THE - SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 16, 1916.
PEACE SHIP IS BUTT
POWER TO ASSERT
Admen at Jinks Caricature
Henry Ford's Party.
.Senator Chamberlain Says
Nation Should Take Place
in Councils of World.
ELABORATE JESTS STAGED
Each Table Puts on Stunt During
EveningOfficers Are Installed.
George li. Baker Gets
Life Membership.
PAST POLICY CRITICISED
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RIGHTS
' Violations or Monroe Doctrine Per
.'. mitted Chinese Kxcluded, Jap
anese AdmittedWeak Bullied,
Strong Have Own Way.
Following: is the text of the speech
delivered by Senator Chamberlain at
the New York Republican Club's non
partisan discussion:
"We all want to reach the same
ends, even if with different methods.
Now Is the time to speak our convic
tlns. even though we offend our
hearers. I speak for better prepared
ness for defense.
"There are in this country three
classes of persons. First come the
pacifists, who speak for peace at any
price peace without honor, if need be.
There is one great people who have
peace at any price today the Chinese.
The only others I know of who are at
perpetual peace are the dead. Which
do the American people want the
peace of China or the peace of the
dead?
"The second class is made up of those
mho believe In preparedness and that
an emergency exists today. The third
' class, who hold the balance of power,
are those who have not given the sub
, Ject of preparedness much thought. If
'- any. These are the people who ought
to be reached. They will have the de
: cision. Every man here should see
: that the people of this class are
: brought to & realizing sense of the
necessity.
; America No Longer Isolated.
- "We are apt to forget that Amer
ica does not occupy the place of isola-
' tion she once did. We are a world
power. W became so in 24 hours
when Dewey's fleet went into Manila
Bay. We have become a great factor
in world affairs. Our possessions in
the Orient are within thirty days of
. New York. We have holdings in the
West Indies, the Panama Canal, which
: makes us doubly efficient, and the
: Sandwich Islands. If we Intend to pro
: tect these holdings and maintain the
; Monroe Doctrine we must have an
. Army and Navy sufficient to protect
these outposts and the doctrine we
have maintained on paper since 1822.
"In dealing with the smaller nations
we have acted like a great bully. When
'Haiti has a revolution and refuses to
pay her debts we send warships and
-a few marines to take charge. When
-any of these republics ' to the south
- fail to do their duty we do not hesi
tate to send men and take charge of
their finances. But when it comes to
the time that we have to deal with the
greater powers of the world we do not
act like a brave and courageous na
tion; we act like cowards, I am
shamed to say.
Nnne Doctrine Often) Violated.
"Notwithstanding the Monroe Doc
trine, we have since 1S23 permitted na
tions, and particularly Great Britain.
Jo violate it in more instances than
one, and the United States has never
-rdone more than to make a silent pro
test. Great Britain took British Hon
duras and islands in the West Indies,
but we consented to the violation and
executed the Clayton-Blwer treaty in
1853. When we had an opportunity to
correct this violation we reassented to
It in the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in
J 901. We let Great Britain construct
fortresses in the West Indies in viola
tion of the Monroe Doctrine. When
Amerkan brains, energy and money
built the Panama Canal we again con
sented to a violation of the Monroe
Doctrine and gave to Great Britain in
the control of the canal the same voice
that we exercise.
"When we come to poor, effete China
we forbid her laboring classes from
landing in this country. When we
come to deal with a warlike nation
like Japan, which has people as ob
Jectfcmable as the laboring classes of
China, we permit her. because she has
power, to say which of her citizens
shall be admitted. A gentleman's agree
ment! When we deal with a first-class
power we permit it to dictate to the
Vnited States what we shall do. We
V a i- ti hitmilin t tnir KnprtnrlA tt Jt
Secretary of State going to the Cali
fornia Legislature and begging on
his knees for them not to enact laws
which might ruffle the feelings of a
great warlike power across the Pa
cific. Always Beaten la Diplomacy.
