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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAS. PORTLAND, MAT 16, 1915.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Think of the pleasure and satisfaction such
.beautiful dishes will bring to your home.
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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.
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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.
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