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V THE SUNDAY OREGOMAS. PORTLAND, MAT 16, 1915. PRESIDENT SOLVES A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE' SINCE 1877 BY SELF ale Prices MONRT HA.S NO Home - it was MADE TO KEEP I? Moving- PROBLEM Meinniovsil ;With No Place to Turn for Ad- vice, Mr. Wilson Handles t; Lusitania Affair. MOWN COUNSEL FOUND BEST 'In Hours of Greatest Tribulation. ,"; of His Administration Executive Goes Into Seclusion for ll)a)s; ft Then Confers With Cabinet. iT OHKGOMAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash Ington, May 15. Wrapped In solitude I' lor four Ions' days following the torpc Jldolng of the Lu.sitania; refusing to see lur to confer with the members of his s. Cabinet, but wrestling single-liandud '(with the biggest problem that ever con J: fronted him. President Wilson made of : himself an object of National sympathy. i The idea of a President of the. United K States being literally compelled to take jjonly his own counsel at a time when Khc most needed advice was so strikins Jfas to become historic. ;.. Speaking bluntly. President "Wilson jtfovmd himself in a predicament where ijmuch reflection was necessary. Con l i fronted with a tremendously important 'issue, fraught with all manner of pos sibilities, and involving questions of National honor, the President was com ,'pelled to pause and consider which way ',;to turn. Ho found himself, for once, an isolated figure. l President nks Otth Advice. i5 Most Presidents, in selecting their ,-JCablncts. bring around them men of (large caliber to advise on the conduct ."of the Government. President Wilson T'.had no such Cabinet upon whose mem tjbers he could rely for advice; he had i no State Department, worthy of the Slname, to counsel and advise: the big ),iuen of his party were not in Washing t'.ton and could not be called readily Into f tconferenco: so the President was forced lllo commune with himself and with the authorities as written. But the President doubly was con ''founded bv the destruction of the Lusl Vtania, following, as it did, close upon Mhe torpedoing of the American steamer ! -Gulflight; for not so many, weens ut "fore ho had sent a solemn warning to 'Germany that he would hold that Sov" ..rnmfnt in "strict accou n t ab i 1 i t y " in ..Ha nupnt it Cull Bed the loss of American :lives in the conduct of Its war upon the I -'high seas. Tho torpedoing of the Lusi Vtania, like the torpedoing of the Gulf- light brought the President face to ;;face with the necessity of making good rihis threat. . . . . il Thus, when the President most ..needed counsel from the State Depart-j S-mcut, the one source from which he ivas entitled to receive the fullest in Y -formation and advice on a grave inter , 'national issue, he found a Secretary ol Estate with whom he could not counsel 'profitably, and not once during the four inlays following the sinking of the Lusi- . IJtania did President Wilson see or con tifer with Secretary Bryan, nor with any :-ot the Assistant Secretaries of State. ror did he confer with other members "of the Cabinet, nor with Senator Stone of Missouri, chairman of the foreign, re flations committee, who was then in J-j Pemoline! Not f B. U When the personnel of President 'Wilsons Cabinet was announced com-i-ment was general that the President ''had surrounded himself by men who 'dld not, as a rule, measure up to Cab inet size, and he was accused of )iavirig made such selections that he might the Kmore readilv dominate the Cabinet, and, -single-handed, direct the affairs of gov ernment. In his selection of a Secre I'tary of "War and a Secretary of the r "interior President Wilson picked men unusually w-ell equipped for their re spective offices, but his other selec f'tions. to date, have done him no credit, '..'assuming he sought the best men ob-l-tainable. Thu. In his hours of tribula '.'tion, when most Presidents would have -hastily summoned the. members of their ; official family. President Wilson sought I seclusion. When war with Spain was threatened r .President McKlnley did not hesitate to 'confer with his Cabinet, nor did he hesitate to call in the pig men m on- gress. presiaent ;ucr.ui:j, m mvo. '.days, wa as anxious to avert war as l is President Wilson today, and the re sponsibility that rested upon his shoul Kders was quite as great as that which ' today rests upon President "Wilson. But CWcKlnley nought advice; he sought It 'frequently, and his