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TUT: MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAT, MARCH 13, 1917.
LANE FEARS ARMED
NEUTRALITY IS WAR
Senator's Revised Speech As
serts Loyalty but Objects
to Terms of Bill.
HUNTING ENEMY OPPOSED
.Refusal to Sign Round Robin Based
on Desire to Preserve Right of
Dissent Neutrality to Be
Preserved at Ail Cost.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 12. Senator Lane, of
Oregon, has achieved more notoriety
out of his memorable Sunday morning
speech on the armed neutrality bill
than by any other utterance since he
entered the Senate. He, with 11 other
Senators, has been featured in the
Kastern press as never before, and
because of the especially violent criti
cism to which he was subjected in Ore
gon Senator Lane has really had more
than his proportionate share of adver
tising. Although delivered on March 4, the
speech did not appear in the Congres
sional Record until the morning of
March 8. Senator Lane explained that
he held it back in order that he might
correct numerous errors made by the
official reporters of the Senate in
transcribing their stenographic notes.
The Record quotes the Senator as say
ing: "In respect to our rights to inter
fere, to intervene, by way of granting
rights to arm vessels engaged in car
rying munitions of war to one of the
warring nations in order that it may
kill more of the people of another na
tion, it does not and never has, and I
fear never will, ap'peal to me as being
a wholesome or reputable task to be
engaged in. And it has seemed to me
that we had better be doing some
thing more useful for our own people.
Reflection on Wilson Denied.
"I am not reflecting on the President
in this. I am taking the measure as
I analyzed it for myself. If there is
any man on earth whom I would trust
with this, I would as lief select the
President as-anyone; but to be quarrel
ing for the right to arm ships fore and
aft with 6-pounders or 8-pounders, or
whatever they decide to use, in order
that they may be prepared to fight
off attacks from one nation which is
trying to protect its own national ex
istence, to put such vessels under our
protection, with our guns aboard, with
men from our Navy to handle those
guns, and loaded with ammunition,
powder, shells and everything for de
structive purposes designed to do
harm to a friendly nation did not ap
peal to me, either. It does not appeal
to me yet. There are so many other
things that we could do and be doing
now, and which are overdue, and which
it is our duty to do, and which we have
neglected, which would bring happi
ness and prosperity to this country
and no hard feelings to us from any
f rr or i- f t Vi i o-l . i Vi n i 1 -i f It KFt t m a 1 n
me to be our first duty.
"I have no great enthusiasm for this
bill. It Is a large grant of powers,
also, to place in the hands of an exec
utive official, one of the best we have
ever had, a man whom I like person
ally, whom I would love to please
wherever I could If I thought I could
do so consistent with my duties to
ethers, not Presidents or other high
officials, but thousands and hundreds
of thousands who have never been
Presidents nor Senators, nor received
a salary large enough to keep them
from crowding the edge of hunger and
starvation all trelr lives. There lay
my larger duty, as I understood it,
and there is where I would like to
help you make some appropriation of
money for their relief.
Purchase of Food Advocated.
"There is one amendment I would
like to put on this bill, say, an appro
priation ot another hundred million
to buy food for suffering American
ctlzens. I am not opposed to this
bill if it is necessary, and if you will
accept a part of the Stone amendment,
or one upon the House bill, which
would provide that it shall be used
in a manner in which we are law
fully and justly entitled to use it, and
not merely to purchase and place guns
aboard ships which will load them
selves down witn ammunition and then
tro across the route which they know
is infested with torpedoes or mines,
spending money to hunt periscopes, on
a submarine hunt, trying to get by
them with munitions of war to be
used in the sacrifice of lives of people
who are as yet our friends as yet our
friends as yet our neighbors.
"I do not care to fight or legislate
or appropriate money for a certain
gentleman who has made millions and
millions and hundreds of millions of
dollars out of the misery and the death
and the destruction of unfortunate peo
ple across the seas, who are dying and
going hungry by the thousands. I
have not much respect for a man who
makes large sums of .money by any
such traffic. I will not fight for him
if I can help it; I will not convoy him
or furnish him guns. He can buy his
own guns and go, yet, quite freely. I
will not interfere with him, but I will
not accompany him.
