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6 TTTE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY MARCH 30, 1917, BRYAN MAKES PLEA FOR. ARBITRATION Message to Congress Asks for Another Effort to Avert War With Germany. CAUSE HELD INSUFFICIENT Ei- Secretary Says He "Will Do His Part If War Cornea, but That America Should Try Plan It Recently Offered World. MIAMI. Fliu, March 29. William J. Erayan today addressed,, n appeal to the Senate and House of Representa tives urging that an attempt be made to gain the suspension of Germany's ruthless submarine campaign through the application of the so-called Bryan peace plan, which provides for an In vestigation of all disputes by an Inter national tribunal before resort to war. Mr. Bryan asked that Congress also consult the wishes of the people through a referendum If It concludes that nothing but war will satisfy the Nation's honor. Mr. Bryan's appeal to Congress follows: "Exercising the citizen's right of pe tition. I appeal to you. The dispute with Germany has passed beyond the domain of diplomacy and some advise settlement by the sword. Newspapers Are Accused. ' "The metropolitan press, which tried to prevent the re-election of the Pres ident and failed, undismayed by a pop ular verdict of more than one-half million, now seeks to lash the country into a furv and urees the Government to take part In the European conflict. "To you, and to you only, is given constitutional authority to declare war war which in this case may mean the signing of the death warrant of thou sands, even millions of your country men and the laying of grievous bur dens upon future generations. "Before you take this blood upon your hands, consider, I pray you. first that the wrongs which you would pun ish, cruel and unjustifiable as they are. are not Intended primarily against this country, but are acts or despera tion directed against other nations with -which the offenders are at war. Danger Held Slight. "Second, that our land is not threat ened with Invasion, but that we are asked to go three thousand miles for a chance to fight. "Third, that we have not the excuse for going to war that the European nations had. They had no machinery for peace. We have a peace plan of fered by this Nation to the world and now embodied In SO treaties with three-quarters of the population of the globe. "The plan has the Indorsement of the President, the commendation of the Senate and the approval of the people at the polls. It provides for tnvestiga tion of all disputes by an international tribunal before resort to war. - One More Effort Advised. "Fortunately these treaties compel us to employ the plan with Great Brit 3-in. France, Italy and Russia before troing to war with them. Germany for jmally approved the plan, although no treaty has yet been concluded with her. Shall we repudiate our own plan the " first time we have an opportunity to employ It? "If. as the President recently de clared, the American people do not want war, is It not worth while to try the peace plan before bringing upon the people the horrors of war? "Until an attempt is made and fails, no one is able to say that it would be Impossible to secure the suspension of 'ruthless' submarine warfare during the investigation for which the plan provides. Shall we deny to ourselves the credit of trying to settle the dis pute with the treaty plan? Naval Convoy Suggested. "And is it not worth while to do our part in trying to avoid injury? Would It not be better, as well as cheaper, for the Government to carry on Its own vessels such Americans as must go to Europe' rather than engage in war to vindicate the right of citizens to disregard all risks and ride upon belligerent ships? "Is it not worth while to separate passengers from contraband cargoes., so that the captains of passenger ships can give their entire attention to the safety of the passengers? Our Nation Is the world's foremost advocate of peace. If we go to war it should be for a cause which history will Justify. "As one who expects to live up to a citizen's duties, If war corner I plead with you to use all honorable means to preserve peace before you take the re sponsibility of plunging our beloved land Into this unprecedented struggle, begun without any sufficient cause and conducted by both sides in utter disre gard of the well-settled rights of neu trals." burro colt was born on the morning of March 17 (the 17th of Ireland), and since his arrival at Vancouver Bar-1 racks. Stable Sergeant McGinnis hasn't had a peaceful night's rest lest Mrs. Mabel Two-In-One escape to the border and Join Villa's army. Of course the burro colt being horn on the 17th of March must have a name. He has been duly christened. The name of the Troop A muster roll, reads, Mr. O'Toole O'Regron. Especial care is being given to Mr. O'Regon. It Is the Intention of the troop mem bers to, when the weaning season has run. present the burro colt to the Port land Girls' Honor Guard as a mascot. Mrs. Mabel is so proud of her son that from a peaceful and very lady-like burro, she has become a cyclone of fury. There Is a standing offer of (5 to any one who can ride her.' This offer stands good for any member of Battery A or the Third Oregon. SICHEL STORE OPENS COMPLETE LINE OF SMOKERS' SUP. . PLIES TO BE HANDLED. New Business Place Will Be the Head quarters of Company In Whole Bale and Retail Trade. Sig. .Slchei & Co. celebrated the for mal opening of their new cigar store at 347 Washington street yesterday.