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TITE mORXIXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAY. MAT 13, ' 1918. Fl 6. A. R Ill liy i m ft SESSION AT ALBANY National Presidents of Three Organizations Are All Visit ing at State Encampment. .Bet MwM Saloon TOUCHING REUNIONS MANY 8 OREGO """v III rrTTU H. J n Wiies and .Beer &' LlfM mi Whisky Total Membership of 2 Posts Slate Now 16 I I-o or Mem beriil bjr Death During Fatt Year Heavy. ALT.AXT. Or, May 11 tSpeelaX) Th 37th annua encampment of the Department of reon Grand Army of the Republic-, Woman's Relief Cor pa and the Ladlca tt the G. A. IL Ikku In Al oany thla afternoon for a eeeslon of tare days. About 100 delegates from all aectlona of the atata aro attending tbe tbre convention. An onusaal feature Is that th hljrh- t officer of all three) of the organ Isatlona are In attendance. Tbta rarely aappene at a state encampment. Theae officers are: Orlando A. Somrra, of Ko komo, Iml.. National commn4rr-In- chlef of the Grand Army: .Mary K. J Tarbox. of I'oriltnd. Me.. National ores Ment of the I.adte of the G. A. It-, and aire. North, of Ohio, National prrmdent f the Woman's lielirf Corp. Kobert w. ilcBrtrte. of Indianapolis, adjutant- eneral of the National orKaaiaaUon of lae Grand Army, la also hare. "atlewl t'oavratloa la Aesraat. There la added Interest In the pree- eat encampment because of the fart that the National convention of the organization will be held at Portland ta Ausmst. Patriotic decorations greet ef the veterans here today, and the patriotic stvlrlt of tba organisation! a everywhere appanrnt. Tour nine; reunions of old friend were frequent. The Grand Army beld Ita opentna "ion in the Khl-ht of Pythlaa ball this afternoon. It was devoted to re ceiving- reports of officers, which showed tbe atata organization and the various posts In rood condition. There are now 2 posts In Ortzoa, with a total membership of Loea of Mcaaberablai Heavy. T?ie loss In membership by death during- the past year baa been ratUer eavy. J Ki. Chamber, .f rertlaad. eemnian4er j. t teraraon. er uraata raaa. sexier vtre- mmtidf. c. k. K- ao'.la. a Tillamook. JMW tcimaaR4r; Ir. J. K. Hri. f fert.aae. medical dlreeter; Hev. N. E. Wade. ar ten and. rhasum: C. A. Williams, sf I'tnuw. antetaat .Uulanl-caiora! sad - :nl qtaart.rm.afer-a-.n.ral; W. N. aim ef 1 rt:d. laaeecffer. L Jt a-if, af Kalr ew. patriot! inetnarlir; C K. fever, ef yartusd. chief ef start; D. W. at:er. ef a-ertleaa. cater err. MeawrUI nervlew Held. ids n onun Keller I orps convene tlnn convened this afternoon In the Elka Temple and a memorial service was held In honor of the members who d.ed durlns the past year. Thla Im pressive service waa the only aessloa arid by this organisation today. The department oaf leers of the Wom an a Relief Corps, who presided at the ouenlnc session and will be la charge or tne convention are: airs, siiaaie a. liim, ar L'aten. president; p.aJT Anaersoo. or t ereel tirove. senior vice-president: rena r.ijr, er rort.anfl Jwoler vlce-preeldeni. Cort l. Iarla. af Laioa, eecretarjr. Mary alinolck. of In Ion. inulunr: Mrs. Harriett lleadea. of Part, land, chaplain: Violet Morgan, ef 1a Uraada. tnapeetor; alrrtte James, ef Newport, patrt. ene lnatrutor: Uinaie Brers, ef Nee Berg. aeaaa corrvapoaueBi. Of flee r and ('aaar-IMee Named. Ofncers and committee members limed to serve for this convention are af-mbra ef credentials commlu-e Cora M. iavis. er i Qtoa; Jennie li. siissiaa. ef r.uae: Minate r. Hnrsetuan. or Portland Ne .le P:era. ef Aahlaad. and Kate 'ln ley. of Merrill. Aaalstaat secretary. Jeaale K K.zcna. ef Eugene. Cesduutra. Bertna Xrew oilman, or Hrpmr and May Sim mon, ef Portland. Guards, liesale Cow lea, ef Wooribura: l.oula Allan, of Fan. ton. Kltaabeia Hendershott. ef Portland and Mary t'arenn. of Portlaaa. Color bearers. Iulaa tlooriard. ef I'aloa: aTllajnetli Pnullpa. er inioti; ora Mr Mam-r, of Forest Urove, aed aitiaie loa. of Hood Hirer. Musician. Touni. ef Kuyene. . platform aides. Alice As-near, er ronund and Kmma Bob erta, ef I'nniantf. Committee on eourtasiee, Ida M. fUocock. ef ralem: Kertle M C-nlth. ef rarUand and Mary C. IIIkdre:h. of Oraata Paaa leromtttee on telegrams and meaaagee. Koeina e'onts Kvsna, of Oregon City. Iuxaie att Smith, of Salem, sad Jaca B. WiIoi(hiy. of tugenc. fredeaflala reaaaaKtre al Werk. The convention of the ladles of the O. A, R. opened this afternoon In the Masonic Temple and alter the creden tials committee