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TIIE 3IORXrXG OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1917. SOCIALIST Iti JAIL QUITS AND RECANTS Victor J. McCone Held Under Espionage Act at Lewis- ton Is Released. ALIENS RUN PAKTY PLAINT Anarchists Declared in Charge of Policy of Organization and Im prisonment Credited Willi Showing Error of Ways,. VICTOR J. MTOXR PRXITENT, I IS HKI.KASKU. T-KWTSTOX. Idaho. Sept. 13. J a Victor J. McCone, who in a com- , munication addressed to the So- 4 cialist party organization of Oregon, resigned his position as secretary and announced his . withdrawal from the party, today t , was released upon his own re- J 4 . cognizance for appearance before 4 4 the Federal grand jury at Mos- 4 4 cow In November. AlcCone. 4 whose home Is at Portland, was , arrested here by the . military t authorities about a month ago J when he appeared as the organ- 4 4 izer for the People's Council of 4 4 America for democracy and Peace. McCone will pro to Port- t 7 land to report to the United f , . States Attorney and offer his , 4 services In any manner desired. 4 4 . . . 4 A.. ...... ................A Victor J. McCone. of Portland, secretary-treasurer of the Socialist party of Oregon, has written to the state exec utive committee of the party here, from Lewiston, Idaho, where he is held . as a. I'ederal prisoner under the espionage act, resigning from his of fice and terminating all connection With the party. He gives as the reason for his ac tion the belief, which he says has been growing within Him for some time and is not the result of any sudden impulse, that the Socialist party organization lias been captured by a non-American clement. Under its present leadership, he de clares, the Socialist party is com mitted to an anarchistic and pro-German programme. His imprisonmnent, lie says, has taught him "the essential difference between the autocracy of Germany, German brutality, and the humanity and fair play of our Ameri can institutions." War la Indorsed. And he adds: "I have arrived at the realization that has been so aptly ex pressed by William Jennings Bryan, that 'the only way out of this war is through it.'" Mr. McCone'a change of viewpoint, s expressed in his letter, was consid erable of "a surprise yesterday to Clarence L. Reames, United States At torney for Oregon. Only recently Mr. McCone had been active, though not exactly a violent opponent of the conscription act. He was one of the warmest defenders of a man named Fields, secretary-treasurer of the Socialist party in Idaho, who was sentenced by Federal Judge Wolverton to 12 months in the County Jail for failing to register under the draft law. At that time, Mr. JlcConi wrote numerous letters, to other Socialists urging them to stand by Mr. Fields. Several of his letters came into the possession of the Federal authorities, lie had been closely watched here by Government agents, though no steps had been taken toward his arrest. He went to Iewiston from Portland recently when the i. W. AV. made their threat to tie up all industries of the Pacific Northwest by a general strike. He was arrested there under the espionage act and is being held in'de 1'ault of ioOOO bail. Kxtracta From Letter Quoted. Extracts from Mr. McCone's letter to the executive committee of the So cialist party; giving in detail his rea sons for quitting the parly, here fol low. Tho letter is dated . Septem ber 10. I hereby reslfirn the office of state ecre-tsry-treaiurer of tho Socialist party of Ore Bon. .My resignation to take eitect October 3, 1!1I. .My membership to terminate at the same time. My reasons tor terminating mv connection with tho party at this lime are fully matured and have bren slowly forming in my mind since the emergency National convention of the Socialist party held in St. Louis last April As is well known the convention was hastily railed by the .National executive i-nm- mittee in violation of the laws of the Social ist party organ Izs tion. The time between the call and the assembling of delegates was so short that adequate discussion of proposed policies and delegates was Impossible. It w-as even impossible to elect delegates In ait orderly and democratic manner. The result was that the body of delegates at ft. Louis did not include the ablest and clearest-headed members of the party. The writer was a delegate and noticed Immediately upon his arrival In St. Louis the absence of many of the ablest members of the party. The work of that convention is now history, and as time goes on it will be come apparent to all that the majority report cf the committee on war and militarism of the last National convention of the Socialist party was a mistake. Likewise the position assumed by the People s t'ouncil. which is an oulgrowth of the last National Socialist con vention. In fact, the programme of the People's Oounril was largely formed by leading Socialists and is practically the same as the war programme of the Socialist party, it can truthfully be said that the l'eople"s Council from the beginning: was nothing more than an annex of the Socialist party. Foreigners Declared in Control. ' It is well known in Socialist party