The Sunday Oregonian., June 10, 1917, Section One, Page 18, Image 18

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9 ARE CANDIDATES
FOR SCHOOL BOARD
Five Candidates File in One
Day, and Additional
. . Names Expected.
TWO ARE TO BE ELECTEE)
O.M.Plummcr, Whose Term Is Cur
tailed by New Law, May Possibly
Be Candidate, ad May J. V.
Beach, Retiring Chairman.
hough the Job of School Director Is
popularly supposed to be . a mighty
thankless one, there Is plenty of. com
petition for the two vacancies on the
Portland School Board to be filled at
the school election next Saturday,
June 16.
five more candidates filed yesterday.
This brings the total number of candi
dates now In the field to nine.
.Those who filed yesterday were Dr.
umund Myers, physjc-zi and surgeon
of 663 East Stas1- reet; W. LJ Rick-
man, treasurer of the Modern Printing
and P"b.Shing Company, who lives at
102:. vlllamook street; Oren R. Richards,
lawyer, living at 1175 East Main
street; Clarence D. Porter, who is in
tne surety business and lives at 400
Kaat Forty-ninth stret North, and W.
B. Streeter. real estate and mining man,
who lives at 75 Ella street.
More Candidates to File.
The number of candidates is more
than likely to be increased to 10, and
perhaps to 11, on Monday morning
when the ballots will be sent to the
printer.
O. M. Hummer, member of the pres
ent School Board, who has been legis
lated out of office by political foes
through the new law reducing terms
of school directors from five years to
three, at first declared he would not
seek re-election. Mr.- Plummer is in
Marshfield on business, buf Just be
fore going there three days ago he
eatd he had about concluded to put his
name on the ballot and let the people
decide for themselves whether they
favor his retirement. He will return
today and probably will file tomorrow.
Beach Kndinjc 20 Years' Service.
J. V. Beach, present chairman of
the board, whose five-year term expires
at tills election, has not announced yet
whether he will be a candidate. His
friends are under the impression, how.
ever, that he will file Monday. Mr.
Beach has served on the board continu
ously for 20 years.
The four candidates -who had filed
previous to yesterday are Mrs. Ina
Coleman, president of the Woodlawn
Parent-Teacher Association; U. DeWitt
Maxson, manager of the Western
Farquhar Machinery Company; Mrs.
Ferdinand E. Reed, wife of the presi
dent of the Laurelhurst Club, and
Uolph R. Norton, grocer.
Porter Resident of City 12 Years.
Here are some facts about candidates
who filed yesterday:
Clarence D. Porter is manager of the
surety bond department of James Mcl.
Wood & Co., and has been a resident
of Portland for the past 12 years. His
residence is at 400 East Forty-ninth
street North, in the Rose City Park
district.
"if elected, I stand for a strict busi
ness administration," he announced
las.t night, "and above all for economy
FEUDALISM AGAINST FREEDOM ISSUE, SAYS DAN J. MALARKEY
RINGING appeal for a whole-
ZA hearted loyalty to the ideals for ,
which America and the allies
stand in the present war was made in
the address of Dan J. Malarkey at the
annual concert by the British societies
of the city in celebration of Empire
day at the Lincoln High School audi
torium Saturday night. May 26. He
Eaid:
"Not the least of the consolations
coming out of this world war is the
better understanding by Americana of
British institutions and ideals and the
firmer friendship between the two peo
ples thereby insured.
"Prior to this war the average Tin
traveled American, smugly satisfied
that his country was safe from involve
ment In quarrels on other continents
and abundantly able to defend herself
on this one. knew little and thought
less about the governments and poli
cies of other countries. To him Britain
and Germany seemed In pretty much
the same class. To his mind they were
both ruled by hereditary sovereigns In
the same general way. Now he knows
that, while Germany's Kaiser is an ab
solute monarch with despotic power
and purpose, Britain's King is largely
a figurehead and more ornamental than
necessary in her scheme of govern
ment; and he has learned that Britain's
real rulers are chosen from a demo
cratic people by a democratic people
for a democratic people and that the
British system of government resem
bles the German Just about as much
as the cooing of a dove resembles the
hissing of . a rattlesnake. As an
American I can say, after personal ob
servation on British soil, that no more
in America than In Britain are indi
vidual rights cherished and asserted
by citizens and respected and upheld by
those in authority.
British Empire Means TTnioM.