had completed ita work the afternoon session was devoted to a memorial service. The active work of the convention will begin tomorrow. Valeria G. Bnvl, of Oak Grove, tba department prtsldeat. opened thla con vention, and the other officers presid ios and who will aerve during thla con vention are: Loretta Williams, or Milton, senior vtee-pr-ldat: '.a t'arnefie. of Albany. Junior Ke.preaiJent: Aaaa Parker, of Albany, cnspuiln; Belle Elwuod. o Portland, treae-;-r: fella O. Blmea, of Portland, counselor; Kmma Thompeon. oa tialem: Katharine arci:b. of Luseoe. and Anna Kombredt. of t a tiroe. council or administration; Mary K. Robinson, of Portland, aecretary: Mlanie E. fimmoBi, of Portland, patriotic la- s-ructor: Mary Mliler. of Portland. Inspector; era nun. or mc xinavllle. asalataat In Mrlar; Itllla Tbomaa ef Amity, librarian; evatarra trtorten. er r)prtng,f leid. praae cor. reapon.Uat: Ioala Hancock, of Portland, eor reasuading secretary; luxa Bawes. et Part send, reglatrar. t ales Meetlac II eM la taarca. None of the organisations held con ventions tonight, bat all joined In a big open meeting In the I'nlted Presby terian Church. Preceding thla meet ing the G. A. R. Fife and Dram Corps played on the church lawn. The meet ing was opened with music by the O A. it. quartet, and then Dr. W. p. White, pastor of the church, pro nounced the opening prayer. L. IL Curl. Mayor of Albany, wel comed the visitors to the city and after a solo by Mrs. Dr. W. IL Davta. of thla city, the heads of the various organ isations responded to the atldresa of welcome. J. G. Chambers, of Port land, department commander, spoke for the Grand Army: Mra. Minnie A. Balrd. of I'nion. department president, for the Woman's Belief Corps, and Alra. Valeria G. Pen Tie. of Oak Grove, department president, for the Ladles ef the G. A. R. The Hammer quartet, of this city, then sang, and Orlando A. isomers, of Kokomo. lnd.. National commander-chief of the (rand Army, delivered the addresa of tha evening. The meeting closed with the ringing of "America. ( ) in I 1 The Man Kijchtintj for Orcjona Development. T. E. Moore t looted at Tbe Dalles. THE DALLE?. Or, May Il.4p riaL Fellt E. Mooge. of Ashland. Or, was elected principal of The Dalles f:gh School at a special meeting of the School Board Saturday night. The directors will meet next Saturday evening to fill remaining vacancies In the teaching corps. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR EXPENSIVE ADVERTISEMENTS TO PUSH THE PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN. The "Strenfc-then America Campaign," in charge of Eev. Charles Stelzle, a Presbyterian clergyman, and backed by the "Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America," pub lishes a full-page display advertisement on page 51, of the Saturday Evening Post of March 16, 1918. An advertisement of this size in the Post costs forty-five hundred dollars per issue. A similar page advertisement has been running for two issues in recent numbers of the .Literary Digest, which probably cost not less than five hundred dollars per issue. These advertisements are but samples of duplicates that are being or will be printed in other expensive advertising journals throughout the country. Thus, it is plain, that the advocates of National Prohibition are determined to spend an enormous fund in influencing the minds of legislators in various States for the purpose of se curing ratification of this proposed revolutionary amendment to the Constitution. The charge that this agitation (unnecessary at thi3 time) will cost a very large sum of money is justified by the initial expenditures that have been made by the "Strengthen America Campaign." That this gratuitous advice to legislators will compel those who oppose the ratification to equal expenditures goes without saying. Thus, we shall witness the diverting of hundreds of thousands of dollars into a useless political cam paign which might wisely have been expended for direct war work. STRENGTHEN AMERICA. This is the great opportunity for the man or woman with the 10-cent piece, the Dollar Bill, the $50 Liberty Bond, the $1000 Liberty Bond, or the $50,000 Check. All get together now, and the thing is done with for all time. - MAKE YOUR LIBERTY BOND WORK TWICE You sought it to make the best Army. Give it to fight the worst enemy. Lloyd George said: "We are fighting Germany, Austria, and Drink the greatest of these deadly foes is Drink."