circles that the St. Louis convention was called sifter an Informal conference of the secre taries of the various foreign language fed erations affiliated with the Socialist party. Well-informed Socialists know, of course, that the foreign federations are the best organized and most powerful portion of the Socialist party. it can be said without ex aggeration that the non-American members f the Socialist party have for years, and do now. dominate its policies. The slump In the Socialist party after the election of President Wilson did not affect the foreign federations, whose membership is never moved by purely American con siderations. The foreign membership of the Socialist party is not willfully pro-Oerman. The Oermans in the Socialist party uni formly hate Kaiserlsm. but their sympathies almost to a man are with Germany in this struggle for democracy. The other foreign groups in the Socialist party, such as the Finns. Letts. Bohemians. Slovaks, Lithua nians. In fact, a'l of them are under the Influence more or " less of the German So cialists here and abroad. Many of the lead ers of the foreign federations were educated In Germany. The whole Socialist movement f the world has since Its inception teen under the Influence of the German Social iemocrary. At -the last convention of the Socialist party the foreign federations were out In force: they dominated the proceedings! The gathering In St. Louis was a polyglot assem blage of people with a very thin veneer of Americanism. The German delegates were a powerful group, also the Letts, who come from Russia and are In sympathy with the Hussian agitator Lenlne and Alexandra Kollontay. The l.etta admire these two agi tators and correspond in this country to the Lenlne type In Russia. The Letts In this country control an organization styling Itself the Socialist Propaganda League.. This or ganisation was formed inside the Socialist party for the purpose of committing the party to a xnoro violent aad radical pro gramme. The league Is syndicalistic and anarchistic. The weakness of the Socialist party- after the election of -President Wilson gave this organization its -opportunity, and. tb So cialist party fell under Its spell. The St. l.ouis convention was very much after its own heart. - The -delegates -were, many of them, of the extreme type, a large . per centage young soap-box orators from Kast ern cities. If they were not all members of the Socialist Propaganda league they at least voted and acted with the members of the league and the German delegates. The last convention of the Socialist - party was a fiasco, its deliberations farcical, its war programme a tragedy. The delegates were blinded by their class prejudice and could not see the essential difference between our democratic .civilization and the German autocracy. To most Socialists, what they term "capitalistic governments" are all alike. I hava been a prisoner of the United States in the custody of a Captain of ths United .States Army, .and that, experience taught me the essential difference between the autocracy of Germany. German brutality, and the humanity and fair play of our Amer ican Institutions. - Need of War Realized- I have arrived at the realization, that has "been so aptly expressed by William Jen- njngs Bryan, that "the only way out of this OREfJOX PIOIVKBR. WHO PASSED AWAY WED. SESU.tV. SESU.tV. 4 ;-! IV T. l".'r.:J:G'y.'.:zxvi .iy,jjmllWIMHJj' IPURWUJ 4 4 . fiiSsJfiiM 4 y t l Wv ! t . . Isaac IIU1. . , Isaac IIU1. . The funeral services of the late Isaac Hill, who passed away Wednesday at his home at -495 .Kast Fifty-fourth 6treet. North will be held at 1 P. M. today at the Holman undertaking parlors. .Services vWlll .be conducted by Rev. T. W. Lane, of the Centen nary Methodist Episcopal Church. Interment will be at Illverview Cemetery. Isaac Hill was born' in IVTason County. West Virginia, December 11. 1836. He came to Oregon hi 1862 and settled on a homestead northwest of 'the city of Port land, near the Columbia Slough road. Mr. Hill has taken an aqtive part In most of the religious and charitable movements of the day, and was one of the prominent . members of the Methodist Kpis . copal Church. t He is survived by his wife, Mary C Hill, who came with him from West Virginia in 1862, and five children, J. W. Hill, of Oak land; A. S. Hill, of Los Angeles; Mrs. Virginia Thompson, C.- B. Hill and Mrs. S. A. Ueardorff, all of Portland. war is through jt." German militarism must be wiped off the face of the earth if the struggle of the ages for freedom is to continue to bejr fruit. This can onlv be done by superior force. The German ruling class Is animated by the tactics of Machia velli and tan not be trusted to keep any kind of an agreement. Peace cannot come through parleying ana peace notes, but onJy by the sword raised by the free .peoples of the earth against the last would-be ruler of tne wona. Mind Changed Gradually. Kor many months I have been gradually approaching .this position. 