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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MAY 7, 191C. BERLIN'S CHARGES 1 DENIED BY LONDON British Foreign Office Says Chronology Proves German Assertions False. INCONSISTENCY IS SEEN Starvation Charged, When Chancel lor J fail Asserted l'ootl Was Plentiful Kns land's Attitude Toward Peace Vnclianged. LONDON, May 0. Declining to com ment on the purely Ameriran-German questions involved in the German re ply to the American note on submarine warfare. I.nnl Robert Cecil, Minister of Wsr Trade and Parliamentary I nder-.' iviary for I'oreisrn Affairs, in behalf of tho o reign ffir, gave the Assoriated Prss today a statement (iealin? with the charges against tlreat J.Jritam and Germany s avowed desire lor peat.-r. The si et lenient follows: "The rply of th". Cennan govern ment to tlie American note of April -M, respecting- submarine warfare, is not a coinmunicat ion upon which any gen eral comment ran properly be made in this country, as the question at isstie concerns the L'nited States and ier many, and a ny interference by a third party would be presumptuous. Cienimn harge He viewed. "Since, however, the 'rman note contains misstatements of fact respect ing the actions of (iff-at Britain, the following observations may not be thought out of place. The German gov ernment states that they have so far as is poss i lde i nst ituted a fa r- reaching restraint upon the use of the submarine weapon solely in c onsiderat ion of n"U tral interests and in spite of the fact that these restrict ions were neces sh ri ly of ad van tage to Germany's ene mies. "It is alleged that no such consider ation ever has been shown to neutrals by Great. Britain and her alliew. "Do the facts bear out these asser t Ions ? So la r as is known the meas ures ta ken by I real. Br i tain aga inst German trade have cost no neutral life Great Brita i n mai nta i ns t ha t they are in accord with t lie principles of inter nation a 1 law and is preparer! to make good that claim. They can surely eom pare favorably. &o far as consideration to neutrals is concerned, with a po icy whose fruits are seen in the tragedies of the LiiMtania. the Arabic and the Sussex. 'hronolojiicol t.ini Ik lveii. "The Germans ma i nta in that it was owing to t lie i I lera 1 conduct of the British warfare that tier many was forced to resort to her submarine cam paign. This is not the first time that the Germans hav attempted to justify their submarine warfare on the ground that it is a measure of reprisal against the act ion of I lie Brit ish government in cutting off supplies from Germany. The following lists of incidents, in chronological order, should suffice to dispose of this plea: "SpptpmbT 1014 Dutch vessel Maria, from t'a I i f oi-n ia for Dublin a nd Belfast, with ca rgo of gra in for the civil popula t ion. sunk by the German cruiser Karlsruhe. "October 1!M The Admiral Gan- t faume, with "00 unarmed refugees, fcunk by a German submarine. "December. 1 !M 4 Admiral von Tir- pitz foreshadowed adopted of submarine ca nipaign. "January .7. American ship William I. Krye. wit h wh fat from Se :ittle for Wueenstown. sunk by German an x ilia ry 'Tiiir K ronprinz AVil helm.. (Note The William 1. l'rye was sunk by the Pr i nz Kit el Fried rich, accord in g war. impartially enforced against all neutral ships.' Sig;e of lari Cited. "In 1S&2 Count Caprivi made the fol lowing remarks in the Reichstag, in the course of a discussion respecting the question of international protection for private property at sea: "In fact, it may be absolutely neces sary to destroy an enemy's trade. The private introduction, of provisions into Paris was prohibited during the siege, and in the same way a nation would be justified in preventing the import of food and raw products.' "These older German authorities were right. The truth is, all war is cruel, horrible. But those who have drenched Europe in blood, who scat ter death and destruction among com batants and noncombatants by their Zeppelin bombs and submarine tor pedoes; who by their poisoned gas and high explosive shells have maimed. tortured and slain millions of the best and bravest of their fellow creatures. are presuming- too far on the toleration of 'mankind when they complain of such a comparatively humane method of warfare as blockade. Which IH Truth f k Hurl. "Of the German peace overtures, if such they are to be cal led. I will say little. It was only in last December that their Chancellor declared that we believed it to be in our interests to attribute falsely to them peace propo sals. Yet the German government say that twice within the past few months Germany has announced before the world her readiness to make peace. Which is the truth? "It may be that the Germans want peace, if so. it is so because they fear defeat. It may only be that they want to appear peace fu I. For us it matters not. our attitude, at any rate, is