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TITK - SUNDAY OTtKOOXTAy. PORTLAND. JANUARY 3, 1913
FIVE GEKHRATIONS, THESE OF WHOM BESIDE IN OREGON.
IN WAR IS GIVEN
GERMAN
POSITION
Issue Is Taken With Dr. Chap
man in Views Expressed
in Recent Lecture.
LATER JUDGMENT ASKED
Charge or Berlin's Responsibility
for Conflk-t Is Denied, as. Are
Morles or Atrocities, in.
View of Probe Reports. . .
PORTUXD. Or.. Jan. 1 (To the
F.ditor. The report of a recent lec
delivered by C. H. Chapman before
JhVcivio League contain, r
to the German people so
unmerited that I beg you J"'trA!
publication of the following bse;
ilons in their defense. I ' h" m
in.tirii in the request, ad there nas
far on that .We of the controversy, nor
"as there any occasion therefor as the
editorial attitude of The Oregonian has
been o uncommonly fair.
The reference of the speaker. Mr.
Tbapman. to the Germans in such term.
s --pickpockets- and "murderers. I
will at the outset consider as the spill
ing over of a miikl filled with malig
nant hatred against the German cum.
2nd perhaps due to the habitual use of
exaggerated invective, and admitting
th. linger range and greater Por '
the lecturer's "artillery" In this sort ot
warfare? retire from this phase of the
argument.
Writer's Report 1 Cite.
It has been charged by Professor
Kuehneman. whose public speech Mr.
Chapman had undertaken to answer,
and in fact by the German and German.
American press generally, that a cam
paign of misrepresentation has been
made, after isolating Germany tele
graphically, to prejudice the world, and
especially the United Slates, against
the German cause by inventing and ad
Tertlsing stories of atrocities and bar
barous conduct of the war by the Ger
man troops.
The first crop of these alleged atro
cities was investigated by five of the
best-known American war correspond
ents and their report waa that, alter
investigating every rumor and follow
ing arerr clew available, they did not
find evld.-nce to support a single
charge. Therefore the charge that
these reports were fabricated rests on
weighty circumstantial evidence.
Here It is not only just to remark
that In this and the Just past century
no nation has a record for humanity
in warfare equal to that of Germany,
but it is also true that no Christian
nation baa a record for barbarities that
equals that ot England, not even the
Turk: yes, the number of -victims ot
England's conquests mounts into totals
that are fabulous and beggar In com
parison the bloody deeds of Tamerlane.
SaspeBslo of Jndgmeat Asked.
Germany has asked the world, while
she is shut off from communication, to
suspend Judgment until both sides may
nave a hearing. Can the American peo
ple justly refuse such a request?
It Is said, however, that Germany is
guilty of having provoked or com
menced this- war.- Persoos-of this mind
sometimes express their opinion in this
manner. "Germany could have prevent
ed the war."
I doubt whether at this time a per
fectly Just conclusion can be reached.
Jt Is not likely that all the facts will
become public until rome time after
the war is over. But from the official
statements of the governments now at
hand of the parleys preceding the war,
the assertion that Germany made this
war Is not true or Just.
That Germany could have prevented
this war may or may not be true. If
it Is true, so no doubt could England
and Russia have prevented it. France
rould have stayed out and then Bel
gium would not have been a factor.
However, these reflections, Interesting
as they may be. lead to nothing, it Is
worth considering, however, that If the
triple entente had so willed, there
would have been no war of conse
quence. foiiunt la Servia Net Aim.
The case between Servia and Austria
would probably havo ended with the
punishment of Servia, without loss of
territory, as Austria had guaranteed
this to the powers through the Influ
ence of Germany and in the Interest of
European peace. As to the merits of
the Servian case, be It remembered that
the court of Investigation established
beyond reasonable doubt the guilty
participation of Servian military and
governmental circles in the assassina
tion of the heir to the Austrian crown
and his-wife- tsee 'official statement by
British blue book of findings of court
f inquiry).
It will be remembered that the Ser
Tian King mounted his throne through
a military conspiracy over the body of
his murdered predecessor. His conduct
was similar, perhaps worse, than that
of Huerta. Our own United States
would not. and did not on a similar
occasion In the case ot Spain and Mex
ico, lose any time demanding satisfac
tion. Austria waited more than a
month before she presented her ultl
tnatnm. and Servia. without doubt di
rected by Russia, rejected the terms of
Austria, and the war was on. .