1 have expressed these thoughts to intimate friends, but a feeling of affection-for the movement trtat has contributed largely to my education kept me from leaving it even when 1 doubted the wisdom of its policies. I have tolled for the Socialist movement and gone hunicry for it. The hope it held- forth to the op pressed made me cherish it- always with the hope that some way all would turn out properly. Since my arrest I have learned many. things concerning the rut hlessness of Merman warfare which 1 never knew be fore. Many other phases of the great war are now more significant to me since I have had the time to read and ponder far from the influence of an environment hos tile to the proper conclusions iu such mat ters. . .. . 1 am a Federal prisoner, in the custody of an Army offKer, and I have had an ex cellent opportunity to study the military establishment. No American need fear the officers or the men of the Army. The Army is hi democratic a a it was at t he close of the Civil War. It is folly tp be lieve that the Army will overthrow the civil institutions of the United States. Officers and men are absolutely loyal to the demo cratic Institutions of America. As a pris oner -I have- been treated very kindly. 1 have not been humiliated and' there has been no disposition on the part of either civil or 1 military authorities to crush me. My experience illustrates the essential dif ference between our civilization and the au tocratic, militaristic civilization of the cen tral empires. American Birth Delights. I was born under the American flag, have many times paid tribute to its sym bolism in public. My experience as a Fed eral prisoner has given the flag of our com mon country a new meaning to me. I am a citizen of the United States as well as a member of the working cIhbs, and I am prouder than ever of that citlzenahiD since I have had an opportunity, to come closer into contact with the inBtitutions of my country. I am severing my connection with the Socialist party nd tKe People's Council be caune of my firm belief that both are in error. - President Wilson and his Adminis tration are now actually curbing the greedy profit mongers who are equally as dieluyal as the moat rabid pacifists. Great economic cranges are now taking place which are rapidly carrying us along the pathway of socialization. These changes will be perma nent, as an economic reaction Is unthink able. The very things the Socialists have c I a mo red for are co m t n g to pa as. The great war is In reality a world in revolu tion against a despotism that is at once economic and militaristic. Socialists have no business giving -the German rulers the least comfort intentionally or otherwise. It is well known that the Kaiser and his junkers wanted war to drown the German seial democracy in blood. My advice to my former associates In the Socialist pirty Is to call another National convention and repudiate the work of the last one. My advice to all tne pacifists is to stand behind the Government and aid toward driving the Kaiser and his minions to defeat. Peace and the future safety of the world can come In no other way. It will not be possible for - an International peace conference to meet anywhere in the world - until the allies give permission. No peace conference will .be of any value to the future happiness of the race until the Germans come begging peace upon what ever terms the conqueror wishes to Impose With the world against Germany there Is no doubt of the outcome. Caesar ism will go and with the end of the war will rise the parliament - of man and the federation of the world. Henceforth I shall give my support to the American Federation of Labor and the American Alliance for I-abor and Democ racy founded by Kainpel Gompers. Its programme and declaration of principles are broad enough for all. Its policy is the only consistent one, for we are at war. I appeal to all loyal Socialists and workers .o Join the alliance and to give their un divided support to the Nation armed in a just cause. 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The Men's Store for Quality and Service Southeast Corner Fifth and Alder SYSTEM IS CHANGED Neighbors of Woodcraft Adopt Insurance Plan. NEW LAW COMPLIED WITH Actuaries 'Describe Melliodt for Fraternal Business as Unique but Sound Opposition Front Outside Is Expected. A plan, new In fraternal Insurance, that has been described by competent actu aries as "unique, but sound." has been hit upon by the Neighbors of Woodcraft and will be Incorporated Into its laws. It was approved yesterday at the quad rlennial session of the order, now being held in. Portland. Mrs. C. C. Van Orsdall.' grrand guard ian, developed the new plan after an exhaustive investigation ot conditions affecting insurance fraternal orders. She bases it upon a purely co-operative system, which will not require actuarial adjustment nor maintenance of a 90 per cent ratio between actual assets and contingent liabilities. This ratio is required to be reached, by virtue of a National law, before 1923, or insurance commissioners have au thority to move for receivership and dissolution. Various orders have, been striving to meet this requirement, but their attempts have, in a. measure, been disastrous. Tnerrasie fiat Required. Mrs. Van Orsdall's new plan does not require any increase, in contributions from members or readjustment