conduct was far "different from that of President Wil--on in the present crisis. At that time McKlnley did not have "the brainiest Cabinet obtainable; not so big a Cabinet as he gathered around L'him later; but he wanted the counsel ;.'of his Cabinet; he sought the counsel ) of the leaders in Congress, and he was t.greatly aided by the advice he ob Mained. True, President McKinley was J'dealing with a weak nation, but when this country declared war on Spain no V American knew what consequences might be Involved; to what extent the r-nations of Europe might interfere. Picture Truly Sad One. r- The picture presented by President JWilson as he spent hour after hour and day after day in his White House study, going alone over the Lusitania affair, was truly a sad one. The spectacle of a President without i. Cabinet, and especially without a Secretary of State competent to advise j.on an international matter so grave, is truly new in American history. And J'the greater pity was heaped upon the i President because of the personal re sponsibility devolving upon him. be ;auae he alone had informed Germany he jvould be held "strictly account- able for the destruction of American i lives. i; The Lusitania "was sunk on Friday, May 7; it was not until Tuesday, May ill, that President Wilson met his Cab ? inct and discussed the- affair with them. I iBandon Lodge to Entertain Moose I. BANDON. Or.. May 15. (Special.) ..Band on Lodge is to be the host to the If your money moves in the prop er direction meaning: of course, if . it is spent in the proper places it will bring you many happy returns of the occasion. A man is justified in spending a certain proper sum of money upon his appearance. If you will invest in one of these up-to-the-minute, down-to-the-dol-lar suits we are offering, you will feel justified in tho expenditure. $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 Phegley & Cavender Cor. Fourth and Alder Sts. Coos County Moose at the annual con vention, to be held August 16 this year, and preparations for the enter tainment are under way. Bandon mem. bers are planning to swell the number of Moose who are to visit tho Panama Pacific Exposition during July. Moose day at the Exposition is to bo July 25 and a chartered steamer will carry 300 county members of the order to the convention. BURDEN STIRS HOLLAND PROTESTS HOARD AGAINST IX- CREASI.VO COST Off LIVING. Presence of Thousands of Belgian Ref ugees. Jinny of Tbem Socialists, Adds to Internal Troubles. THE HAGUE. May 1. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Popu lar dissatisfaction with the heavy bur den the war has imposed on neutral Holland Is growing steadily and has resulted recently in several meetings of workingmen and women, as well as of tho unemployed, to protest against the high cost of living caused by the war. Jn Tho Hague, a largo meeting was held under the auspices of a commit tee of agitation against the war, con sisting of representatives of The Hague trade council and allied bodies; the So cialist Democratic party; the Garment Workers' Union; The Hague branch of the National Municipal Workers; The Hague branch of the Industrial Work ers of the World and the General Trade Union Council. -i L. Devisser. a young labor leader, ar raigned the present administration of The Netherlands in a speech in which Minister of Finance. Treub came In for special attack. The Minister's pledge, made at the outbreak of the war, that "there shall be no hunger in Holland," was recalled in connection with the rise from 20 per cent to 40 per cent and yen more in the price of the necessi ties of life, within the last eight months. The presence of thousands of unem ployed Belgian refugees in The Nether lands has produced an acute industrial situation. As many of these refugees are ardent Socialists, the situation is not devoid of possible political aspects in Holland, where the Socialists are not yet strong. The Hague demonstrators formulated six demands, for which tlie agitation committee is pledged to conduct a prop aganda: 1. Productive work at normal wages and under normal conditions. . Full pay for those who have been mobilized and for the unemployed. 3. National and municipal control of foodstuffs. i 4. A moratorium (suspension of the payment of rent and taxes). Prohibit ing the dispossession of tenants by landlords. 5. Proper care of the sick and the Infirm. 6. Payment of the cost of the above, as well as of the mobilization, by a special tax on capital and large In comes. 