IralU Cob filet Hoped For. -
At this critical time the peace of
Europe (and. as it later developed, the
whole world) hung by a thread. It is
now on us to say who cut that thread,
and then we shall have convicted the
arch fiend of the ages, and brand him
as the felon .of a million murders.
At this time Germany strenuously in
sisted that it was the duty of all pow
ers to keep their hands off the thread,
thus "localizing the trouble." as they
railed It In their diplomatic correspond
ence. Kussla assembled a large army on
the eastern border of Germany, also
near Austria. The other powers pre
pared for war. Germany, facing a
Kusslan Invasion, demanded a discon-
on her border and. failing to get it, de.
France for peace, and got the promise
of war. Germany .asked England for
peace, and got assurance ot neutrality
on condition that she refrain from us
ing her fleet, which condition Germany
declined, and the world war was on.
Attltaaea Mot Kasy ta Prove.
These are the events of the surface.
The motives which have prompted the
different attitudes of the powers to
.each other are not so easily proved.
Nor can they be briefly Illustrated. A
fen- words on each must suffice.
England. In the past, has decided as
bor interests dictated. First, the" eco
nomic condition. Then the political
position of a large part ot the world
by holding by force of arms control
ever the ocean, the highway ox com
merce. This domination over all the
world's waterways and commerce has
been immensely accentuated ey tne
gTeat expansion of the international
trade of 11 civilised nations during the
past century. The claim of England to
supremacy of the sea Is frank, undi
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Five generations, three of whom re
side In Oregon, are represented in the
family of Mrs. Sarah Ingalls. 90 years
old who lives in Des Moines. Iowa. Mrs.
Ingalls' daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Groves.
60 years old, also lives in Iowa. Her
daughter, Mrs. J. I Anderson. 86, lives
at 250 East First street North, Port
land, and her son. Alvln Vern Anderson,
I. resides at 41S Graham street. The
youngest member Is Leland James, the
3-months-old son of A. V. Anderson.
gulsed and belligerent. All nations
have notice of it. Those disposed to
make preparations to dispute or share
that power must fight her.
The wisdom of keeping the armor of
Mars concealed under the toga of
peaceful statesmanship Is well under
stood, and England prefers to have her
wars fought by proxy, and prepares,
therefor, by timely alliances. In -this
instance she brought her own forces
Into the tight only because the outcome
inkeri rinubtful. and without her
promise of assistance France would
. . I -1, A V. a -ar a r R1 P i 1 TTl she
failed completely to protect, as she had
clearly promised.
British Future Questioned.
vt Great Britain has passed the
zenith of her power and her glory.
Feeding upon the spoils of Asia, and
garnering the toll of her ocean mo
nopoly she has grown fat, rich and arro
gant, as Spain once did from the gold
of the Indies. But her once supreme
lead in industry is growing less every
year through the competition of other
nations; and In organizing the attack
upon Germany sne aims io nuiu
what she could not retain in the peace
ful competition of commerce.
Russia wanted this war. and there
tore, when the peace of Europe hung
v... - , , . ,1 Pt.cia fnt the thread. Rus
sia must expand to the warm ocean.
and her 170,uuo,uu peopitj
, . i ,,1niti. tn which they
navo mo ufyw, - -
are entitled until she has what she
wants. Whatever may oe saia agaiusi.
the government of Russia, and it is
much and unpleasant, and against the
hierarchy of Russia, and it is more and
worse, the people of Russia face a
j ti.nl, hiatnrv Im in the future
as England's is in the past.'
That Kussla supporiea ana iobusmcu
the Servian crisis Is scarcely open to
doubt. In the proposed loot or Asia.
England and Russia, and now japan,
are comoetitors. and therefore poten
tial enemies.- Closer relations between
Franco and England on me one siuo,
and between Japan and Russia on, the
. . - , 1. nmhnhln ripveloDment of
the future, with" another world catas
trophe looming when tneir miereois
TRi.i.nioiiv this, our own
ciasiu . .i. -j .
blessed country. Is surrounded on all
sides by possible ruture enemies.