un changed. We drew the sword unwill ingly. We shall sheath it gladly. But we should he untrue to our trusts: we should be betraying civilization, if we abandoned our task until we have re- stablished in Kurope the supremacy of law. the sanctity of treaties and the right of all nations, great and small, to live their tives. to fulfill their des tinies free from the intolerable menace Prussian militarism." DRUGSTORE RUINED AS OWNER PLEADS Fine Seattle Establishment Is Wrecked by Police Dam age May Reach $10,000. LIQUOR VIOLATION CHARGED her. The second Is that rhe has been in the County Jail since March 20. when she was arrested. Sentence will be pronounced next Saturday. Civil Suit Against Mayor and Po lice Cliief Announced Prom ise to Close Within 24 Honrs Is I" no red. LAD HILL CLUB ELECTS Every Member of Commercial Or ganization Is Farmer. LAD HIIL, Or.. May 6. (Special.) The Uad Hill Commercial Club at its regular meeting May 2 elected officer as follows: A. D. McCully. president: I. J. Tautfest. vice-president; Cleave Heater, secretary; John Sovey, treas urer; Frank Schmidt, sergeant-at-arms; C. H. Ives, Henry Keiffe. John Sovey. Frank. Kiser and I. J. Tautfest, direc tors. Lad Hill Is a prosperous farming dis trict In Clackamas and Yamhill coun ties, where the two counties Join t the intersection of the Willamette River. The Lad Hill Commercial Club wa organized a little over a year ago and probably has the distinction of being the only commercial club in the state whose every member Is a farmer. The organization has built a $1-00 com munity clubhouse which is all paid for. obtained better roads, secured a new voting precinct and numerous other advantage for the community. REV.G1 EDWARDS QUITS ORKC.OX CITY PASTOR WIM. RlvM) n Kts 1 1; . atiox to d a y. Minister Prominent In Young People Work, to ttcfome .tllMHionary at Billing!, lont. OIMCUOX CI TV, Or.. May 6. (Spe cial.) When the congregation of the First Congregational Church assembles this morning for the regular preaching service it will be cat led upon to hear the. resignation of the pastor. Rev George Nelson Edwards, who leaves soon for Billings, Mont., to enter upon held missionary work for his denomi nation. Kev. Mr. Kdwards has been in Oregon City sinee November, 1911, as pastor of the local Congregational Church. For more than 10 years he has been a resi dent of the Pacitic Coast, coming here from Connecticut, a ft er graduating from I'nion Theological Seminary of Har vard and Wesley an universities. He has been especially interested in young people s work in the church, reorgan ized the Christian Kndeavor and de veloped the Sunday school along graded lines. Purf ng h is pastorate he ha spoken at various conventions and in stitutes on this subject and led in th boys work, bringing about the e.stab lishment of a gymnasium in his ow T church, carried on the Hoy Scout work and other boys' clubs, as well as con ducting camps and hikes. Jn conjunction with Kev. Hoard N'. Smith, of Jennings J,odere, the Kev. Mr. Kd w ards worked out the first feder ated church organizat ion, a union of tin; Concrregational churches of this vi cinity, including Oregon City. Jennings bodtfe. Karkplace and Clackamas, whb-h adds much to their st renEth and fel lowship. The resigns t ion of Mr. Kdwards will become effective May '2. and a church meeting has been called for next Thurs day evening to take the necessary act ion. SEATTLE, Wash., May 6. (Special.) The J. J. Kejley drugstore, at 1313 First avenue, and the adjoining .soft drink establishment. alio ownd by Keiley, were wrecked about 11 o'clock this morning by a squad of police armed with sledges, axes, hammers and picks, bamare estimated at about $10,000 was wrought by the wrecking crew, whose work was witnessed by several hun dred people, who jammed the sidewalk and overflowed into the street. Grover K. "Desmond, of the law firm of Ryan & Desmond, attorneys for Keiley, announced that a civil suit to recover damages would be brought im mediately against the Chief of Police and Mayor Gill. In less than three-quarters of an hour after the first squad of police had entered the place the drugstore and the soft-drink place had been reduced to ruins. file only things left intact by the po lice were a collection of valuable paint ings worth approximately $60,000, which hung on the wail. Chief of Police Beck ingham and Lieutenant Charles Dolphin, who was in charge of the de struction, had agreed to save the paint ings before the wrecking crew started their work. Keiley literally bjrjred on his knees to spare him 24 hours to close his place, but the police turned a deaf ear to his pleadings. Keiley promised Lieutenant I'olphin that he would close the doors and not let another customer enter if the police would give him the oppor tunity. He said that he had given up his lease on June 1, but was willing to close immediately. It was after Keiley bad been ar rested on a charge of violating the dry law, and was going to the poli e station in an effort to have Chief Buck ingham halt the plans of the w reck ing crew, that Lieutenant Do I phi n ordered the work.besun. Sledges were wielded right and left. A pick was sent through the big plate -glass mir ror behind the bar, and the broken pieces crumbled on the floor. The bar. recognized before January 1 as one of the best in the city, was sawed Into pieces. With one swoop of a sledge a i row of bottles behind th bar were smashed. Chief Beck Ingham said that he was carrying out the orders of his "bosis and lawyer. Mayor Gill. SCHOOL CONTEST IS KEEN Miss Dorothy Parsons Chosen Ynnltj Fair at Kugonc. Kl'OEXE. Or.. May . 