7. To this the meeting added a pro test against the war and mobilization in Holland. ALIEN LUNATICS REMAIN Sinking or Lusitania Prevents De portations From Salem. SALEM, Or., May 15. (Special.) The sinking of the Lusitania frustrated a plan of Dr. R. K. Lee Steiner, superin tendent of the State Insane Asylum, to save money to the state. He had ar ranged to deport three British lunatics, who were to sail on the Lusitania the voyage following the fatal one. After the sinking of the vessel the depart ment notified Dr. Steiner that he could not deport any more men on British vessels until after the war. Dr. Steiner has deported 20 lunatics this Spring. He has also sent to other states numerous inmates of the asylum, whose legal residences were in those states. INTERSTATE FAIR SEPT. 6 Wild West Show to Be Feature of Columbia River Celebration. VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 15. (Spe cial.) Tho Columbia River Interstate Fair will be held September 6 to 12, with a Wild West show as the big fea- COUPONS TO BE VOTED FOR QUEEN OF THE ROSE FESTIVAL. Not Good After May 18. THE EOSE FESTIVAL QUEEN CAMPAIGN Thi Coupon will count for 10 Votes or Miss. Candidate of. Good for 10 votes when filled out and sent to the Campaign Depart ment by mail or otherwise, on or before the above date. No coupon will be altered In any way or transferred after being received at the Roit Festival Headquarters, 336 Northwestern 'Bank building. at Edwards9 ; Continue to Make Everybody Happy Think of it ! Savings of up to a half on everything you buy and your own time to pay the bill. You cannot imagine how marvelously cheap we are selling during the wind-up of this great Removal Sale. You have learned to recognize Edwards as thoroughly dependable, absolutely honest, fair and square in everything. That's why it means a great deal to you when we announce "this sale will positively close at the end of this month." I M M t S EDWARDS VW OUTFITS J V. xi-- If, MAKE U jcg! I HAPPY HOMES i REMNANTS CARPETS ' v At SWSw''i - . i!&m?mm..mSg- Terms 112-3 yards green Tapestry Carpet, worth regular yfQ Sic per yard; removal price xl7C lS'o-yard and 22'-yard lengths, good quality, choice ?Q patterns, $1.23 Brussels at, per yard Ol7C 13'4. 17 and 23-yard lengths, regular 1.6 Axmin- Q T ster, best patterns: removal price, a yard OC Six yards green Velvet, small design, regular $1.40; ; removal price, per yard f OC Four rolls Ingrain Stair Carpet, good quality and Be-OQ lection of patterns, regular 65c yard: removal prlceOtC All-wool Ingrain remnants, as follows: 8 1-3. 10. 12 and loVj-yard lengths, mostly small figures, in tan, A f. green and blue; while they last at, per yard T"lC These Articles Going at 7M ii r nee J9 fumed oak leather upholstered Arm Chairs and Rockers; removal tZf price, each Dt"-OVI J12.00 auto leather seat fumed oak flc liockers, during removal sale at wD $H.OO golden oak, quarter-sawed, best leather seat Rockers $7 tlO.OO golden oak. polished, quar- flJC ter-sawed liockers; removal price wO $::.00 dull golden oak, Spanish leather seat Dining Chairs; goin d during removal at wliuv w GIBSON REFRIGERATORS ESPECIALLY During Removal and on Easy Terms The Gibson Refrigerator illustrated here is the finest ever produced. It is not so high priced to be "out of reach" but contains all the practical advantages of the most expensive refrigerators ever made. Lined and insulated with mineral wool and charcoal sheathing, f 1.00 per week buys one during removal, at sale prices. Fie h KifTHli M.50 fumed solid oak box seat Ppanl.-b leather upholstered mission- tfJQ OC Dining Chairs at Wb6U jr.. 50 solid oak Magazine Racks, golden finish, substantially built; tfo 7C reduced during removal to..J)fc.fO 120.00 solid oak Flat-ton Office Hesk. golden finish; reduced for re- fl 1 f OIU Think of the pleasure and satisfaction such .beautiful dishes will bring to your home. ma Piece Dinner 122 $11:22 Here is the greatest offer ever made in beautiful dinnenvare. Your choice of four of the most beautiful patterns of fine semi-porcelain sets, consisting of 100 pieces. They are wonderful bargains at the regular price, $15.95. For the final clean-up before removal your choice at SI 1.90 including white and gold band, blue, and white Dutch pattern, blue and gold or pretty decorated pieces. PAY THE EASY WAY moval to 125.00 golden oak. polished 4i n Cf" Vi -sawed Napoleon Beds iDlii.O J J22.00 