America! Are Advised.
a ..L.Tan, tima alliance, which
Japan makes every effort to strength
en by the bonds of service performed,
is on three sides or us (as the sea Is
English). Mexico, on the fourth side,
completes the ring. Americans should
read history, and not be deceived. The
world is not yet a ninotrB" ..Z
may be thicker than water; but In the
. -u. natlnni will take
advantage of a weak or unprepared
enm i. .- mi efficiently or
ganized country In the world, for bust-
B - Its-. riarm u n f hall
ne?SV rA. .,I, w.r. Her states-
men discussed, her soldiers prepared
nd her people expucieu, -
this cataclysm. Four yars o or-
i J Ka- Tralv rould not
many unaruvu - .
be depended on, and ahe was certainly
not-aeceiTBu - . -
.. . Rh. was no doubt ac-
curaieJy informed of the power of Eng.
land. Kussia ana r.-u ",
m .ka sprout numerical auDerlor-
ity of the entente, and the odds she
faced. ne waa aiw .,
perous, and her trade was expanding
-L. ..n.iA. that thn Emoeror. or
j. tie iru uwu - .
some military clique, forced the war Is
contradicted oy every - ----
- -.a1a vfth more perfect
and inspiring concord in defense or
their country as ao
. t a an4 Hplih,r,I
votea a riiriwn-" - -
body, more enthusiastically means to
suDDOrt ma army iuu
r., . i, t. ,hrafn the war
I'arnanieui. - - -7
of the German people for their country.
Poaitioa Is Admired.
n . . a iti.. lohnr and
15Ut " " - -
expand in her own right, sail on the
sea ana iraae in u nw,i.u "
colonies as she had or might honor
ably acquire as a homo for her grow
ing population. A people virile, am
bitious and prolific, disdaining to make
use of the vices of her Western neigh
bor to adjust her numbers to her acres.
Through a genius for order, disci
pline and organization, which is unique.
they nave tcuEtou mc prwo"-
tlon In commerce and industry, and,
considering their environments, it is
truly magnificent. Their wealth has
Increased per capita 600 per cent since
the Franco-German war. and nearly
equals the per capita wealth of the
United States. Germans well under
stand, and therefore do not appreciate
the motives 'of those who welter In
tears of sympathy over the "down
trorMen victims of militarism" and aim
to relieve this distress by shooting
their commerce off the sea. uerrnany
spends less per capita for military
purposes than .either France or Eng
land and more tor old-age pensions and
similar social maintenance
than all her enemies together.
Achievement Are Great.
mtnriellv Germanv is the country
of great achievements. She. gave the
impetus and ueienaea wun uer u
life of the greatest intellectual uplift
movement of the western world, next
to Christianity the Reformation. That
i v, . I. .. 1. a fr,4nm nf thoUKht.
liberty of conscience, freedom of inves
tigation, of science ana wacninB, -many,
during 30 years of continuous
war, lost 20,000,000 of her 26,000,000 and
. .i , v. nrhaiiqti nennle to new
life for a century thereafter, wljile the
pirate nations divided tne earm.
Her history is resplendent with sac
ir:n. hurnism &nd her standard is
not stained by one unknightly deed.
She has given tne worm mum
ceived little. Unafraid, in the justice
of her cause and the honor of her pur
pose, she stands upright, willing to
meet tne supreme i "
preme devotion to her ideal. In the
stehe tch, ich kan nicht anders Gott
helfe mlr. Amen.
Lrewlston Hotel 6old.
. wnt'trnxT T.l o i n Tan S. fSDOCtal.)
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The Bollinger Hotel, which has been
under the management or j. o.
. v ..ao -o hnn been sold to
I or a numuDi j
j -w. Close, of Spokane, for $35,000, ex
clusive of the bar.
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1 PIOM3FR OF 18S3 PASSES AWAY
I MSB MONTHS AFTER f
4 WIFE'S DEATH. I
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- Max Baler.
Max Haley; an Oregon pioneer
of 1853. died December 27 at his
home, 251 Glenn avenue. He was
born in 1837 near Galesburg, 111.
He located In Folii County on
coming to Oregon, making his
home near Monmouth.
In. 1863 he married Caroline
Boothby. To this union four
sons and a daughter were born,
all of whom survive.
Mrs. Haley died nine months
ago, and her husband's health
had declined steadily sine her
The Good, Old -Fashioned Kind
Something for Almost Nothing
Our one stauncH W determine r-olalM hZ
stock and pat them on sale at pnees so ndtculously lo " "j? Our new stock is arriving and we mean
auite a lot, among which v, part XVolZwing lisTald prices for your consideration,
business in cleamng out the flJShbS- during this week.