- The money raised will be spent to bring the neces sity of prohibition home to every man, woman, and child in America, and especially in those states where it is important that the Legislatures vote for the prohibition amendment. ' Advertising space will be used because that is the only space which we can absolutely control, and adver tising space must be paid for. The only way to put the liquor traffic out of busi ness is by getting the States to vote for the ratifica tion of the prohibition amendment. The only motive power sufficient to induce the great mass of people to do s big thing, is a wave of collective emotion which makes them all feel the same thing at the same time. ' . , WHAT THE OWNER OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST PERSONALLY THINKS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT Perhaps, in this connection, it may be pertinent to quote the opinion of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, owner of the Saturday Evening Post, the Ladies' Home Journal, the Country Gentleman, and editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger. This statement waa published in the Evening Ledger during the discussion of the amendment in Congress. Mr. Curtis says: "We have repeatedly pointed out in theae columns vhat to prostitute the Conatitution to purposea of legriKlatlon is to under mine the authority of that lnafmmrnt and imperil thereby the stability of the iovernment. Prohibition ia a policy, not a prin ciple. The Constitution haa never been the vehicle for declara tion of policy. ot even tbe Monroe doctrine haa been Incor porated Into the fundamental law. To compel all the atates to eonfnrm to the police rearulationa of a majority of the states would be to destroy local government, which, within the corpus of vast sovereignties, aa well aa In colonies, has been found by human experience to be vital to contentment among cltiseus. In spite of his personal views, of course, Mr. Curtis pub lishes the advertisement of the "Strengthen America Cam paign," which is diametrically opposed thereto; for, Mrl Curtis is a business man and his publications are open to proper ad vertisements of every character. 1 The "Strengthen America Campaign" preachers, who pose as the synonyms of honor, honesty and fair play, would not, of course, quote in their advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post the personal views of the owner of that great journal. Dear, dear, no to show that there is any other side to tho question but their side would be fatal; yet they are "honorable men," and pose in defense of truth. WHAT HARLEY SAYS : NOTE: To the Good Women of Oregon: By Thursday night I shall have the political hypocrites and booze lovingcandidates smoked out of the bushes. They are groggy now, and in sheer desperation they are spreading the ru mor "Harley Has No Chance." Tell these political uwiseacres'that good citizens vote according to the dictates of their consciences; not ac cording to the predic tions of booze-guzzling lieutenants Tell tHem to quit paying $10 per quart for squirrel whisky; to clear what little brains they have left and re fute my arguments if they can. These booze - loving hypocrites are respon sible for Oregon's law breaking and our so called bootleggers' paradise. The Har ley-tide is stronger than ever. and the weak-kneed, feeble-minded politi cians know ii that's why they are spread- ing the "No Chance" rumor. Kill it. THIS IS AN APPEAL for everybody to Join in rebuking intolerance in America. When the boys marched flown the street with flags flash ing in the sunlight and drums throbbing did you get a tight ening of the throat? Of course, you did. Perhaps your boy was in that glorious company and you realized that he, with his fellows, was going forth to f u?ht for Liberty! ..When you bought your Liberty Bond and helped swell that great total of Seven Billion Dollars, the picture that was in your mind was Liberty was it not? You wanted to help' end the war didn't yoil? and stop the tide of red ruin and outrage and killing, to the end that Liberty might be made secure throughout the world and espe cially in America. You knew didn't you? that your Boy and his, companions were amply protected (so far as America could do so) against the uee of liquor, both by military regulation and the special power placed in the hands of the President to regulate the manufacture and sale of 'alcoholic liquors? You knew that these regulations and this power did not relate to the use of tobacco