"There is not a single instance in the
diplomatic history of the United States
that we have not gotten the worst of
it. We have yielded in every arbitra
tion and always at the dictation of
some .first-class power rather than
fight as the American people feci dis
posed to do and as they will do when
the opportunity is given to them. If
this poliry is lo be continued we need
no Army, no preparedness. All we
need is to let the powers parcel out
our country as is being done in China
because we are afraid to fight.
"We have had trouble with Germany.
Thank God. it has been adjusted; She
has been brought to the mark. We have
had trouble with Austria. Thank God.
he Is being brought to the mark! It is
our duty to see that we are absolutely
neutral, but I have no sympathy with
any man who cays that an American
citizen cannot go anywhere he pleases.
Talk to me about an American citizen
not having the right to go where he
pleases? As soon talk to me about
giving up my American citizenship!
"Now let us bring Great Britain to
book Just as Germany and Austria have
been brought to book. She has destroyed
the commerce of the liited States so
far as neutral trading is concerned.
She has done what no other nation ever
dared to do. seized our mails in viola
tion of all treaties. If we don't care
we don't need any preparedness. I say
we ought to see that our protests are
observed.
"I don't believe we will have war. 1
don't want war. But I would rather see
this country plunged in war than haVe
every right violated. After the Euro
pean war is over we will not have a
friend on the fare of the earth. We
iiave offended Germany and Austria,
and if we do our duty we will offend
Great Britain. The only friends Amer
ica has today or is likely to have in
days to come are the Atlantic and
i'acific oceans.
Rrltiah Poller la Intimidate.
'Treaties are not made because of
love. I,ook at Belgium! The guarantee
4f her neutrality was waste paper.
Kngland has made treaties of alliani-e
with all of her hereditary foes. She
even has treaties with Japan, whote
people are not permitted to land in
her colonial possessions. These are
treaties of commercial aggression, not
treaties of love. What is the purpose
of this alliance with Japan if not to
intimidate the people of the United
Slates? We ought to be prepared to
meet this contingency. There are more
vtltiaus of the Kuiso-Jayancse war
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PARTICIPANTS IX THE VARIOUS STU NTS SEATED AT THE BAJiQ,UET WA ITING FOR THE "CURTAIN RAISER." '.'.'
on our. west coast1 than there are
soldiers in the Army of the United
States. They are the dynamite and
powder carriers of the railroads of the
Pacific Coast. In the event of trouble
with Japan or Great Britain every line
of communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific Coasts could be destroyed.
For what purpose was the Canadian
Pacific built if not for military pur
poses? Every- foot of it and every
bridge is guarded by British soldiers
In uniform. They say I am a Jmgolst
and an alarmist. Let me say to you
that if I can arouse the American peo
ple to a knowledge of t,he facts that
confront us I don't care a whoop what
they call me.
Compulsory Training; Coming-.
"How are we going to enforce the
Monroe Doctrine with 38.000 troops in
the United States? People say we are
not going to have any more war. Why,
for every three years of peace since
the signing of the Declaration of Inde
pendence this country has had one year
of war.
"There is going to be compulsory
military education within the next gen
eration. The people seem to be afraid
of militarism. I say we are in no
danger of that, but we are in danger
of destroying the martial spirit of our
Nation. Paid emissaries of the canny
old Scot are now going around the
country preaching peace at any price.
"Iet us get behind a measure which,
if it be not fir compulsory training,
shall be as nearly - pulsory as it can
be made. Then a V.ot till then will
this country be suiv or able to keep
at peace."
GIRL IDENTIFIES MAIL
TYPIST IS
AGAINST
FEDERAL WITNESS
H. H. RIDDELL.
Secretnry Is Believed tn Have Seen
Literature Sent Ont and Letters
She Says He Signed.
Ella O'Gara. stenographer in the of
fices of the Oregon Inland Development
Company, was the only witness of the
Government yesterday in the trial of
the case against H. H. Rlddell, secre
tary of that concern, in which use of
the mails to defraud is charged. The
trial was suspended at noon yesterday
and will be resumed tomorrow morn
ing. Miss O'Gara was employed by the
company for one year from April, 1910.