No Phone Orders Accepted for Rummage-Sale Goods and No Exchanges
No Goods Sold to Dealers Uoors upen at v o iock tumuuuw B
Center Tables $1.50 to $4.50 Former
ly priced from $5 to $12. In mahogany
finish and quarter-sawed golden oak. Fifty
tables in the lot.
835 Mahogany Dressers for $16.50 All
good patterns. Have been used but are in
good Condition.
$7.50 Bedroom Eockers for $3.50In the
Circassian walnut. Have been used but are
in good condition. .
Gas Eanges for $2.50 to $9.50-Have
been used but are none the worse for wearr
All good makes. Eight '.only. ,-
A Lot of Brass Curtain Bods to go at,
each 3
Drinking Glass Holders 15 Each Nickel
plated. Sold formerly for 50c each.
Brass Beds for $7.95 Part of the fur
nishings of the Weaver Hotel.. Full size
and good patterns. Former price $JU. -Feather
Pillows, Pair 69? Former price
$2.50 "pair, slightly fire-damaged and used.
Only 40 pairs.
A Lot of Nickel-Plated Towel Rods, former
price 35c each, to go at, each ..
S1.50 Hall Mirror with golden oak 'frame,
now $1.95.
Wonderful
Bargains in
Velvet
Carpet Rugs
Only 30 of them, from the
Weaver Hotel, all of which
have been .team-cleaned. Av
erage aize 10 ft. by 14 ft. 6 in.
Formerly priced at $40. Now
$12.85
HU Carpet. About 200 yard
of steam-cleaned Carpet from
the Weaver Hotel, former
price $1.65 yard. Now
45c Yard
Down Pillows, Pair $1.90-Former prif
$6 pair. Have been used, but are in good
condition. ,
$35 to $40 were the former prices of
number of Circassian Walnut Dressers, part
of the furnishings of the Weaver Hotel,
which are entered in this sale at the ridicu
lously low price of $17.50.
A $40 Mahogany veneered, full size Bed
now for $15.
A $45 Mahosrany Napoleon Bed, full sree,
now $22.50.
4 Hall Backs, formerly $10to $27.50, in
fumed and golden oak, now $5 to $13.75
$3 Three-Leaf Folding Screen, now 79
$2.60 T. Y. Bed Springs for full-size bed,
now 85.
All-Steel Bed Springs, formerly $5 and $6,
now $2.50.
$3 Art Metal Umbrella Stands, now 75c
$2 Solid Oak Hat and Coat Backs, 3 feet
long, with mirror, now 39.
$2 Solid Oak Hanging Book Racks, 39
$10 Slightly Smoke-Damaged Library Ta
bles, solid oak, in fumed, waxed golden or
early English finish, now $2.9.
A lot of remnants and short lengths
of Curtain and Drapery Materials,
Scrim, Madras, Etc., all lot '
RUMMAGE rSALE PRICES
Solid Oak Hall Backs, 6 ft. high with mir
rors, umbrella stands, hat and coat hooks,
now at the quick-disposal price $1.9
$12.60 Art Leather Portieres, now $4.35
$9 Hall Mirror with golden oak frame, now
at $4.50. v ,
$22.50 Mahogany-Finished, Velour-TJphol;
stered Parlor Set of 3 Pieces, now
$8 Art Leather Portieres, now m.u
$6 Slightly Damaged Iron Bed, full size, now
for $2.75.
' $4.50 Fall-Size Iron Bed now. .. . .$1.95
.' $2.50 Clothes Dryer for...... 75
$18 Slightly-Damaged Kitchen Cabinet, now
for $10.85. :
A Lot of Portieres, all colors, entered in the
Rummage at 50 on the Dollar. V
50c-yd. Oriental Stripe Material for Porti
eres and Couch Covers, now, yard 21.
Willow Waste-Paper Baskets, used, now
each 9.
30 Comforters, from the Hotel Weaver fur
nishings, now, each, 79.
40c Water Bottles, each 9
A lot of Crockery, in desirable pat'
terns, of which we have sufficient
stock in some instances to make up
almost complete Dinner Sets, tn
tered in the Rummage Sale at prices
that mean quick hurrying out
Odds and ends of used and slightly dam
aged Window Shades, duplex, in w!
sizes, formerly priced 75c to $2 each. Now
each 15 to 45.