and cigarettes fy your Boy, of course. The President and "public sentiment" in America would not have supported the prohibition of these lux uries and the boys themselves would have rebelled against such restriction. You knew that, so far as the power of America is con cerned, your Boy could not be protected against the use of drink in France, except by military discipline, and, even with this restraint, hewwould be constantly in contact with French soldiers (among the bravest and best fighters on earth) drink ing regularly their rations of light wines; and of the British Tommies . (also brave to a fault) sipping their portions of ale and beer. When you put your money into the war fund you did not think of prohibition as a local issue in America, did you? You bought your Bond for the purpose of supplying your Boy and his comrades with clothing, food, shelter, arras, equipment and ammunition. Your thought on this was for Liberty through out the world. You didn't expect that as soon as your Boy and his com paniona were enrolled in the American Army or Navy, a com pany of inherent Pacifists would begin an attack on Liberty, the Constitution, the political rights of States, and individual initiative at home did you? and attack calculated to take the minds and energies of hundreds of thousands of people off the vital question of war and center them in a bitter con test of political opinion. Least of all did you expect that these same inherent Pa cifists would ask you to donate your Bond and additional money to undermine and destroy the principle of individual Liberty so that when your boy returned victorious from, the battlefields of Europe, having won Liberty for the world, he would find his own initiative as a citizen destroyed at home. You did not realize that the Congress of the United States would take weeks of valuable time (in the midst of war, when time is precious) to discuss and launch upon the country an issue which would reawaken untold antagonisms and require the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars and the time of other hundreds of thousands of citizens in campaign inn, simply to gratify the whim of a school of reformers who ins-V that their particular recipe for preventing the use of drink is infallible. SAVE AMERICAN LIBERTY The Battle for Liberty Is on in America for Liberty' to think, to act. to govern, under the simple system of democracy. ' While the martial hosts of the Nation's bravest sons are fighting on European battlefields to "make the world safe for democracy," an Autocracy more sinister than Prussianism is seeking to destroy individual Lib erty and the tenets of democracy in America. This is not a question as to the RIGHT OR WRONG of the saloon. It is a question as to the RIGHT OR WRONG OF FANATICISM TO HAVE ITS WAY WITH THE PRIVILEGES OF A FREE PEOPLE. It is a question of the RIGHT OR WRONG OF 36 STATES (HAVING PROBABLE MINORITY POPU LATION) DOMINATING 12 STATES (HAVING PROBABLE MAJORITY OF POPULATION.) It is a question of making THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES THE VEHICLE OF EX PRESSION OF A POLITICAL POLICY OF A SEC TION OF THE ELECTORATE. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT FANATICISM DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD HELP STOP IT! i SAVE AMERICAN LIBERTY I do not ask you to send me your Liberty Bond or your money. I do urge you to devote them directly to war purposes by SUBSCRIBING TO THE NEXT LIBERTY LOAN. LIBERTY AT HOME THREATENED There never was a time when America so needed to use her good sense as now! This ia truly "A War Within a War." A war between in tolerance and individual right a war that will decide whether the American Nation shall or shall not be Prussianized by the iron heel of fanaticism. The war will decide whether 36 states out of 48 shall for ever coerce the police rights of 12 other great states; whether a probable minority population shall enslave the opinions of a probable vast majority population. This war involves a momentous question in American con stitutional procedure it is the first attempt to write a princi pie of policy into the Constitution. The Issue is worthy of the deepest study, the most devoted action, of every American citizen, male or female. It is proposed by this amendment to write into the Consti tution of the United States, for the second time, the term prohibited. The only case in which this term or its equivalent occurs in the Constitution is in Article