloyal In
trigue break the-harmony or embarrass
the spirit of our people; beware that
our Government be kept pure and in
corrupt in all Its parts. United alike
in the conception of our duty and in the
high resolve to perform it In the face
of all men, let us dedicate ourselves to
the great task to which we must set
our hand.
For myself I beg your tolerance, your
countenance and your united aid. The
shadows that now lie dark upon our
path will soon be dispelled and ' we
shall walk with the light all about us
If we be but true to ourselves to our
selves as we have wished to be known
in the counsels of the world and In the
thought of all those who love liberty
and Justice and the right exalted.
German Army Takes All Railways.
AMSTERDAM, via London. March 6.
-According to the Kreuz Zeitung of
Berlin, the entire railway system of
Germany has been placed under the
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"ff.fst tomorrow
t'jJA i&C 11A.M. toll
rJ iJX P. M. The
'iyX "all-joy"
Pyr show
yyr The diminutive, lovable, captivating
Marguerite
Claur
In a bewitching, charming;, delightful. 6-act
picturization of Molly Elliott Seawell's
"The Fortunes of Fifi"
An out -of -the -ordinary photoplay. Miss
Clark's most rjleasinsr production. Also new
Pictographs and a Cartoon comedy.
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! PEOPLES
" ALDER AT WEST PAKK
Matinees
1A-
The happif y
ing show.
Our usual
prices.
Meet
your
friends
on the
Mezzanine
MercKnd.o of c7 Merit Only"
A splendid
Lunch
at 25c
in the
Basement
These 22 silk
will cause a furore at
uits OQ
85
tur garment chief and the maker of these suits
- "crossed swords" over a small detail it was a
case of sending the suits back or lowering the
price. The details were arranged, and now the
suits are offered to you at $23.85.
Be sure you noted that there were just 22 of them that means
early choosing will not only be wise, but necessary as well.
These suits are of TAFFETA and of SILK POPLIN, in
navy. " black, tan and gray. The coats are in advanced plaited
and belted effects; the skirts are quite .flaring.
Third Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Your country needs YOU!
Join the RED CROSS!
It costs you but $1 a year and there is much good that you
will be able to do in the days that are ahead of us.
Red Cross Bureau on the Main Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
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It will be a joy to select from among these
N ew adjustable house dresses
Priced at $1.45, $1.95 and $2.35
Worth thinking
about
Anyone may buy a stock
of and provide you with
magnifying or reducing glasses
fitted in frames that will
permit you to see clearjy for
the time being.
But It requires ability, special
ized training and knowledge
of the highest type to proper
ly protect and help your eye
Bight. Dr. Dallas, so well known here
and nationally, is in personal charge
of our optical department. His
charges, including consultation, are
no higher than for ordinary and
sometimes dangerous service.
He even Insists on grinding all
new and replacing all broken
lenses on the premises under
his personal direction. Our
service on repair work is as
prompt as it is economical.
Adjoining Ladies Rest Room on
the Second Floor.
Dresden wreaths and dainty
climbing roses on
Spring-like
curtain scrims
19.
Why, you'd just know that
Spring was here to look at them!
Cool-looking, freah white or creamy
scrims, with the color of your bed
room daintily printed on the bor
der. And-v besides their ' attractive
ness, these scrims can boast of
unusual qualities, and should by
all rights be marked higher! You
may buy them Tuesday at a con
siderable saving.
5th Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
How often you wearily think that it's so much easier to make
a new dress than Jo remodel and alter a ready-made one.
BUT these dresses Will fit anyone, WITHOUT any ripping of
seams' or sewing. These are the only dresses that can instantly
be made to fit the woman who is extra large or small at the
waist or hips.
Buy your regular bust size. Simply button the
tabs where they fit you. No metal devices to rust.
No elastic to spoil in washing. Even the hem is
adjustable and under-arm shields give additional
strength.
Not often you'll find such pretty patterns and colors,
either. Real light, medium light and dark grounds for va
riety, with every kind of stripe and figure that's new.
You must see these dresses. We almost forgot to say that
they're brand new, and as fresh and crisp as can be!
Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
The splendor of things Oriental
is magically portrayed in heavy
imported Shantungs at $2.00
Beautiful, dashing, gay! The silks now in favor over all
others for Spring and Summer. The promise of such popularity
way last Fall is now being richly fulfilled. Our silk buyer,
when he bought these silks months ago.knew just how much in
demand they would be, and was quick to take advantage of a
low market price. That's the only reason that you can buy these
shantungs now at the exceptional price of $2.00 yard.-
Oyster Tehile, Chinese blue, old gold, chartreuse, j.
mandarin purple. Oriental terra cotta, silver, "
Chinese red, and the much-tvanted navy and
Copenhagen shades of blue are the colors you'll
find in this sale.
And crepe de chines,
40 inches in
width, at $2.00
Another of fashion's favor
ites, in an unusual, rich qual
ity, in staple and new shades,
that women will find charming
for frocks, blouses, underwear
and other things.
Second
Parisian Satin,
altogether lovely .$2.25
Cerise, Spring green, emer
ald, gold, citron, chartreuse,
turquoise, mustard, are some
of the bright colors, and many
dainty evening shades are also
to be found in this decidedly
new, lustrous-finished silk!
Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
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It Might Have Been You
-whirled with the skidding
car into the disastrous crash
You users of taxi-cabs, look before you ride
when streets are wet and slippery. See that the
tires are "chained to safety". Take no chances. ,
Make sure that all four tires are equipped with
Anti-Skid
Weed
The ONCY Positive Safeguard fteainst Skidding
All responsible taxi-cab owners
and drivers protect their patrons
lives with Weed Chains. Don't
risk your life in a car whose
owner or driver is so criminally negligent as to
omit this positive safeguard against skidding.
The motorist who drives with chainless
tires oiv slippery pavements and roads
jeopardizes his own life as well as the
lives of others. Equip both your front
and rear tires with Weed Chains. Do it
today before it is too late.
; SOLO FOR ALL TIRES BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE
AMERICAN CHAIN CO. INC Bridgeport. Connecticut
Solm Mmwfm.tmwot WmmJ AmH-SkiJ Ckaimt
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