Crystal Salt and Pepper Shakers, each 5
Slightly-Damaged Drip Pans in several
sizes, choice at, each 5.
r;
Free
City and
Suburban
Delivery
$1.65 Grade New Velvet Carpet, yd., 95
$1.75 Grade New Axminster Carpet, in iour
patterns, for, yard 97.
3 ft. to i ft. Sample Lengths of New Car
pets, worth $1.50 to $2, now, each 59 to
S6. 10
Short Lengths 'of Ingrain Carpets 6 to 12
yards, for, yard 25.
95c Yard New Ingrain Carpets for, yd. 45
67-Piece Dinner Sets for $4.85 Well
worth $8 Set. Semi-porcelain, the Der
wood" Pattern a dainty rose and gold
band decoration.
Mahogany-Finished Bedroom Chairs, for
merly priced af$5 and $6, have Wnjised
but are in good condition, now $l.oo.
We
Extend
Credit
M
organ -Atchley Furniture
Grand Avenue and East Stark
Co,
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VETERAN TO BE BURIED
rgmU OF THOMAS C. SHREVB
WILL BE HEM luu-.
PMt Commdr of Portland Grand
Ary of RP
Throne Civil "War.
. mv.mia c. Shreve,
The lunerai .
. .. . -A nut commander
Civu war -
of the Portland Grand Army of the Re
public who died at his home at 1181
Olads'one -enue.Decemher t w 1
eVTwUhThe . Butr Post. Grand
Army of the Republic, officiating. Mr.
sTrev? wTsr5.dentffte4 prom.n
enOyln ?hTlocal Grand Army
enuy " nivir. matters, tie
business. - i.,.H of the
pS anTwrsTdent-ifi with the or--eace.
j a rm7 Renublic
SltaC Corp durfnV hi. term as past
fomman-ie? of the Ben Butler Post.
He was born at Lambertvllie, N.
Febur" 2S. 1S39. and enlisted with the
SSE 7rT the outbreaK of the
-dxUVolun
Companyu., mu.
The call oi io -- --
Colorado in 1875. where he was prom-
inent m ousmess
many years. In 1887.4. married M.ss
Carrie E. JacKSon. wu
He moved to Portland in 1899 Here he
took active part in the growth of the
Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church, and
was one oi -o "'" " :,,h
also a member of the Kennilworth
Presbyterian Church. The ministers of
these two churches wiU joinUy conduct
his funeral. - . .
Besides his widow. Mrs. Came B.
Shreve, he is survive z
three daughters: Arthur K- Shreve ot
. . . . -M PhaiA nf POrt-
Poruano; airs.
land; Miss Grace A. Shreve of Boston.
Mass.. and Mrs. D. W. Kllpatrick. of
Cripple Creek. Colo.
INFANT MORTALITY. LESS
Records for 1814 Show Big Decrease
Compared 'Witb. Deaths In 181 s:
A big decrease in Infant mortality
in Portland is shown for the year 1914
a. compared with the year 1913 In a re
cort completed yesterday by City
Health officer Marcellus. The decrease
i. attributed largely to the great im-
provement . ..hows that
ljunnK isio kv"
the nnmber of deaths of infanta under
L1 .AAA rt t ni ill
one year or age was i ---lation.
In 1914. the rate was cut to
1 t 1011 thrA ver 29
death of infants under on year ot
ae. due to bowel complications. Jnr-
Ing 191. iner - -
deaths. This shows a decrease of near
ly 100 per cent in the deaths of this
klnd- ' ' .
Alrlie Has Commercial Club.
AIBX.IE, Or.. Jan. 2. fSpeclaL) A
commercial club has been organized in
thw city and a campaign to bring set
tlers from the Eastern states to locate
here has been launcnea. nans
been made to formulate the opportani-
ties the regions aDoui Aim
printed form. Emphasis will be made
upon farming advantages especially,
and the educational methods in rural
schools will be shown.
Polk Granges May Be Consolidated.
MONMOUTH. Or., e$'n. S- (Special.)
That the granges-vQf Buena Vista and
Lewlsville. in south folk County, soon
will merge with the Monmouth grans,
la the declaration of representative
members of each bodyxwho are at
tempting to form one organisation with
strong centralised power. Plans for
the merging of the Buena Vista
Monmouth granges came as the resui'
of the death of A. D. Cook, master nf
the Buena Vista grange who wm , j l
dentally killed laft month whlle r arry.
Ing dynamlt st his More nr Pmrken.
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