of old members. "I arrived at the conclusion," eaid Mrs. Van Orsdall yesterday, "that the law governing fraternal orders that is in force in all states ,is the means of destroying fraternal life Insurance and in time will drive all orders out of business if permitted to remain on the statutes with the arbitrary power con ferred upon the Insurance departments. I made this law. and its provisions and dangers a prominent part of my report and laid the foundation for a sys tematic effort to secure the repeal or modification of Section 2Ha at the time of the 1919 session of the state Legis latures. "Under this plan of readjustment the Neighbors of Woodcraft are doing some thing that never has been done before by any fraternal organization. We lower the rates of contribution from members instead of raising them. We have been 20 years in getting in a law which we fought over before we finally agreed to put it on our slates. Now we are awake to the fact that it is go ing to destroy us. Opposition In Kxpeeted. "The assurance agents will oppose our plan in every way possible, but they will have to admit that we are 100 per cent solvent, dimply because we have gone on a purely co-operative basis in the constitutional provisions we have adopted for' this convention. "Kor seven years ending December 31 we have collected and invested bet ter than 57 per cent surplus, yet accord ing to actuarial reports we were not coming up to the actuarial ratio meas ured by law. There are 8,000.000 fra ternal members of organizations which this law is going to affect, if put Into operation by other organizations. We feel that all of these 20 years we have spent in fighting, to agree on a fra ternal law have been worse than wasted. They have caused us to lose prestige and membership to the whole fraternal system of life protection." tie and it later was announced un officially that he had given , them as surance that "their demands would be granted." What those demands are were not made public. That Mr. Hurley would give such assurance in advance of a decision by the newly created adjustment board appointed by the President has occa sioned some surprise, for this board was appointed to hear both sides in all shipyard labor disputes and to rec ommend to the board what action it deemed proper to be taken. There is a disposition on the part of the Shipping Board, according to a statement published today, to compel shipyards holding Government con tracts to absorb any increase in cost of construction due to advances of wages that may be authorized. The builders represented here have been asking that the Government absorb this advance, especially on ships here tofore contracted and in cases where yards grant increased wages by order of the board. The matter is not yet finally adjusted. . Llewellyn Women to Meet. The Llewellyn Parent-Teacher Asso ciation will hold its first meeting of the Fall next Wednesday at 2:45 o'clock. All parents of the district have been asked to attend, as plans for the year wil. be taken up. The meeting wlU be in tht school building SENATORS WAIT AGAIN ADMIRAL CAPPS POSTPONES CO. FEREACK OVER SHIPYARDS. Seattle Labor Delefeation Reports Chairman Hurler Haa Granted De mands, Which Canitea Surprise. OREGON IAN NEWS BIT.EAU, Wash ington, Sept. 13. Admiral Capps today again postponed his conference with the Oregon Senators, saying the Ship ping Board had as yet come to no def inite understanding with regard to the labor situation in. Pacific Coast ship yards. He asked the Senators to see him tomorrow. Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping Board, today had a conference with the labor representatives from fcea,t- MURDER AX IS' EVIDENCE Condition of Villisca, Victims De scribed at Pastor's Trial. RED OAK, Ta.. Sept. 13. Five wit nesses, testifying today in the trial of the Rev. Lyn George J. Kelly, charged with tho Villisca ax murders, told of the manner and condition in which the bodies of the victims were found. During the examination of ex-Coroner L,inquist. now commander of an Omaha ambulance compapy, the murder ax was introduced. The blade, blunt side and part of the handle show faded splotches of blood. Dr. L,inquist said there were no finger marks on the ax handle, which, he said, was streaked with blood. He said the body of the elder Stillinger girl apparently was the only victim -moved after being slain. GIRL GUARDS PLAN FETE STREET CARNIVAL TO BE HELD TO AID OREGON AMBULANCE. Chamber of Commerce and City Council Give Support Agricultural Ex hibits to Be Feature. THE DALLES. Or., Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) To take the place of the annual county fair, which will not be held here this year, and to assist in raising funds for the Oregon ambulance fund and the local Guard's tobacco fund. The ualles chapter of the Girls National Honor Guard voted to put on a street carnival here October 3, 4. 