Shooting Held Act of War.
"Suppose some of these craft armed
fore and aft with guns do go out to
sea and shoot the periscope off a Ger
man submarine; that is an act of war,
and we will have war.
"There is another little matter in
this bill which appeals to me, or rather
which attracted my attention, and that
was this: I am not an attorney, but
all the lawyers here have conceded
that in the past and up until this time
no one had a right to declare a war
on any other nation except the Con
gress, the representatives of the peo
ple not the executive department nor
power lies close to the people who have
to do the fighting, the people are now
going hungry, if you please, and it
looks to me as though Congress would
be abdicating Its constitutional rights
and placing the power in the hands of
the Executive. It seemed to me that
I had no right, as one of the Senators
here, to give away the rights of the
people whom I represent, or those of
any of the people of the United States.
Neutral Rlehta Debated.
"It seems to me we are hunting to
make enemies. It seems to me that in
this bill we go out of our way; we act
as if we were placing a chip upon our
shoulder. I do not say this in bitter
ness and I do not say it in any harsh
criticism. I tried to realize to myself
what I would like to have done to me
under similar circumstances. "Do unto
others as you would have them do unto
you." I am no man of peace. I would
fight to the last ditch or the last trench
BUU X CACI.. X nuuiU uo punnldl I in. J,
if I could get them, against anybody
or any nation that attempted to Invade
this country, but It seems to me to be
unwise that we should go out of our
way and such a long dl-.tance out of
our way, to get into trouble, acquire a
greater Indebtedness and incur enor
mous expenditure at a time when there
sre so many of our own citizens in
distress."
Air. Hitchcock.: "Mr. President, does
the Senator think we have any neutral
rights?"
Mr. Lane: "We have just as many
neutral rights as any other nation and
no more."
Mr. Hitchcock: "Does the Senator
think that they are now being trampled
upon?"
Mr. Lane: "It seems to me we have
taken every chance of putting our
toes under the heels of nations with
whom we are supposed to be friendly."
Mr. Hitchcock: "Does the Senator,
know that it Is not the practice of
American vessels to carry munitions
of war?"
' Mr. Lane: "We have not any vessels;
that is one reason."
Mr. Hitchcock: "Yes, we have."
Mr. Lane: "How many? Three?"
Mr. Hitchcock: "We have quite a
fleet of them, but they do not carry
munitions of war."
Mr. Lane: "Have we lost any of
them?" .
American Ships. Afraid to Sail.
Mr. Hitchcock: "They are in our
ports, afraid to go out. They cannot
go to German ports or neutral ports,
because England prohibits it and they
cannot go to English ports, because
Germany prohibits that."
Mr. Lane: "One would blow them up
with mines and the other torpedo
them."
Mr. Hitchcock: "Does not the Sena
tor think we ought to Insist on having
our commerce protected?"
Mr. Lane: "Under those circum
stances I think it would be a matter of
plain common sense and we would
preserve our . neutrality with all na
tions better by letting them fight it
out in their nice little selected zones
or prize ring, or whatever they wish to
call it. It does not appeal to me that
it is good sense for us to keep intrud
ing ourselves, if you please, tnside of
the barbed wire or zones which some
of the belligerents have filled with
mines and with chains to catch torpedo
boats and the other contending nation
has the seas swarming with these little
vipers under these stingarees. It is
like buying a lawsuit and paying a
bonus for it.
Prtvlleere of Dissent Resented.
"These are some of the reasons why
I did not read or sign that round robin,
these other matters being of larger
consideration to me and I did not like
to be tied down to something which
might leave me without any oppor
tunity to express dissent and with
provision which I might think would
be against our own interests. I think
it is our duty to look over the whole
cituation calmly. If munitions are
taken abroad, let them be taken at
the owner's own risk. That would be
different matter with me. When our
boats carry munitions that is still an
other question and It will involve much
trouble if pursued.