"For like reasons the true scope and
meaning of the 'British Empire has not
been understood by many of my coun
trymen. To the uninformed that word
Empire' suggests conquered peoples
forcibly ruled by the legions and dic
tates of some Caesar in a distant capi
tal of imperialistic power. But far dif
ferent Is this 'British Empire" whose
existence we celebrate this evening.
"The phrase 'British Empire' signi
fies the union which exists between and
the tie that binds together five free
and independent states the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the mother country, and the four great
democracies of Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and South Africa.
"Canada, our nearest neighbor, with
whom we have lived in peace and har
mony for over a century without forti
fications or soldiers on either side of
thousands of miles of common boun
dary, because the same love of liberty
and justice flourishes on both sides
of that boundary.
"Australia and New Zealand, pioneers
in electoral and Industrial reforms,
whose achievements for better and
broader democracy have inspired these
United States to similar efforts and
whose laws have served as models for
much of our corrective and progressive
legislation.
"South Africa, where those who only
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wherever possible. Many of my friends
have urged me to enter the race and
I feel that my experience in the under
writing of surety business will be of
help to the work of the school dis
trict."
William B. Streeter haa been a resident
of Portland for 30 years and is a heavy
property owner and taxpayer. He is
in the real estate and mining business,
but has had much experience in build
ing work.
. Streeter Directs Building.
As receiver for the James S. Winters
Company, contractors on the Franklin
High School, he completed that impor
tant school building and turned it over
to the district. He has taken an active
Interest in child welfare work, par
ticularly in connection with children's
wards at the hospitals. .
"I know a good deal about buildings
and their cost and 1 know that much
money could be saved on the construc
tion of school "buildings for the dis
trict, f said Mr. Streeter. "I am a tax
payer, not a politician, and I am a can
didate without any political ax to
grind whatsoever. I have been asked to
run by many business men as a busi
ness men's candidate. I have handled
extensive property interests in Port
land, am anxious to reduce taxes and
know some ways in which taxes can
be reduced."
Oren R. Richards is a lawyer, of the
firm of Richards & Richards, and lives
at 1175 East Main street. He is a
property owner and taxpayer, both in
Multnomah and other counties. . Mr.
Richards has lived in Portland about
six years, having come here from the
state of Washington.
His wife, Maude L. Richards, was a
teacher in the public schools when Bhe
was married to Mr. Richards some years
ago, and when the School Board sought
a few years ago bore arms against
Great Britain have become contented
citizens of a self-governing state that
Is proud of its membership in the Brit
ish Empire and are today earnestly
fighting for the Union Jack under the
same Generals who so lately led them
against it.
Each a Nation Into Itself.
"Each of these four dominions is a
nation unto Itself. By the free and
untrammeled suffrages of its citizens
each chooses its own officials and
makes its own laws. The mother coun
try neither legislates for nor taxes any
of them. They and the mother country
are not bound together by any such
written compact as our Federal Con
stitution. The five have not Joined in
any grant of power to any central gov
erning body. No legislature composed
of representatives of the five makes
laws on subjects of common concern
which bind alL
"That the units of the British Em
pire should be bound together by some
such compact and subject to some Buch
legislature is my opinion. That some
plan for a stronger consolidation and
closer federation of those units will be
adopted soon after this war ends Is my
prophecy. But the remarkable fact is
that the British Empire has been only
a loose form of co-operation based
principally upon kindly feelings and
good will between the members there
of; and the splendid truth is that, prior
to this war. about the strongest tie
which has held together those mem
bers situate as they are in the four
corners of the earth has been. Instead
of a tie of force or even of written law,
the tie of common Ideals and common
aspirations, the tie of common belief
in and common devotion to the princi
ples of safe and sound democracy.
"And, as Canada and Australia and
New Zealand and South Africa have
been made free and Independent, It is
the policy of the United Kingdom to
continue adding to the units of the
British Empire by granting self-government
to other British colonies as
rapidly as that may be safely done.
"The British Empire embraces lands
and peoples in every part of the globe.
Within it are found communities of al
most every race and color and religion
and grade of civilization. It maintains
law and order amongst and prevents
war between one-quarter of the human
race.
Hlghts of Nations Respected.
"The British Empire is a common
wealth of nations democratic nations,
nations which derive their powers from
the consent of the governed and re
spect the rights of all other nations.
The existence of such a British Empire
and of these United States gives hope
for the creation some day of that league
of nations which will put an end to the
arbitrament of war. The downfall of
either would be a staggering blow to
civilization and set this world back
hundreds of years.
"Though this misunderstanding by
Americans of Britain and the British
Empire has been largely due to our
lack of interest in world affairs, two
other causes have contributed to it.