6 and 6. The Wasco County state fair agricul tural exhibit will be brought back to The Dalles for the Honor Guard carni val and other agricultural exhibits will be brought to this city from all parts of the county. The fete will be more elaborate and more novel than the County Fair. The Dalles Chamber of Commerce and the City Council have indorsed the carni val and the Council has permitted the guard to have its festival center around the old Courthouse. The Dalles Honor Guard, with Miss Gladys Jane Canter as captain, has been organized on a military basis. Miss Harold T. Hopkins and Miss Mildred Cooper are lieutenants and the follow ing prominent young women are cor porals: Mrs. Clifton F. Condon, Miss Myrtle Rorden. Miss Verne Curtlps, Miss Vivian McAleese, Miss Alice Gunning, Miss Lois Batty, Mrs. Frank M. Phillips, Miss Mar garet Maier, Miss Bernice Bright and Miss Nell Haskins. Oil Company to Fay Bonus. SAN FRArTSf:n. Sept. 13. The 393SS33SS Where Msease reeds Germs breed by millions in unsanitary cuspidors. From these infected cuspidors are distributed the seeds of tuberculosis, pneumonia, grippe,, bronchitis and other maladies of the lungs, throat, and nose. Toilets, particularly yard-toilets, are favorite nest ing places for the germs of typhoid, dysentery, all in testinal troubles, and some blood scourges. They are also depositories for the germs of any disease with which their uses may be afflicted. In kitchen sinks and in their drain -pipes, in the drains of bath tubs and wash basins; in garbage cans; in unwashed milk bottles and in all places where grease, food particles and all master subject to decay are kept or collect there disease germs are always present. Yet you can make a better fight against disease than it can make afjainst you and yours, by the regu lar use of Lysol Disinfectant. Lysol kills all germs immediately, no matter what their nature. It is im possible for germs to breed where Lysol is used regularly. A 25c bottle goes a long way; it will make two gallons of reliable disinfectant. A 50 cent bottle makes five gallons. Disinfectant Kimcmbtr that there is but One True Lysol the product made, bottled, signed and sealed by Lehn & Fink. Get a bottle today; be gin at one to have your home surgically clean as well as eya-clean. Three sizes: 25c, 50c, and $1.00. Sold everywhere. Lysol Toilet Soap Lysol Shaving Cream Contains Lysol. and kills germs on razor and shaving-brush (where germs abound), guards the tiny cuts from infection, and gives the antiseptic shave. If your dealer has none, ask him to order a supply for you. Contains Lysol, and therefore protects the skin from germ in fection. It is refreshingly sooth ing and healing and helpful for improving the skin. Ask your dealer. If he has none, ask him to order it for you. I - OUR SIOM IS OUR BOND I sL-m.SCTCr.iM mill , i iinrm.qsi'g Wash the Electric Way T AKE things easy on Washday. Don't rub away your strength and beauty over a tub of boiling suds. Conserve your vitality for other things of more im portance and let Electricity do your washing. By 9 o'clock the work will be over. Your clothes are spotlessly clean and you feel as fresh as if the washing hadn't even been started. Even the wringing is done electrically. Costs Only a Few Cents to Operate The average cost of Electricity for a large family washing is only 5 cents. An Electric Washer soon pays for itself. Cuts laundry -bills; saves time, labor, health and clothes. Will wash the heaviest blankets or the flimsiest laces equally well and can't tear or wjar the most delicate ' piece. A tubful of clothes takes only 10 minutes or so. Get an Electric Washer on our easy payment plan. We will be glad to have you call. ELECTRIC STORE Electric Building hoard of directors of tho Standard Oil Company of California today authorized a bonus payment of 1 per crnt to all employes on the payroll recember 31, 1917. that earn less than 2aO a month. for the six months endinar Peepmber 31, 1S17.' A similar homis was authorized for the six months ending June 30, 1018. The action will affect 12.0UU em ployes, it was said. Sweden has smelted Iron for more than 20 centuries and some of the an cient furnaces still are In existence. nTltl"'"miinnnmmiir3nmMiiiiiaiin!iiniii a 3 a IS THE TIME TO GO EAST The Autumn Season, with its Indian Summer, crisp atmosphere, genial tern perature, soft breezes and rich colors, is queen of all the year. UNION PACIFIC IS THE WAY . Tickets at Summer Tourist Fares to all the chief cities East on sale Fridays and Saturdays only to September 29. 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If you want to know what real foot comfort Is Just ask in any drugstore for a small jar of Ice-Mint, whRh will cost you little, yet is sufficient to rid ones feet of every corn or cal lus and rut thm in fine Louaiuon. xoull lik it im mensely. J4v. SLUMBER OUTRAGED? Are you compelled to arise from your slumber once-, twice or more, because of pain, irritation and abnormal con dition of kidneys and bladder are truaranteed to correct the alkalinity of your secretions, thus griving you un disturbed slumber, making fur Heat at night, and Knerg7 by day. HAVEYOimSTHNA: Write for sample bottle and informs tioa about AS-NO-MOR SIZCSCNT press Nil i 1 ffld. Prrr1r- ' una hb rry rrtiiN fcmarlesft pHaKt. It- tera from thour! f ura r?Miunnd inr It. lcvtia-mttry It Nov, AS MO-M0A CO Dm MoinM. Icrrtt DapU ): Phone Your Want Ada to The Oregonian Main 7070, A 6095- '