She identified literature Issued by the
company exploiting lands in Union
County, describing the property as
good lands of high value. She said Mr.
Riddell. the secretary, whose law office
was elsewhere in the same building,
was frequently in the Oregon Inland
Development Company's office and saw
this literature being mailed. She said
copies of the literature were also
stuck up on the walls, which he also
must have seen.
The witness identified letters, signed
by Mr. Kiddell as secretary, which were
sent out to contract holders and pros
pective buyers, in which it was pointed
out that the price or tracts or lana
were about to be raised from $240 to
1300. She also identified contracts sent
to agents throughout th country who
were appointed to handle the property
for the company that were signed by
Mr. Uiddell as secretary.
CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY OF
INTERESTED IN Y. W. C.
TEAMS START AGAIN
Y. W. C. A. Workers Are to
Resume Effort Tomorrow.
HALF OF $9000 RAISED
National Headquarters Proves to
Be Valuable Asset in Giving Ad
vice as to Course That Sliould
" Be Followed in Campaign.
Bright and early tomorrow morning
every captain and every worker on the
Y, W. C. A. publicity campaign will be
out scattering information about the
association and gathering funds for the
budget. Half of the necessary $9000
has been raised, and It is anticipated
that in a short time the remainder will
come in.
No formal reports were given yes
terday, but special efforts will be
shown tomorrow in the work, and a
record-breaking result will be manifest
if the predictions of Miss Jane Scott,
general manager of the campaign, are
fulfilled. The captains will give re
turns at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow.
Good-natured rivalry exists among
some of the teams whose reports show
totals of approximately the same sum,
and the members of all teams will give
their best efforts toward making big
returns today.
Headquarters Gives Advice.
The Portland Young Women's Chris
tian Association is one of 13 city asso
ciations- in what is known as the
Northwestern field. This field covers
the states of Oregon, Washington. Mon
tana and Idaho, and Is itself one of
11 fields into which the entire united
States is divided.
By this form of National organiza
tion there is made available for each
association the concrete result of the
best thinking of the whole country on
matters of general association interest.
These 11 fields are in dally commu
nication with the headquarters office
in New York City, and are constantly
receiving from them plans and policies
which are developed from actual expe
rience in different parts of the coun
try. The field office, in turn, reports
to Xew York definite achievements in
its own territory.
Publicity Week Tried Out.
For instance, the plans of the Pub
licity Week, which is now being held
in Portland, have been successfully
used in cities north, south, east and
west. It is interesting to note in this
connection that when one of the asso
ciations in this field was opening some
new work a year ago, the field secre
tary was able to present for its guid
ance plans received from New York
within that very week embodying sug
gestions gleaned from correspondence
with a score of cities where that work
was being successfully done. They
could have had nothing more up to date
if they had been a suburb of New York
Citr.
This system not only presents to the
local association new suggestions for
RELIGIOUS WORK. WHO AKr,
A. PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN.
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Its. work, but effects a considerable
saving In time, energy and money which
would otherwise be spent in trying out
experiments which have already proved
to be impracticable. The entire Na
tional organization Is exceedingly flex
ible and adaptable, its whole purpose
and object being to conserve, safeguard
and disseminate the best features in the
work of the local association.
The local executive force includes:
- Miss Llna Balls James, general secretary;
Miss Gertrude Byrnes, day office secretary;
Mrs. Jane Palmateer, night office secre
tary: Mies Helena Saxton. business secre
tary: Miss May M. .Chapter, membership
secretary; Miss Mabel StegTier, director
household economics: Mrs. Nona Hettinger.