spring edge tufted Conch, up holstered ill best grade Spanish (11 leatherette; one only at Oil S 1 4 black leatherette Couch, soft d',T spring, plain and smooth, one only ! JS3.00 tailor's Triple Mirror, a beaiitv in golden oak frame, for (on C1 removal at tPO.OU Many other pieces, some even greater value than, listed here, going at Just one-half price. V want to show you the many adrantages of the Monarch Malleable Range Then you'll know you can't afford NOT to have the MONARCH. New Monarch Malleable Ranges have the pretty mission nickeied-leg base. The factory, after years of experlnient-inc- is tiow furnishing a uniformly bla.'k polished t.j;. ut it does not wear off, neither does It ever renuire blacking. It will pay you to investigate the New Monarch. So.OQ cash. 95.00 monthly. ; Three Rooms Furnished Complete -$l-45.b6',. Fifteen dollars cash and then $2.50 per week puts this luxurious furniture into your own home. Think of the pleasure of living in a cozy bungalow or a com fortable apartment, furnished so eco nomically, yet beautifully, and at terms so liberal that no man need xleny his wife and himself a real home. 11 H;-VeEEiSJ3iP5E Here quality and style combine with mod est prices, .liberal terms and courteous service to make furniture buying pleas ant and profitable. A store with a con science and a marked individuality, Edwards Company has made friends and held them since 1877. $15.00 Cash, $2,50 j&k Bedroom Set $49.35 $41.75 for the Dining-Room S4.50 Cab, Sl.OO a. Wee-It. A Massive Table, in solid oak. Well finished round top, 45 inches in diameter, which extends to six feet S16.50 Serviceable Chairs Four solid oak chairs, our best sellers; price 89. 40 Arm Rockluit Chair, in solid oak $-4.25 "Wool Klber Has;, size 8.3x10.6; your choice from manv fine designs ...810.50 One small Throw Rug at 81. lO A Living-Roorri for ii $5.50 Cash, $1.00 a Week. it'"-"! IJllQl I K . v T.ll. ; i:j i. II I Fireside Rocker with confortable seat cov- ered with Spanish leatherette $5.9) XvTlj aoua uaK settee, to match rocker. .8II.0O "V-i nt Reclining Morris Chair with loose cushions for $10.50 Brussels Rug, your choice from a fine line, size 9x12 feet $10.00 SS.A.fi9?.D PLACE: TO TRADE USas: ill L i VJ l A i - m ' rw k "Over 37 Years in Business in Portland' t'.IH Cash, Sl.tlU Iters.. ."MaM.lve Iroa Bed. as Illustrated, flull size and well finit-hed . .glO.OO 1 oioatai coiiif 11. K iirruMfr, a niOFl pleasing aeun ana a popular iteiKT, as unown in cut 91 T Oak. Chair for only JK '2 And a 4x4-lnch Oak Stand for KI.Oll Supported Uoin Wire Marine $12,75 -A combination cottoit mattress, with rolled in-Kin Vt.dU -pattern selected irotn large io k Mallresa tde and art Heverslble Hu- size 9x10.6 86.25 ture. The fair directors have voted to guarantee the show $8000 and to set aside about 15000 for prizes for Wild West events. Darinfr bronco busters of the Northwest will be competitors. The fair last year was a big success and it Is expected to make enough money this year to pay the outstanding debts of the association, incurred by improvement. A provision has been inserted in the contract reducing the contract price should the weather be too unfavorable to the show. TICK BITE FATAL TO MAN Spotted Fever' Sets In and Rancher Passes Away in Few Honrs. BAKER, Or., May 15. (Special.) As the result of a tick bite, H. F. Bauer is dead at the home of his father-in-law, Jefferson Harrison, in North Pow der. He was bitten while on his dairy ranch, but paid little heed to the mat ter until he became ill with spotted fever and died within a few hours. He was SO years old and leaves a wife and four children. . RING LOST 13 YEARS FOUND Plow In Cemetery Turns Up Trinket of Linn County Assessor. ALBANY, Or.. May 15. (Special.) Earl L Fisher, County Assessor of Linn County, yesterday recovered an opal ring which had been lost for 13 years. The rins was found in Riverside Cemetery and was turned up by a plow where some gradin; la being done in the streets in the cemetery. Ben Bartcher. superintendent of the ceme tery, advertised its recovery. Mr. Fisher was able to identify the ring by a chip in the stone and other distinctive marks. Madras- to Have Clean-Up Week. MADRAS. Or., May 15. (Special.) Mayor C. P. URen and the Council, as sitsed by the Civic League, have made arrangements for a clean-up week be ginning May 17. The public schools will be dismissed one day so that the children may join in the work and a public dinner will