"Under the terms of this bill, when
I read it, I feared that probably war
would be on us within 30 days and I
would not be at all surprised now if
30 days should bring a great calamity
to this country."
LANE SOOfl TO FIIID
OUT HOW HE STANDS
Petitions Demanding Resigna
tion Are Sent on Way to
Senator; More Follow.
PEOPLE ANXIOUS TO SIGN
EAST EXCITED IS REPORT
R. H.
ATKINSON SATS WAR
LOOK, STIRS PUBLIC
OCT-
City Fumrtr Aarent for Oresjron-
WaxhLngrton Railway A Navls-atlon
Company Returns Here.
R. H. Atkinson, citv nasseneer scent
for the O.-W. R. So N. Company, . re
turned last night from a trip to Kan-
s City, Chicago. Washington. D. C.
and other cities in the East.
He accompanied the delegation of
Northwestern teachers to Kansas City
for the midwinter meeting of school
superintendents and then went to Union
Pacific headquarters at Chicago,
whence he proceeded to Washington to
attend the inauguration. His home is
at Alexandria, Va.
Mr. Atkinson reports the people in
the East especially in Washington
intensely excited over the prospects
of war with Germany.
The inauguration exercises were con
ducted with a noticeable air of sup
pressed excitement, he said. This was
plainly shown In the extreme precau
tions to protect the life of the Presi
dent. President Wilson, he said.
showed plainly the effects of the strain
under which he is laboring, but ap
peared buoyant and cheerful.
"The 12 filibustering senators came
In for severe condemnation in all the
Eastern papers," he asserted.
Mr. Atkinson added the weight or
his testimony to the reports of en
thusiasm over the forthcoming conven
tion of the National Education Asso
ciation In Portland brought back Dy
all others who attended the Kansas
City convention.
SCHOOL LEVY IS SIGNED
r.nvf.ROR LISTER APPROVES 1.38
MILLS AS BEST OBTAINABLE.
Thirteen Other Measures Are Passed,
Including Protection Against
Suits by Pupils.
OLTMPIA, Wash., March 12. (Spe
cial.) Governor Lister, accepting a to
tal levy of 1.58 mills as the most eco
nomical that could be obtained from
the recent Legislature, although he had
previously declared himself in favor of
a levy or 1.-- mills, tonignt signed
Senate bill 47. The money is to be dis
trlbuted among th- university, state
college and three normal schools. The
Governor also signed 13 other bills to
day, enumerated as follows:
Fixing bailiffs salary in Kins County at
$100 a month.
Authorizing Port Commission to lease
fresh-water harbor areas.
Releasing school districts from liability
for injuries sustained in use of playground
apparatus.
Creating game reserve in Okanogan Coun
ty for conservation of mountain goats.
Providing for a public, morgue In King
County.
Kxtending time for removing timber from
state lands upon payment of two cents I
100O feet.
Increasing salaries of King County offl
cers. i
Providing that Supreme Court reports may
be bound in buckram Instead of leather.
Granting overflow privileges to Curlew
IrriKation project.
Changing the nam of Bplketon to Mor-
listown.
Establishing a trout hatchery In What
com County.
Authorizing creation of position of deputy
Insurance Commissioner.
Placing all scale tests, except track scales,
under the Secretary of State Instead of the
Public Service Commission.
Senators retain practically the same
committee assignments they had dur
ing the last Congress, Senator Cham
berlain continuing as chairman of mil
itary affairs, and on the committees on
appropriations, agriculture, commerce
and public lands. Senator Lane retains
the chairmanship of the fisheries com
mittee and holds his place on claims,
Indian affairs, irrigation, public build
ings, Philippines and territories.