lunch department director; Miss Constance
Whealdon, employment secretary; Miss Al
thea Iee, assistant employment secretary;
Miss Jessie Rosetta Burton, Bible and mis
sion study secretary; Miss Ruth Davis
Biackwell. -physical- work director; Miss
Abigail Berg-er. assistant physical depart
ment: Miss Lydla Myrick, swimming teach
er; Miss Myrtle Valker, office physical de
partment: Miss Mary Klrkwood. assistant
swimming department; miss iiloawen will
iams, assistant swimming department; Miss
Mabel Stegner, director household, econom
ics; Miss Clara R. Donaldson, teacher do
mestic arts: Miss Selma P. Flodine, house
keeper: Miss Helen ' Louise Armstrong. Ii
brartan and social secretary; Miss Bertha
Brainerd, director commercial department;
Miss Caroline JS. snrnum, jvortn ttrancn
secretary: Miss Amelia Foshay. travelers'
aid. North Bank; Mrs. Nelson F. Johnson,
travelers aid, ..Jefferson Electric; Miss
Nancy Johnson. travelers aid, Union
(night) Mrs. Eva .Walker, travelers' aid
BUDSlllUie,
MRS. EVANS HONORED
WOMEN PRESIDENTS' CLUB - PRE
SENTS SILVER LOVING CUP.
Gift la Token of Appreciation of Tea
Years' Service of Head of Oregon
Federation of Clubs.
Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, honored guest
at the luncheon given yesterday by the
Presidents' Club in the Hotel Imperial,
was presented with a handsome silver
loving cup as a token of appreciation
"for her ten years of loyal service as
president of the Oregon Federation of
Women's Clubs." The gift came as a
surprise to Mrs. Evans, and for once
she found herself unable- to make a
speech. Mrs. A. H. Breyman presided,
and Mrs. G. J. Frankel. president of the
Portland Woman's Club, made the pres
entation address.
The plan to form a city federation
was discussed, but no action was taken,
and the subject will be brought up
again and a definite stand taken on
February 19, when a similar luncheon
will be held in the Hotel Imperial.
Mrs. Evans, who was introduced by
Mrs. Breyman. gave an address in which
she told of the early struggles of the
federation, which was organized for the
purpose of obtaining free libraries for
the city and state. Mrs. Evans paid
tribntA tn iHa successful efforts of Mrs.
Frederick Eggert in behalf of the schol
arship loan fund. For the iuiure jmib.
Evans suggested concerted action on
behalf of the clubs to establish a hos
pital for women and children.
Mrs. A. A. Sanborn spoke in behalf
of the teaching of sewing in the public
schools. Others who spoke briefly were
Mrs Grace Watt Boss. Mrs. Ralph R.
Duniway, Mrs. Simon Selling and Mrs.
S. M. Blumauer. The dining-room was
decorated in cut flowers ana utEsuu
grape. A large number of club women
attended. .. ' ,'
"Mrs. Evans, ex-president of the State
Federation, held office from 1905 to
1915, inclusive. She refused to run for
the office again and was succeeded by
Mrs. Charles H. Castner, of -Hood River,
who was elected last October at the
state convention. unaer rs. voo
the clubs grew from a scanereo. icv. i
a large, well-organized Doay oi
thousand women.
MR. POWERS BURIED TODAY
Funeral Sen ices Will Be Held Here
and Interment Made at Albany.
The funeral of Frank H. Powers, of
the firm of Powers c tsies, aruBii.,
who died Thursday night of an acute
attack of pneumonia, will be held to
day at 2:30 o'clock from the hcoltisn
Rite Cathedral. Lownsdale and Morri
son street. Dr. L,uther K. Lyoi.i. pas
tor of the First Congregational ChiTrch,
will have charge of the ceremonies.
The body of Mr. Powers win be sent
to Albany tomorrow morning and-wm
be buried there, the funeral ceremo
tiies being conducted at 2 o'clock by
the Scottish Rite Masons.
One of Mr. rowers' brothers arrived
from California last night and tne
other one this morning to 'be present
at the services this afternoon and to
take the body to Albany.
STEAMER NOTICE.
Account ice running in the Columbia
River, 0.-W. R. R. & N. Co. steamer
"Harvest Queen." in Astoria service,
has been temporarily withdrawn. Serv
ice will be resumed as soon as weather
permits.