'Special.) Miss Dorothy Parsons, daughter of Mrs. Mabel If. Parsons, of Kugene. has been selected in the Vanity Fair content as the most popular young woman in the Kugene High School student body. The contest, wh ieh closed Thursday, was an event of the year with the factions in the school, which had each selected a candidate. Miss Parsons was the candidate of the A. O. K. Club. Politics at the high school are at the boiling point, with Ieslie Schwering and J4ugh MrOallum as candidates for president of the student body. SALEM MAY DAY HALTED Willamette UnlvcrsHy Programme May He Held This Week. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem. Or., May 6. (Special.) On account of the rain which fell yesterday and du ing the day today the entire Mayday programme has been called off and will be held the first good day next week. The junior play held last night was attended by a large crowd, who voted it as the bet amateur production ever given In the city. The 1917 Wallulah, the annual year book, made its appear ance today. Mrs. I'reda Ieonard Iteleased. Although convicted by a jury of ar son, a cri me pun ish able by from three to seven years in the penitervtiary, Mrs. Freda Leonard was released from tn County .lai I on her own recognizance yesterday by Circuit J udge Morrow. There were two reasons for this. One was that M rs. 3-eonard is 50 years old, and the District Attorney is not oppos ing a movement to obtain n parole for Don't Endure Etching Skin Iff nrp J1 ekln ufrr-r -h nar nueht relief In rriln. to trv this liquid wash, the D. D. P. Prescription for Ee (ma. All skin diseases yield Instantly to Its soothing oils. Its ingredients, oil of wintergreen. thymol and glycerin. have been used by doctors for years in the cure of the skin. Tho liquid form carries these healing Ingredients down through the pores to the root of the disease. Druggists are a-lad to recommend this soothing, cooling liquid. 2Rc, 60c and tl 0K Come to u and we will tell you more about this remarkable remedy. Your money bak tlnlefts the first bottle relieves you. D. P. D. Soap keeps your akin healthy. Ask about It. For 15 Tears the Standard Skin Remedy 3D. B. B. Thf Owl TTtriiK Company ly, ss m w fvr; .a v hi--:. ' m it V it' W I - i ii Hi I 1 I " I I1 M U I i NevSfGin-Bloch's 2035 Main Floor R to the record: "FebriiHr K.. 1 1 I - rcl;i ra t ion by the byma n government of intention to r institute a gener?! submarine blockade of Great Britain and Treln nd. with the avowed purpose of cutting off all sup plies from these islands. Thi block ade was put into effect officiallly Feb rnary 8, although, as a matter of fact, a merchant ship had been sunk by a Ger man submarine at the end of January Trade Ieaore K.n forced fteriarrf. "It was not until Marh 11, 115, that t ne present, measures against German trade were put in force bv Great Brit ain. Before the enforcement of those measures the Germans had destroyed cargoes of foodstuffs coming to the civilian population of this country; had declared their i n tent ion of inst it uting a. system of submarine outrage, and had actually submarim-d merchant ves sels without warning. "As for their pretended tenderness for non-combatants, their slaughter of old men, children, women and girls in Belgium and Northern France, not to speak of the unreported proceedings of their honored allies in Armenia, for ever prevent, them from being heard in siu h a cause. "The German government speaks of ninny millions of women and children, who. according t the avowed inten tion of the British government, are to be starved, and who by their sufferings shall force the victorious armies of the central powers into an ignominious capitulation. In this connection it is interesting to remember that at the beginning of last month the German Chancellor made the following remarks in the Reichstag: I can understand that in 1013 the enemy would, not give up hope of star'ing Germany, but i cannot under stand how cool heads can cling to it after the experience of 1915. Our ene mies forget that, thanks to the organ izing powers of the whole nation, Ger many is equal to the task of the dis tribution of victuals. Our stocks of bread and grain will not only be suf ficient, but will leave