Senator Jones, of Washington, makes
no changes, save that he relinquishes
his place on the committee on conser
vation, and in addition acquired the
chairmanship of the committee on In
dian depredations, which slightly
swells his personal patronage.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, is chair
man of the committee on expenditures
in the Department of Justice, in lieu
of a lesser committee, but otherwise
makes no changes, while Senator Brady
holds his old assignments, and in ad
dition is assigned to the public lands
and mines and mining committees.
1. SPARGO GIVES
Rancher Travels 2 1 Miles to The
Dalles to Place Name on Pro
test Against Action Taken
on Neutrality Bill.
Senator Harry Lane in a few days
will receive the advance guard of the
petitions his constituents In Oregon
have been signing by hundreds, de
manding that he resign because of his
misrepresentation of the state.
William Bittle Wells, who prepared
the petitions, yesterday mailed Senator
Lane a batch of seven of them con
taining about BOO signatures.
He will send other petitions to the
Senator as fast as they are returned
from the many towns in the state
where they are in circulation.
Accompanying the net! tion.o. Mr.
Wells sent Senator Lane the following
laconic note:
"I herewith transmit seven netttions
in connection with your action regard
ing the armed neutrality bill."
Seventy-nine names were signed to
one petition from Medford returned to
Mr. Weils yesterday by George Putnam.
editor of the Medford Mail-Tribune.
Gresham Slarns Petitions.
"These dropped In to sign no solici
tation, but they Include some of the
most prominent people In town, mostly
Democrats," writes Mr. Putnam.
'Another petition with more names
was mailed to Senator Lane direct."-'
Among the petitions included in the
seven mailed to Senator Lane was one
signed by 88 residents of Gresham and
vicinity. Another was signed by Gen
eral Charles F. Beebe and 17 other of
ficers of the old First Oregon Infantry
Regiment.
In view of the Senator's public state
ment that he hasn't yet heard the "real
views" of his constituents, it would be
interesting to hear what he has to say
about the views of the representative
citizens who have signed.
Act Humiliates State.
The netltlons sent to Senator Lane
head as follows:
"Harry Lane, Senator from Oregon
Sir: We, the undersigned voters of
Oregon, view with shame and humili
ation your failure to uphold the honor
of the United States at this most
critical moment of the entire history
of our international relations.
"No words can adequately express
our chagrin that the state of Oregon
should be so misrepresented and dis
graced as it has been by your action.
"We Indignantly protest against this
action through the love we bear to our
state and to our country, which you
have dishonored and belittled before
the eyes of the world, and we demand.
on account of this misrepresentation,
your resignation as a Senator from this
state."
Petition Chased 21 Miles.
The following item, from the front
page of The Dalles Chronicle of March
10. indicates the interest taken In the
petitions throughout the state:
" 'Where's that Lane petitlonT de
manded Eugene J. Collins as he rushed
into the Chronicle office this morning.
I have traveled 21 miles to sign it. Mv
wife would like to have her name on
it, too, and almost decided to make the
trip with me. Just for that purpose.'
"Mr. Collins is a well-known fruit
rancher of the Ramsey district, west of
Dufur.
"The petition referred to asks. In
fact demands, that Harry Lane quit
misrepresenting Oregon and resign as
a result of his participation In the fill
buster against the armed neutrality
bill.
"The petitions are being eagerly
signed In all cities of Oregon. Scores
have visited the Chronicle office dur
ing the past few days to put their
names on the resignation demand, fol
lowing an announcement that the pe
tition was at this orrice. it win De
sent to Portland Tuesday or Wednesday."
Portland citizens who desire to sign
the petitions can do so by calling at
Mr. Wells office. 206 concora tmnuing.
or at the cigar stand of Ed Goldsmith
In the Oregonian building. Scores have
signed it in the past few days.
LANE IS COMMENDED BY MAIL
BAKER REVIVAL DRAWS
GREAT CROWD ATTEND JOINT
MEETING OF CHURCHES.
Senator Thinks Approval Is True
Sentiment in Oregon.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 12. Today's mall
brought to Senator Lane a flood of let
ters from all parts of Oregon, most of
it bearing on his stand in the Senate
on the armed neutrality bill. The sen
ator's secretary said tonight, after
sorting the correspondence, that in all
233 letters had been received on this
subject, only 31 of them criticising the
Senator, while .202 commended him.