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Court Puts Mollie Bowers on
Probation Before Acting.
RIGHTS NOT OVERLOOKED
Judge Cleeton . Tells Divorcee ' She
Can Win Child by Good Behavior
Guardianship of Dallas Couple
Is Not Approved.
If Molly Bowers, the pretty divorcee
whose fight for her baby girl began in
Portland in June, 1913, is good, she
may yet have the child.
A final opportunity was given the
young woman by Judge Cleeton yester
day to live the kind of life which
would make her a proper person to care
for the child. Since the legal fight was
begun in the local court nearly three
years ago,, the case has been in the
Juvenile and Circuit courts of Polk
County, and later was appealed to the
Supreme Court of Oregon, which last
December awarded the Juvenile Court
of Multnomah County jurisdiction.
"A mother's right to her baby can
not be denied, .- unless, by persistent
misconduct, she forfeits that right,"
asserted Judge Cleeton, who then' told
Mrs. Bowers that the child would be
placed with a family in this city, where
she might visit occasionally.
"If, at the end of a reasonable time,
you have shown that you intend to live
a clean life, the court will award you
the child, otherwise you shall never
again have the custody of your daugh
ter," pronounced the judge.
Dallas Family Wants Child.
Mrs. Bowers buried her head in her
hands at the decree, and sobbed softly
for a few moments, but looked up with
fixed stare at the molding across the
courtroom as Deputy District Attorney
Robison began to address the court.
He made a plea to have the baby Ma
rion placed in the hands of Mr. and
Mrs. B. Grant, of Dallas, who had the
child once and had become much at
tached to her.
"Did you not say that if you could.
not have the child, you would rather
have her with the Grants than anyone
else?" Mr. Robison asked the mother.
The girl made no answer, but broke
into hysterical sobbing and was led
from the courtroom. '
A curious feature of the trial was
that Deputy District Attorney Robison,
who fought for Multnomah County s
jurisdiction in the case and for the
right of the mother to claim her child.
BABE DENIED PAREN
DIVORCEE, WHO MAY WIN FIGHT FOR CHILD, AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER AROUND WHOM LITIGATION HAS
CENTERED FOR THREE YEARS.
in Polk County courts and before the
Supreme Court, was interested yester
day in having the child taken away
from her because of what he had
learned of her conduct since the case
opened in 1913.
Former Guardians Present.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant were present at
the trial, and both were moved to tears
when the court refused to give them
the child, on the ground that it would
not be fair to award them the girl un
less it were for permanent adoption.
In support of the contention that the
mother had been careless of her repu
tation, Mr. Robison presented seven
swor,n affidavits from Roseburg, where
Mrs. Bowers had lived with her broth
er, Clell Stump, and Ethel Stancliffe.
a close friend of her brother. Repre
sentative citizens who made these
statements told of nightly carousals
about the Bowers' home and of the poor
esteem in which the occupants were
held bv neierhbors.
The court did not put much faith in
Mrs. Bowers' denial of the charges and
warned her that she was not trusted
and that it would be necessary for her
to gain the confidence of the court be
fore she would be given the child.
FIRE ASSOCIATION MEETS
Sublimity Organization Holds
nual Elective Session.
An-
On January 8 the Farmers' Fire Re
lief Association of Sublimity held its
20th annual session here. The secretary-treasurer's
report showed that on
December 31, 1915, there were 460 pol
icies in -force, Insuring 746 buildings
and contents for 329.333.
Fire losses during the last two years
and 10 months were only 13.50. Dur
ing the last 20 years the fire loss and
expenses amounted to Jjl.bu per siuuv
per year.
Communications from Harry Wells,
Insurance Commissioner of Oregon,
were read. Provision was made to have
ample reserve funds in the near fu
ture. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: F. A. Bell, presi
dent; Charles Hottinger, secretary-
treasurer; directors, W. H. Downing,
B. Minton, P. C. Freres. Henry Stein
kamp and John Bender.
BENSON IS HEADQUARTERS
Pisgah Home Benefit Workers to
Sell Blossoms for Charity.