I of Amendments to the Constitution, the first clause of which reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or pro hibiting the free exercise thereof." Thi3 provision guarantees forever to religious societies and people in the United States the right to drink alcoholic liquor as a sacramental exercise. Comment is unnecessary. SILENT ABOUT OTHER IMPORTANT WAR ACTIVITIES The hosts of Pacifism and Reform do not say one word about tobacco or cigarettes. They dare nor, at this time. Yet any man or woman who thinks, must realize that the next industry if made bold by these Mad Mullahs, especially if made bold by victory over drink, will be the tobacco industry. They will argue: Tobacco is a waste. It occupies the time and energy of hundreds of thousands of workers which might better be employed in war industries. It takes hundreds of millions of dollars annualIyfrom the pockets of its users which ought to be expended for shelter, food and clothing and direct war expenses. It occupies hundreds of thousands of buildings for factories, warehouses and wholesale and retail stores, which ought to be used for war purposes. It requires thousands of railway cars and tons of cargo space for shipment, which would better be used for war purposes. " It ties up hundreds of thousands of acres in production that should be planted to cereals or grasses or used for grazing. Cigarettes impair the throats, lungs, hearts, brains, nerves and muscles of our soldiers, and reduce their physical efficiency and marksmanship. Make America tobacco free and help win the war! After tobacco, with these reformer-Pacifists, naturally will come theaters and dancing. Theaters and dancehalls monopolize hundreds of thousands of buildings which should be used for war purposes, they will argue. Theaters and dances take the- money of the people which ought to go into the war fund. They use hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of electrical current, which re quires coal to produce, besides vast quantities of coal for heat ing. This coal should be used in war factories or sent to our allies. Theaters employ hundreds of thousands of men and women who should either enlist or be directly engaged in war industries. Prohibit the theaters and help win the war! Dancing, they will say, is pernicious. It ruins young men and depraves young women. A popular evangelist recently said in Washington City, with nirhteous indignation: "Id rather shake hands witn saloonkeeper than a dancing-master!" The next day, Vernon Castle, a Captain of the Royal British Corps, the most noted and popular dancing-piaster in the world, sacrificed his own life on an American aviation field to save the lives of two of his fellow aviators! Did this fanatic have the courage to withdraw his remarks and pay homage to this gallant hero? Dancing, they will argue, demoralizes the soldiers, renders them an easy prey to designing women and is the open door to the social evil. Dancing compels its devotees to expend hundreds of thou sands of dollars on expensive garments, This money ought to be devoted to war purposes! Prohibit dancing and help win the war! Next in order, logically, will come cards. Cards promote gambling, and gambling is a curse. Even women are coming under the blasting influence of bridge whist and poker. , Millions of dollars are lost annually at the card table. Gambling leads to embezzlement, disgrace and suicide. The manufacture of playing cards is one 6 the biggest items of the printing industry, It is a waste of paper and ink and energy and time, all of which should be used in the war industries! Prohibit card playing and help win the war! Prohibit carbonated soft drinks. They injure the stomach and affect the nerves. They take np the time and energies of hundreds of thou sands of people in their manufacture and sale and waste mil lions of dollars annually. (Copyright, 1918, by F. C. Harley.) Prohibit carbonated soft drinks and help win the war! Prohibit coffee and tea. They harm many people and are unnecessary. Pure water is better. Use the money, the fa cilities and the energies expended on these items for war purposes. Prohibit candy. It serves no useful purpose. It rots the teeth and causes indigestion. ' It is the bane of childhood. It consumes hundreds of thousands of tons of sugar. Myriads of buildings and people are employed in its manufacture and sale. It wastes millions of dollars annually. Besides it is a commodity in which the enemy can