Some of the letters of criticism were
couched in bitter terms.
The Senator is not making the let
ters public because of their numbers.
He probably will prepare and send out
a circular letter of reply, in which
he will set forth his stand. He said
he was gratified at the preponderance
of commendation that has come to him
by mail, and declared that the letters,
rather than the telegrams of last week,
show the preponderating sentiment in
Oregon.
SOCIALISM S AIMS
Noted Author and Lecturer
Defines Teaching by Tell
ing What It Is Not.
SEIZURE IS NOT INTENDED
Musical Programme Led by Girl. Elgrbt,
and Numbers by Massed Choirs
Are Some of Features.
BAKER. Or.. March 12. (Special.)
Baker has taken to its religious re
vival like the proverbial duck to water.
Tonight a crowd wfiich filled the Bap
tist Church to overflowing heard Rev.
C. E. Hr-lman, while at the opening
service Sunday night nearly 100 had to
be turned away. The ministers' com
mittee in charge is looking for larger
quarters, as a big increase in attend
ance is expected as the services
progress.
A united chorus of more than SO
voices, led by Professor Charles M.
Huggins and Mrs. Huggins, is a fea
ture of the meetings, which are being
held under the auspices of all the
Protestant churches. Tonight a musi
cal programme was featured with a
solo by little Delores Huggins, 8 years
old. -
Rev. Mr. Hellman, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, tonight delivered a
stirring appeal for all to work for the
success of the revival. His sermon
was largely a request that those pres
ent Induce their friends to partake of
the spiritual benefits .to be derived
from the services. He decried the
present tendency to work too much for
worldy success and pay too little at
tention to storing up heavenly treas
ures.
Rev. W. H. Lines, Professor Hug
gins' partner in the evangelistic work,
is expected to arrive in Baker this
week. Until he appears the sermons
will be delivered by the various local
pastors.
The revival Is scheduled to run, with
meetings every night, until the first
week in April.
15,000 INDIANS READY
PROPOSAL TO
GOES TO
FORM REGIMENTS
WASHINGTON.
Major General Seott Is Said to Have
Recommended Plan to Army
War College.
RIVERSIDE, Cal.. March 12. A rec
ommendation that 15,000 Indian boys of
the various Indian schools and reserva
tions throughout the country be organ
ized, armed, equipped and drilled under
Regular Army officers was unani
mously adopted by the United States
Board of Indian Commissioners, which
met at the Sherman Institute here to
day in special session.
The resolution was forwarded to
Franklin IC. Lane, Secretary of the In
terior, at Washington. The plan calls
for 15 full regiments of 1000 each. The
Commissioners said they were confi
dent the full quota could be secured,
especially in case of emergency.
The resolution was offered by Com
missioner Edward E. Ayer, of Chicago,
who said he had already presented the
plan unofficially to Secretary Lane. Mr.
Ayer said the Secretary of the Interior
had approved and forwarded it to
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War,
who in turn approved and sent It to
Major-General Hugh L. Scott, chief of
staff. The latter, Mr. Ayer said, rec
ommended it to the War College.
H-3 SLIGHTLY RAISED
POWER JACKS WILL LIFT STRAND
ED SUBMARINE ONTO CRADLE.
Donkey Engine Then to Attempt to
Pull Craft Half Mile to Bay.
Trestle Worker Drowns.
EUREKA. Cal.. March 12. The
stranded submarine H-3. which has
been partly buried In sand since it
went ashore on Samoa beach, was
slightly lifted today after several
power hydraulic jacks had been placed
under the diver.
When the Jacks have lifted the hull
of the vessel high enough, two pine
timbers four feet in diameter and 50
feet long will be placed at .each side.
acting as a cradle, and donkey engines
will attempt to pull the submarine half
a mile across the sands to the bay.