Headauarters for Pisgah Home bene
fit on January 20 will be established in
the Hotel Benson. Primroses and other
blossoms will be sold for the charity.
Among the workers will he iliss iiar-
garet Ayer, Miss rtose avan, jvira,
Pinkerton Day, Mrs. Jonah B. Wise,
Mrs. I. K. Lipman. Mrs. Hazel Blumauer
Litt. Mrs. John F. Logan, Mrs. Thomas
Carrick Burke and Dr. Viola Mae Coe.
The Oregon, Studebaker ana buick mo
tor companies will donate cars for the
use of the flower sellers.
The Ford peace ship was the butt of
most of the elaborate jests pulled off
by the admen at their annual jinks at
the Multnomah Hotel Friday night.
"Right off the bat." E. T. Carswell's
table staged a stunt which included
the return of the Oscar II with a full
crew of suffragettes, headed by Miss
De Graff, on board, and W. J. Hofmann.
as a customs inspector, tossed the
lingerie of the party all over the stage,
while the merry crew danced and sang
under the leadership of "Happy Jack"
Walker.
C. W. Robison, F. L. Moreland and
Barnett Goldstein staged a special
scene, supposed to be on board the
peace ship, and H. R. Salisbury's table
was booked foranother whack at the
peace ship, but dispensed with its act,
owing to the lateness of the hour, and
sent the Columbia quartet on instead.
"Moo" Mosessolin handled the lines
for the installation, ceremony, and
grilled the newly elected officers un
mercifully, after getting each one- up
in the heartless glare of the spotlight.
The Columbia River Highway was
featured in two stunts. Phil Bates and
M. N. Dana, put through the Berger
Jones color pictures for their table, ac
companied by rapid-fire lectures on the
attractions of Oregon for the tourists.
Frank Branch Riley, heading Walter
E. Conklin's table, staged the con
struction of the Columbia Highway and
the dedication of the Vista House, with
S. C. Lancaster and several of the men
who have been actively connected with
the work, in the caste. This was the
most expensive and elaborate stunt of
the evening.
A. C. McMicken and Nick Pierontr
staged vaudeville features for their
tables, and James Duffy's table put on
a three-round boxing bout, while Dr.
R. M. Emerson put on a minstrel show.
George L. Baker, retiring president,
was given a life membership in the
club.
The new officers Installed were:
President, W. D. Whitcomb: first vice
president; G. A. Benedict; second vice
president, E. S. Higgins: secretary
treasurer, J. Ix Duffy; directors. W. P.
Strandborg, Dr. R. M. Emersan, H. J.
Blaeslng. Dr. J. F. Beaumont, M. Moses
sohn. Miles Standish .and R. It Atkin
son. Roy Edwards was general chairman
of the jinks committee.
CITY MAPS PHOTOGRAPHED
Large Prints Are Reduced to Size
Convenient for Dally Use.
By means of a novel device, arranged
by Commissioner Dieck and R. E.
Kremers, chief of the municipal bureau
of highways and bridges, the Council
and the public are to get away from
the task of handling cumbersome blue
prints when seeking information about
street lines, streets and additions. By
the new device the large quarter-section
blueprint tracings are reduced to
sheets 12x14 inches, which fit into a
loose-leaf ledger.
The small drawings show all the de
tails included in the originals. Each
page takes in a quarter section of the
city. The reduction in size has been
accomplished through photography by
means of a rectigrapli.
H00SIERS ASKED TO HELP
Dr. O'Day Urges Members of Society
to Write Back to Friends.
Dr. J. Chris O'Day, president of the
Indiana Society, issued a call for all
former Hoosiers to take part in the
letter-writing campaign next week,
and particularly asks that as many as
possible assemble Friday, January 17,
at noon at the Medical building and
march in the parade of state socie
ties to the Postoffice.
Dr. O'Day and other of the society
officers conferred yesterday and will
make an effort to uphold the reputa
tion of Hoosiers as "writers."
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