be served. Albany Games Open to Boys, Not 14. ALBANY, Or.. May 15. (Special.) Albany boys will attend baseball games free here tnis Summer. C. M. Small, manager ot the Albany Athletics, has determined that all boys under 14 years of age will be admitted free to the ball park upon the occasion of all the games. This is the first time in PROBABILITIES OF WAR OR PEACE WITH GERMANY COM PARED. ELKMKNTS THAT INDICATE PEACE. Desire on Germany's part net to alienate powerful countries whose influence may be needed at end of war. Long-standing friendship of Germany for the United States, admit tedly concurred in by Emperor William. Desire not to give neutral countries contiguous to Germany a rea son for joining with Germany's enemies. Desire not to alienate sympathy and support of more than 8.000, 000 Americans of German birth or heritage. Belief that by conceding justice of America's position this coun try's sympathy can be swung over to the German cause. ELEMESTS THAT MAY MAKE FOR WAR. Positive assertion of German military element that the submarine reign of terror is essential to Germany's ultimate triumph. Possibility that a, reversal of the submarine policy at America's de mand could be construed as a reflection on the German national honor. Suggestions that Germany faces annihilation anyway unless she can cut off the allies' munition supply, and belief that an additional enemy, no matter how powerful, would not make any real difference. General belief throughout Germany that the submarine policy is the only answer to her starvation campaign that England can under stand. Desire of the military element not to surrender a policy of terrorism which it is admitted on all sides has had a powerful moral effect on the allies. 1 the history of this city when such an arrangement has been made, and the plan is expected to prove immensely popular. TRAIN WAIT IS DISLIKED Klamath Kails Seeks Extension of Service to Summer Resort. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., May 15 (Special.) The Klamath Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night instructed Secretary Fleet to take up the matter of improved train service into this city with the Southern Pacific Company. It is proposed to nave the Weed Klamath Falls train run as far south as Shasta Springs, the famous Summer resort on the main line. The principal objection to the present service Is the wait at Weed for four hours, which is especially uncomfortable for women. By extending the service to S.Tsjita Springs passengers would have moe time at the resort, and the Southern Pacific would have additional service between that point and Weed. CANNERY PLANT IS SOUGHT Linn and Benton Co-operative As sociation to Build Later. ALBANY, Or., May 15. (Special.) Plans for a cannery to handle excess fruit of this year's crop are being de veloped by the Linn and Benton Co operative Growers' Association, perma nent organization of which was ef fected here last Saturday. It is deemed too late to build a new ca&nery this year, but plans will be made to take care of the fruit. A committee went to Brownsville re cently to Investigate the cannery there with a view toward purchasing it for the association. If that is done that plant will handle the 1915 crop. It is certain a new cannery wil! be built in Albany next year. t German Steamtliip Stock Sold. LONDON, May 15. Shares of the Holland-America steamship lirvA, repre senting about one-quarter of thei entire capital, which heretofore were in the hands of German steamship companies, have been transferred to Dutch sub jects, according to a dispatch from The Harue to Reuter'H Telegram Company. ENRICH M BLOOD Head's Saraapartlla. a SsrlaK Taalc Medietas, Is Necessary. Everybody la troubled at this e-ea-con with loss of vitality, failure of -ppeUte. that tired feeling, or wlkh bijious turns, dull headaches. Indi gestion and other stomach troubles, or with pimples and other eruptions on the face and body. The reason is that the blood is impure and impov erished. Hood's Saraaparllla relieves all thes. ailments. It is the old reliable medi cine that has stood the teat of 40 years that makes pure, rich, red blood that strengthens every organ and builds up the whole system. It is the all-the-year-round blood-purifier and health-giver. Nothing else acts like It. for nothing else is like It. There is no real substitute; so be sure to, get Hood's. Ask your druggist for It to day, and bvfiin taking it at once. Adv. 5