William Donnelly, employed on the
trestle being constructed from the
beach to the wrecked cruiser Milwau
kee, was drowned today when he lost
his balance and fell Into the surf. Two
sailors who attempted to rescue the
man werev pulled from the surf with
difficulty
RESCUERS DROWN WOMAN
Crippled Launch Taken in Tow, but
Wave Swamps Craft.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 12. Mrs.
Edna P. Robertson, wife of C. P. Rob
ertson, a cigar dealer, was Drowned to
day by the swamping of the launch
Olivia, in which she and her husband
had gone for a cruise yesterday. Ow
ing to engine trouble the Olivia drifted
about Puget Sound all night, and was
sighted this morning off Sandy Beach.
Kitsap County, by the small passenger
steamer Puget, which offered to take
the Olivia in tow.
The first revolution of the Puget's
propeller threw Mr. Robertson over
board, flung Mrs. Robertson to the floor
and swamped the launch. The Puget
stopped at once and picked up Mr.
Robertson. Mrs. Robertson was found
drowned on the Olivia, her face bruised
where she had fallen.
SMELT LIKED IN NEW YORK
Five Carloads From Cowlitz Aid In
Feeding Poor.
KELSO. Wash., March 12. (Special.)
Several carloads of Columbia River
Smelt, caught in the Cowlitz, near
Kelso, and shipped from this place,
have arrived in New York City tho
past few days for the use of tho
Mayor's food committee in meeting tho
food supply question.
Reports from New Tork after the
arrival of the first carload of smelt
last week were to the etteci ttiai mey
arrived as fresh as the day they were
caught in the Cowlitz and that the
purchasers enjoyed their first acquaint
ance with the toothsome smelt.
Four more carloads arrived in New
York Thursday. Fishermen of the
Cowlitz plan to donate a carload this
week.
EARLY CALL FORESEEN
WASHINGTON NAVAL MILITIA EX
PECTS MOBILIZATION ORDER.
Postoffice Should Provide Lists of
Places Where Labor Is in De
mand and Railroads Should
Give Passes, Be Says.
A new aspect of Socialistic propa
ganda is represented in Portland by
the appearance of John Spargo, noted
author and lecturer on this subject.
who arrived yesterday to deliver a
series of lectures before various or
ganizations.
As an exponent of Socialistic views
Mr. Spargo has become an authority
since his first Identification with the
movement 25 years ago. At least a
dozen of his works are prominent on
the shelves of every first-class public
library In ths country, while transla
tions have been made ' in many lan
guages.
Mr. Spargo's pretentions are quite
modest, however.
"I am now traveling about the United
States delivering a series of expository
lectures on the subject of Socialism,
he said last night.
"The lectures are given under the
auspices of the Intercollegiate Social
ist Society, which is merely an organ
ization favoring the intelligent study
of Socialism. My trip began this year
at Princeton, later extending through
the Southern States, where I made a
large number of addresses.
Hearing; Generally Given.
"I have found people inclined to give
Socialism a hearing, although only
few realize of what its fundamental
principles consist. There are still
many who expect to find the Socialist
lecturer a dirty and uncouth individual
with a red necktie who carries a dyna
mite bomb in his pocket. Few realize
that Socialism does not lead to a grand
division of wealth, or to the abolition
of the family, or to the confiscation of
Drivate oroDerty.
"But Socialism is now coming to be
a part of our daily experience. For ex
ample, we now have a system of high
ways that every man uses according to
his" needs. The highways are paid for
bv the common fundi and no man is
charged for using them. Formerly
however, the roads were built by pri
vate enterprisers.' who exacted a toll
for their use.
. "Many other public needs are sup
plied by the same method. We are en
gaged in socializing all of our public
utilities, and by carrying the tendency
to the ultimate will Invest the govern'
ment with many duties beside admin
istering roads, schools and hospitals.
Corporations Held Inefficient.
"The difficulty with corporation man
agement is in its inefficiency. All of
the European governments at war have
found that nearly every pudiic utility
could best be handled under govern
ment supervision.