- The store, which is to handle a line of smokers' supplies for both the retail and wholesale trade, was open lor visitors and many called during - the day to admire the array of cigars, to bacco and smoking accessories. Mr. Sichel was the recipient of a number of beautiful pots of flowers given by friends In honor of the oc casion and these were displayed about the store. The new store, which In future will be the headquarters of Slg. Sichel & Co., has a department for the retail trade in the front and the wholesale business will be handled in another department at the rear. The Third-street store of the com pany will be retained as a branch es tablishment and will be conducted on the same lines as previously. Sig. Sichel & Co. started in the cigar business in Portland in 1888. the first establishment of the company being at First and Oak streets. From that be ginning the store was moved 22 years ago to the location at 92 Third street. The Washington-street location of the company is the third since the concern opened for business 29 years ago. GROCERY STORE SACKED THIEVES TAKE TWO AUTO LOADS OF SUPPLIES BOLDLY. Neighbor Sees Goods Being; Loaded at 843 Belmont Street, bnt Doea Not Suspect Robbery. With deliberate thoroughness, em ploying an automobile to haul away the plunder, thieves sacked thi Table Gropery store, at 843 Belmont street, ending their pilfering at dawn yester day morning. C. D. KamsaelL proprie tor, estimates that at leas two auto mobile loads of provisions were stolen. The list of stolen foodstuffs Is lengthy and Includes a side of beef, weighing 90 pounds. 25 pounds of bacon, numerous cases of canned goods, 15 dozen fresh eggs, and a large quan tity of miscellaneous supplies. : The noise made by the thieves at their work aroused a neighbor, who peered through the window of her resi dence and saw two men busily at work, loading an automobile with goods from the store. This was at 3 o'clock In the morning. The automobile drove away and returned within an hour, when it was reloaded and again driven away. So bold were the thieves that " : wit ness presumed them to be in the em ploy of Mr. Ramsdell and authorized to remove the goods. City Detectives Swennes and John Moloney have been assigned by Detec tive Captain Baty to investigate the case, which constitutes tne largest ana most daring grocery robbery occurring in Portland within recent years. ASSOCIATED PRESS WINS COURT FIGHT International News Service Restrained From Appropri ating Rival's News. FURTHER ACTION POSSIBLE Decision Enjoins Defendant From Using Associated Press News . Up to Time of Publication and Leaves Other Points Open. been discovered by Benno WIeler, born in Nebraska, and more recently en gaged as a farmer In Canada. Weller went to Canada some years ago ana. in order to obtain a patent on a farm there becme a naturalized citizen or ureal Britain. A lew weeas ago no reiurneu to this country and tried to enlist in the United States Marine Corps but was rejected as an alien. The Secre tary of Labor was appealed to and decided that WIeler would be required to go through the same procedure as a foreigner In order to again become a citizen of the United States, which he did, and was enlisted. Mrs. Mabel Two-in-One Is Proud Mother of Burro Son. Troop A Will Present Colt to Girls' Honor Guard After He Is Weaned. NOON SERVICES PLANNED Lenten 3Ieetings Will Be Held Every Day Next Week Downtown. Lenten services every day. next week will be held In the Baker Theater and In the Unitarian Church. These meet ings are designed especially for busi ness men ana women, out all may attend. The meetings In the Baker will begin promptly at 12:10 and continue to 12:30 daily. The speakers will be Rev. Thomas Jenkins, Rev. R. S. GUI, Rev. E. T. Simpson, Bishop Keator of Olym pia. Bishop Sumner of Oregon and Dean McCollister. of St. Stephen's pro-Cathedral. The meetings will be under the auspices of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. . The other series of meetings will be under the direction of the Unitarian Church. - Among the speakers will be Dr. Eliot. W. D. Wheelwright. W. T. Foster. Norman F. Coleman and Dr. John F. Boyd. The half-hour set for these meetings Is from 12:20 to 12:60 o clock. T I3TEN! There is a sensation and I i lots of excitement in Troop A, Oregon cavalry. lira. Mabel Two-in-One, the troop burro mascot brought back from the Mexican . border when Troop A was ordered home to be mustered out, is the proud mother of a sturdy son. The WOMEN! OTHERS! DAUGHTER Too who tire, easily: are pale, hag- card and worn: nervous or irritable: who are sub ject to fits of melancholy or the "blues," get your blood examined for iron deficl encv. KDX1TED IT&OH taken khree times a $.y after r"F. King. aLpfg l yand ,rfeks' Fer C in aer ,J King, iii'ials will increase your strengV pnofcrance 100 per cent in two' 4 W many cases.