an ample reserve "with which to begin this new year. We have not run short of anything in the past nor shall we run short of any thing in the future." Strange Contradiction faargrd. "There is a curious contradiction be tween this statement and the present appeal on oenait ot starving women and chi Idren. However, presuming that tne statement of the. Chancel lor in the .Reichstag was untrue, it is interest ing to recall the opinions of two for mer German statesmen. Prince Bis marck and Count Caprivi. as to the right of a belligerent to cut off supplies from the enemy. In lSS.", at the time when His Majesty's government was discussing with the French govern ment the question of the right to de clare foodstuffs not intended for the military forces to be contraband. Prince Bismarck made the following state ment to the Kiel Chamber of Com merce: 41 'I reply to the Chamber of Com merce that any disadvantage our com mercial and carrying interests may suf fer by the treatment of rice as con traband of "war does not justify our opposing a measure which it has been thought fit to take in carrying on a foreign war. Every war is a calamity which entails evil consequences, not onlv to the combatants but also to neutrals. The measure in question has for its object the shortening of the war by increasing the difficulties of the enemy and is a. justifiable step in 2500 ELKS EXPECTED HOQl 1 M 1 ,0 Of i K PRF.PABKS FO It . M AMMXCTON RKIMO.V Clambake t Paelfle fe-h, Kxcumlon and Street nnce "4Vlll fea ture Kntertninmcnt. I lOQT'I AM. Wash., May 6. (Special.) He ports being received by the Ho- quiam lodge from Elks of various parts of the state indicate the annual con vention of the "Washington State Elks Reunion A ssociation here August 17-19 will be the largest ever held in the state by the order. Hoquiam Elks are preparing to entertain at least 2o00 Elks and their wives during the convention. The attendance at last year's convention at Bellingham was about 2000. large number of the lodges have organized Hoquiam clubs, according to word received here. These are made up of the Elks who ' have signed up to make the Hoquiam trip. The organiza tion of these clubs is being promoted by the officers of the state association and by the Hoquiam committee in charge of arrangements for handling the convention and visitors, which is headed by Frank H. Lamb. Among the big entertainment events planned for the visitors will be an ex cursion and clambake at Pacific Beach, street dance on the pavement of one of the downtown streets, and an auto mobile excursion to Lake Quiniault for those who come in autos and stay over for the Sunday following the con vention. .. i. ?'.' r-V tfVV ALL00NS FOR T Eve IDDIES child attending the Strand any day Vf or a week starting Today will receive a. balloon free witH our compliments NEW USrWULT CT A D' iilU VV JL -IJLV Atthe Temple of Vaudeville land Photoplays S TOD A' BEST YET T 7 The Strand management leaves no stone unturned in procuring for their patrons the best acts available; also r lOcVthan heretofore ltitsli to Nuliafrak IJeportcil. PF.WARH, Alaska, May 6. Person, arriving at Seldovia from Kamlsliak Bay, on the west roast of Cook Inlet, report that the old-timers in that re gion are hastening up Xushasak River, lured by reports that two men have lo cated along: that river a lead of oxi dized gold quartz running $2.50 to the ran. Be Careful in Using - Soap on Your Hair Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, which is very Injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing to use Is Just plain mulslfied cocoanut oil. for it j pure and entirely sreaseless. It's very cheap, and beats the most expensive soaps or any thing else all to pieces. You can get this at any drug store, and a few ounces will last the while family for months. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub It in. about a teaspoon ful Is all that Is required. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor oughly and rinses out easily. The halt dries quickly and evenly, and is soft fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy, and easy to handle. Besides. It loosens and takes out every particle of dust, dirt and dandruff. Adv. you still more 4-VAUDEVILLE ACTS-4 6-PH0T0PUY A( Starting at 1 P.M.-Continuooa tol P. M. ttoOy WILLING, BENTLEY &WILLING Blackface Comedians ia New Staging and Danciaj jJoYelty DE BOURG SISTERS Funny French TRIXTERS HENKEL Xylophone Virtuoso FOSTER & FOSTER Gloom Dispellers M'lLYAR & HAMILTON Comedy Novelty ia Barrel Jumping THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN FILMDOM LOUISE LOVELY with LON CHANET and CekkraUd Cast in a Now Bloebird Production THE GILDED SPIDER ITS TKRHXIh'G! ITS SENSATIONAL! irSOUPPWa U4S1 PARICATSTARK Gam.plQtg Change of Program Every Sunday 5-Thursc r.-... WAM. v. he Older men are just as Keen for our Clothes as ikeYoumev elementr C 11. Qnoenm Morrison at Touvw iTurATcri : t