"The English began by taking over
the railroads, the mines and otner pUD
lie utilities. We must learn that public
utilities should belong to the public,
The tendency, therefore, is to change
from our era of profit economy to social
economy. .
"A man should he able to go Into the
postoffice to see the list of places
where labor is wanted anl then re
ceive a free pass to any place on the
list. Later, if the Job does not hold
out. he should get a free pass back to
the starting point.
"The Standard Oil company, Deing a
great monopoly, is 'quite ready to be
Socialized. If turned over to the pub
lic, It would render service to the pub
lic without consideration or prom.
Krrors Are Pointed Oat.
The extent to which Socialistic doc
trines will be carried in practice were
defined by Mr. Spargo with a new set
of limitations.
To end the absurdities which are
charged against Socialism by Its op
ponents, Mr. Spargo shows that private
ownership will persist and that private
enterprise will persist through all the
metamorphoses of society and of gov
ernment.
But the great machine in the mod
ern industrial system, operated by col
lective labor, producing a product
which is essentially a social problem,
belongs to another order. It is not
possible for each individual to own
the machinery of production, therefore
ownership of the machinery of produc
tion in a great industrial plant gives
to the owner a vast, far-reaching, and
terrible power over the lives of other
human beings. To do away with that
must be our objective. t
"Thus, Socialism does not lead to
the extinction of private property, but
to its wide diffusion."
Many Talks Scheduled.
A number of appearances have been
scheduled for Mr. Spargo during his
stay here. His first talk was at the
University Club last night before a
small representation of the Intercolle
giate Socialist Society.
At 9 o'clock this morning he will
address a class In sociology under Pro
fessor Ogburn at Reed College, and in
the afternoon will address a meeting
of the Women's Political Study Club
in room A of the Public Library at 2:30
At 8 o'clock tonight he will deliver an
address on-"Private Property and Per
sonal Liberty Under Socialism."
He will talk at the Oregon Agricul
tural College at Corvallis on Wednes
day morning, returning in time to ad
dress another meeting at Library Hall
at night. The address Wednesday night
will be on "A Plea for Industrial De
mocracy." His last appearance will be
at Reed College during' the assembly
hour at 11 o'clock Thursday morning.
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Tooflt Troubles
"Acid-Mouth " is thought to
be at the bottom of most
tooth troubles. Some cases of
"Acid-Mouth " are harder to
combat than others, but the
twice daily , use of Pebeco
Tooth Paste will prove bene
ficial in the most stubborn
cases.
Four minutes a day with
TOOTH PAST
practically means that "Acid
Mouth" will not bother you.
Isn't it worth while to do
this much toward saving
your teeth?
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JOHNSON SETS DATE
California Governor to Resign
Office Thursday.
SENAT0RSHIP TAKEN UP
Tot.
FEW CHANGES ARE MADE
Northwest Senators Mostly Hold Old
Places on Committees.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. March 12 In the reorganiza
tion of Senate committees, the Oregon
1 Strength of About TOO Men Will
Gather at Bremerton If War
Department Directs.
ABERDEEN. Wash, March 12. (Spe
cial.) Naval Militiamen of Grays Har
bor expect a call to the colors at any
moment as a result of the recommen
dations of the Navy Department to
President Wilson that the entire naval
forces of the Nation be mobilized at
once.
The three Grays Harbor divisions,
whon called out, will have 48 hours in
which to pack their equipment and
leave for Bremerton, where the Naval
Militia forces of the state will be
mobilized. Tfie Wa&hington units will
be sent to the East Coast on a cruiser
to do coast guard duty.
The membership of the three harbor
divisions Is slightly more than 170 men.
TACOMA, Wash., March 12. (Spe
cial.) Orders to be opened when word
for mobilization is received from the
Navy Department are in the hands of
officers of the Tacoma division of the
Naval Militia.
The total strength of the Naval
Militia of the state is now about 70-0
officers and men.