secrete ground glass to kill our soldiers! Prohibit candy and help win the war! And so on, ad infinitum, ad libitum, ad summum, ad nauseam! Will the Prohibition Pacifists carry their fanatical purposes to these extremes? You give them the victory in this Constitutional amend ment fight for prohibition and see how quickly they will mount another hobby. This prohibition agitation at this time is in effect Pacifism in action, working for the success of Germany! Any unneces sary agitation involving the discussion and settlement of po litical or so-called "moral" questions, at this time, is in Iho interest of Germany! Every dollar spent in this crusade, every hour of-the people's time exhausted in this discussion, detracts from the sum total of the people's resources and energies for winning the war. The crusade was not necessary. Congress had already clothed the President with power to deal with the liquor ques tion for the period of the war. Many states have already set tled the prohibition question in their own way. The remaining states are entitled to, and should have, the opportunity to settle it for themselves in their own way. The Constitution a3 it stands gives them that power, and that power should not be taken away from them. AMERICA SHOULD AWAKE! The danger is not from drink, or from any of the other activities or pleasures that have been mentioned. The danger is from the intolerant spirit which proposes to bind to its car of conquest the individual rights of its fellow citizens. Instead of concentrating their energies on direct war ac tivities, the apostles of Prohibition are seeking to exploit, at the expense of America's war energies, their own vagaries. It is altogether fitting that the chief fugleman of this Pacifist diversion, William Jennings Bryan, should be the man who, when the time -came to plainly tell Germany "where she got off," resigned his portfolio and ran like a rabbit to peaceful shelter. Drink can be regulated, as can every other item mentioned above, and that is the reasonable and just method. Prohibition never probihits. Tens of thousands of illicit "stills" are in operation in "dry" Southern states. Men will risk honor and court the prison cell in pursuit of the individual right to drink. One of our honored attorneys of Portland recently said: "There are 20,000 breweries in operation in Portland." Ha meant that number of private citizens of Portland are making their own beer from materials openly advertised for sale by the drug stores. Recently the Multnomah County Jail au thorities at Portland poured $20,000 worth of alcoholic liquor into the jail sewer. It represented the defiance of citizens of an unjust invasion of personal liberty. The Portland jail au thorities did not even have the sense to save enough bottlc3 of wine from destruction to christen the warships that are being launched almost weekly from Oregon shipyards. Fanaticism gone mad! DO YOU WANT THE HIDEOUS MONSTER OF INTOLER ANCE TO HAVE HIS WAY IN AMERICA? If you do not, use your mightiest effort to defeat the Con stitutional prohibition amendment for it is the nose of the wolf of fanaticism poked into the doorway of Liberty. This contest is truly "A War Within a War." It will lead to the "divided mind" among our people who should be a unit in war effort. It will quicken personal and neighborhood antagonism that can never be healed. - Not only is this agitation at this time unnecessary and un called for, but it is a brazen effort to carry the American peo ple off their feet by a grand rush. It should be rebuked sternly and unmistakably re- buked--by the people and the Legislatures of the free states of the Union. Put no Liberty Bond in a battle against Liberty. If you want to dispose of your Liberty Bond, devote its proceeds to the purchase of another Bond in the next Liberty Loan. Do not give it to the fanatics to expend in a campaign for the shackling of conscience and the destruction of the Con stitutional rights of the people. Every ounce of energy which is expended in this prohibition campaign will help to win me war ror uermany: oouia Pacifism do German kultur a greater service? Yours for a Sane State, t . HARLEY FOR GOVERNOR. NOTE Thank you, Mr, Telegram, for the free advertising. But we cannot BOTH be right I have offered $1000 reward if you can disprove what I Say. Why dOn't yOU Claim it? It'S Still Open. Paid Adv. by Harler for Governor Leasrue. eos Tortland Hotel, Fortlaad. Read Harlcj's article, pasa 8. Sir.