- NUXATEO IRON wemrd bo by J&n m obtained rrom -wfr.jnirood dnurtiat m sn vVoV srtjiranf-e of k&jt e lL or manm m. funded, uul!y prcscc'vfe t fi-grin tath ftp a tu 1 V k tk.u nn.. - j .. 1 PORTLAND PLAN APPROVED National Education Secretary Goes East After Short Stay. D. W. Springer, of Ann Arbor, Mich. secretary of the National Education Association, left Portland last night after a few days spent here In perfect ing general preliminary arrangements for the convention to be held here next July 7-14. Mr. Springer visited the different halls, hotels and other places that will be used In the convention sessions and he expressed himself after his inspec tion as well satisfied with the facilities that will be placed at the disposal of the convention visitors. He made a trip over the Columbia River Highway In the afternoon In order to be able to speak with first-hand Information of this big attraction for Portland visitors this Summer. NEW YORK. March 29. The appli cation of the Associated Press for a writ of Injunction restraining the In ternational News Service from appro priating complainant's news at any time prior to publication by com plainant's members was granted by Judge Augustus N. Hand in the Fed eral District Court today. As to the right of the complainant to an Injunction restraining the de fendant from the appropriation of complainant's news after publication. the court states as follows: "While I am personally satisfied after giving the matter most deliberate and careful consideration that the right exists to prevent the Bale by a com peting news agency of nevs which Is taken from early publication of com plainant's member before a sufficient time has elapsed to afford opportunity for general publication and that the existing practice amounts to unfair trade, yet the matter Is one of first Impression and my decision cannot be regarded sufficiently free from doubt to Justify the granting of preliminary injunction upon this branch of the case." Case Is Left Open. Jh effect of this opinion Is to leave open for decision upon the final hear ing the question whether the Associ ated Press is entitled to an injunction against the appropriation by the Inter national News Service of news after Its publication by the members of The As sociated Press. Judge Hand acquits The Associated Press in definite tarms of appealing to a court of equity with "unclean hands. It had been charged by the defendant that The Associated Press had been guilty of the same practices as the In ternational News Service. On January 4 The Associated Press, through Its general counsel, filed a bill of complaint In the United States Dis trict Court for the Southern District of New York against the International News Service, alleging that the Inter national News Service was engaged In pirating the news of The Associated Press by bribing employes of The As sociated Press newspapers to give them the news of The Associated Press be fore publication, and also by taking from Associated Press newspapers, as fast as their various editions appeared. Associated Press dispatches and send ing them out as their own. Methods of Using News Shown. Affidavits in support of the bill for complaint were filed, showing that in the office or the Evening News, of Cleveland, O.. the telegraph, editor of the News was secretly In the pay of the International News Service and was furnishing that organization with the substance of Associated t-ress news dispatches as soon as received and that in the office of the New York Ameri can representatives of the International News Service were permittea io ex amine Associated Press news as fast as received. It wa also disclosed that a number of papers receiving the service of the International News service toiiowea almost Instantly the appearance of As sociated Press dispatches with like telegrams credited to the International News Service, sometimes textually re peating themind sometimes rephrasing them. Unfair Competition Charged. The action was not brought under any copyright law, but upon the prin ciples of unfair competition and the common law property right in news was invoked. The case came up ror ar gument upon a motion to show cause whv an Injunction should not do issuea. Thereafter numerous affidavits seeking to denv the practices were rtlea oy tne defendants and still later affidavits In rebuttal were presented Dy tne Asso ciated Press. The case was submitted to the court on January 30. The case has aroused wiaespreaa in terest, both In newspaper circles ana In the legal profession. in its oner the Associated Press holds tnat "It Is entirely immaterial wnetner the defendant gets our news by steal ing It, by bribing employes in confi dential relation, by Inducing breaches of contract by our members (all of which are acts in and of themselves subject to injunction on Independent grounds) or' by voluntary revelation from our employes, or by taking it from our bulletins and early editions so long