Announcement Follows Unconfirmed
Rumor of Intention to Retain
State Office Instead Stephens
to Be Governor.
SACRAMENTO, March 12. Governor
Johnson announced In a formal state
ment this morning that he would re
sign as the state's chief executive next
Thursday, March 15. The Governor
said in making known his decision to
retire and assume his seat in the
United States Senate that he had in
mind but one thought "my obligation
and my duty to the people of Cali
fornia," The announcement followed an un
substantiated report that he would re
sign the Senatorship,and keep the Gov
ernorship. Governor Johnson's second term ot
four years was slightly more than halt
completed. He was elected United
States Senator, running on the Repub
lican and Progressive tickets, by nearly
300.000 plurality, although the stats
went Democratic for the Presidency
by a plurality of 3700. The Governor
is registered as a Progressive.
An effort was made by many of his
supporters In the state to persuade him
to remain In office until December, as
some other Governors, including La
Follette, of Wisconsin, have done under
similar circumstances.
Governor Johnson will be succeeded
automatically by William D. Stephens,
of Los Angeles, a former Representa
tive in Congress. Stephens was ap
pointed Lieutenant-Governor by Gov-
ernor Johnson after a considerable in
terval following the death of Lieutenant-Governor
Eshlemaa on February
28, 1916.
Signing of Food Law Urged.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. March 12. (Spe
cial.) Governor Lister, In resolutions
adopted by the trustees of the local
Commercial Club Saturday afternoon,
is urged to sign the bill passed " by
the- Legislature providing that the
Government standard be made the
Washington standard for condensed
milk and other food products. George
Sibley, manager of the Chehalls con
denser, and Representative Lease at
tended the meeting Saturday, the lat
ter explaining the bill in detail to
the trustees.
There are some people who never
think of heaven except when they see
a graveyard.
Doctor Tells How to
Quickly Strengthen
Your Eyesight at Home
Dr. Lewis
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B II C II H I II u-
ing the eyes
of thousands.
It is guarsn
t e e d to
strengthen
eyes 6U9 in
one week's
i m In mnnv
instances. Often
entirely aoes
away with clasa-
lleves inflammation, schlnr. Itchins. burning-.
. i ... - ...... K if m secret.
urea. wotniiiicui " ' 1 J ,
remedy. Absolutely harmless, formula on every
package. See Doctor's announcement soon to
appear in this paper. Bou-Opto prescription filled
by allilrueeUu.
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Tooth Paste
THE PATENTED ONE
ECCENTRIC SHOOTS TWO
Restaurant Employe Fires on Man
and Wife Without Provocation.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 12. Wesley
Eller and his wife, Beatrice, owners of
a restaurant, were shot and seriously
wounded tonight by a man known in
the neighborhood as "Old John."
The shooting was without provoca
tion. "Old John" then shot himself.
Eiler may die. "Old John," who Is be
lieved to have been employed by Eiler,
entered the restaurant about -closing
time. The eccentric old man carried
two pistols and began shooting at once.
Hoo Hoo Scrivener Convicted.
ST. LOUIS, March 12. W. A. M.
Stevenson, former scrivener of the Con
catenated Order of Hoo Hoo, pleaded
guilty here today to a charge of em
bezzling 19678 from the order. Sentence
waa deferred.
Dr. Whiteside Reserve Surgeon.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. March 12. George S. White
side, of Oregon, was today nominated
as assistant surgeon in theMedicai Re
serve Corps.
A Record and a Promise
A promise of future safety and service on the
part of a bank may be judged by the record
of its past performance.
That our well-established policy of conserva
tiveness is approved is shown by the following
comparison of resources, and in the fact that
more than 9000 persons have chosen this as
their bank:
Resources.
' 1910 $3,138,042.26
1912 '., $5,319,261.63
1914 $6,569,647.09
1916 . $7,025,323.86
1917 '. $8,233,939.33
LUMBERMEN9
National Bank
Fifth and Stark
Capital and Surplus, $1,200,000
Member Federal Reserve System