as the use it makes of the news, however acquired. Is to Compete unfairly with us, to obtain the fruits or our labor and expenditure, free of cost, and deprive us thereof and so threaten the very existence of the whole business organization of news collected throughout the world.. Sale of Copied News Attacked. '"It is perfectly consistent with fair ness And equity and the business exist ence of the" news-collecting agencies that any one should copy news from any published newspaper or bulletin board and u e it any way in which the public ordinarily uses Information. In other words, copying news Is not un lawful in and of itself, and the de fendant, therefore, argues thut It is not unlawful even when done system atically as a method of business com petition and as a means of getting- the advantage of complainant's labor and expenditure without any payment therefor, beyond the one cent which tne newspaper costs or, 11 it is a case of copying from a bulletin board, en tirely free of expense." 'WESTOVER DAY" ON BILL Realty Board Will Hear Address by N. J. Upham, of Duluth. With N. X Upham, of Duluth. presi dent of the International Realty Asso ciates, as the principal speaker, the members of the Portland Realty Board will celebrate "'Westover day?' at their regular weekly luncheon meeting In the crystal dining-room of the Hotel Benson this noon. Mr. Upham. who is head of the syndl cate of realty men who recently pur chased Westover .Terraces, a hillside property of Portland, will have for his subject "Effect of Similar Operations in Other Cities: What It Means to Port land." Dean Vincent, chairman of the realty board committee. In charge of prelim inary details in connection with the Westover Terrace project will submit his report. Mere's Your New Easter Slioes at RECEIVER IS TEMPORARY Action Taken on Bankruptcy Peti tion Against Provident Trust. Charles K. Henry. I. M. Whittaker and Lucy E. Watters yesterday filed a petition in the local Federal Court asking that the Provident Trust Com pany be adjudged bankrupt and ask ing for a temporary receiver for the company pending investigations as to Its solvency. The petition was filed yesterday aft ernoon and Federal Judge Wolverton appointed H. W. Sitton as temporary receiver A $2600 note is held by Mr. Whit taker, executed July 1, 1814; another note of 300 held by Mrs. Watters, executed in October, 1910, and one held by Mr. Henry, executed by C. K. Rlggs, in November, 1912, for $1000. s s! Portland's Greatest SHOE STOR offers you an almost unlimited assortment of high-grade dress shoes for the entire family at SENSIBLE PRICES. Owing to the raise in all shoes a great many merchants have taken advantage of the market. The policy of this store will always be to take care of our customers first. Therefore, you can always be sure that Wright's Prices are Right 35 gentlemanly salesmen at your service largest and only daylight shoe store in town. $5.00 White Shoes $2.98 These are m a d e of fine grade of can vas, white heels all :t,ff:$2.98 $8.00 g r a des. made of white kid or nubuck sizes. . $3.98 $10.00 .grades, white w a s li able kid. fin est made, all at1.".??: $6.48 VISTA PAINTINGS SHOWN Mural Decorations at Crown Point to Be Donated by Artists. The original . paintings, from which reproductions will be made to place in the east and west windows of the Vista House at Crown Point, have been placed on exhibition at the Portland Art Museum. The pastel that will be reproduced In the west window is the handiwork of Sydney BelL It is a picture of the Lower Columbia River with the "Co lumbia" as the central figure. , The picture that will be placed in the east window is one of the Columbia River with Crown Point in the back ground. , The mural decorations will all be contributed by local artists. Before the war Germany was the largest toy producer. France excelled in making some kinds of toys, especial ly dolls.- 1 BANK REMOVAL ARRANGED Hart man & Thompson Get New Rooms In Chamber of Commerce. Definite arrangements have been made, it was announced yesterday, for the removal of the Hartman & Thomp son Bank from the present location In the Fourth-and-Stark-street corner of the Chamber of Commerce building to the rooms directly across the hall in the same building. The quarters, now occupied by Hart man & Thompson have been leased for a long period by the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the premises will be renovated extensively before the new tenants move In. Hartman & Thompson expect to move about May 1. Whether or not the real estate department of the company will be stationed In another part of the American Not an American. WASHINGTON. March 17. The so lution of the question. "When is an American not an American V has lust WHY Professional Men Prefer These Clothes Politz clothes have become known to the rank and file of Port' land doctors and law yers as being unequiv ocally correct. There are no "tai lors' delays" connect ed with them the business suits and coats are unobtrusive ly smar t of most tastefully selected woolens. 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