"The first of these causes Is the no
tion to the life of which during the
past quarter century the insidious
workings of a German propaganda
have effectively contributed that Eng
land is the hereditary enemy of the
United States because this Nation was
born of a revolt against an English
King. For none are quick to find or
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her dismissal on that ground she took
the matter to the courts and -won. The
case aroused much interest and estab
lished the principle that the Board can
not, dismiss a teacher for no other rea
son than that she marries.
Efficiency la Dcatred.
"The thing I want is efficiency in the
schools, and an economical administra
tion of them in a business-like -way
without any politics," said Mr. Rich
ards. "That is my platform. Efficiency
should come first in school administra
tion and politics last."
Dr. Edmund Myers is a physician and
surgeon. He lives at 663 East Stark
street, and has been in Portland about
five years. He practiced medicine in
Boston four years before coming to
Portland, and is a graduate of the Bos
ton Latin School and the Jefferson
Medical School of Philadelphia..
"My platform calls for elimination of
a. fancy frills that- go to make up
the present grade school - education,"
declared Dr. Myers. "I shall insist that
children be taught to have a thorough
knowledge of the three 'Rs." I think a
child who has finished the grade
schools should at least be able to work
out a correct answer to so simple a
Question as what the interest for three
years would be on $100 at per cent,
compounded semi-annually, but under
the present educational system there
are many high school pupils who can
not give a correct answer."
Linn County Gets Busy This Week.
ALBANY, dr., June 9. (Special.)
Committees will make an effort during
the week of June 18 to 23 to raise
Linn County's share of Oregon quota
for the National fund of the Red Cross
Society. This county is expected to
provide $15,000.
ready to admit virtues in . their ene
mies. "No true American would, however,
upon reflection, be influenced by such
an appeal to prejudice. And by "true
American," I mean one whose loyalty
to the land of his birth or adoption is
not tempered by sympathy for or antip
athy against any other nation one
who loves America more than he loves
any other country and more than he
hates any other country.
First War Against German Kins:.
"What was our "War of Independ
ence?" It was a war waged by English
men under the leadership of that noble
specimen of English manhood George
Washington: And for what did they
fight? For the inherited rights of
Englishmen, which they contended be
longed to Englishmen in America as
well as to Englishmen in England. And
when they won their fight those in
herited rights of Englishmen were set
forth and preserved In and by the
Constitution of the United States. And
against whom did they fight? Against
a German King, who happened to then
occupy the English throne and against
his hired German - soldiers.
"The active sympathies of such
statesmen in the mother country as Ed
mund Burke and Charles James Fox
and William Pitt were with the Amer
ican revolutionists; and they more
nearly represented the true sentiments
of the rank and file of the English
people than did the Hanoverian King,
George III, and "his reactionary advis
ers and Hessian hirelings.
"But. aside from that, England ' did
not cling to the policies that brought
on the American revolution. She prof
ited by the lesson that revolution
taught as the British Empire of today
so amply demonstrates. And the truest
and most dependable friend Uncle
Sam ever has had during the past 50
years the friend who told a German
Admiral to get out of Dewey's way
down rn Manila Bay the friend whose
power and influence has enabled him
to maintain his 'Monroe Doctrine' with
out forcibly defending it the friend
whose ideas and ideals were in entire
harmony wjth his own has been John
Bull, who is now ally as well as friend.
Irish Question Discussed.
"The second contributing cause to
American misunderstanding, of things
British has been the "Irish Question."
And here, as with the first, plotting
Germany has been busy. I am of Irish
ancestry, and I can now -understand,
as I did not then, why some Teutonic
friends of past years were ever keen
to remind me of Ireland's troubles and
England's wrongdoing: and I now
grasp the meaning of their then vague
references to a German-Irish alliance.
"No phase of foreign politics has
been kept so conspicuously before the
American public as this Irish question
thanks to the praiseworthy activi
ties of American citizens of Irish birth
or lineage. And the picture has been
so painted of a people seeking relief
from America's ancient enemy as to ex
cite compassion for the one and arouse
resentment against the other. But the
average American is Ignorant of the
Irish realities of today and does not
understand the twists and turns of the
Irish question as it now stands.
"Naturally my sympathies are strong
ly intensely with the Irish people.
But I do not. on that account, endorse
every wild demand of every Irish ex
tremist or refuse to recognize the
manifest difficulties of the situation
from a British standpoint. Much less
have I. for that reason, been so bigot
ed and blind, ao narrowminded and
OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND,
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24 RECEIVE DEGREES
SCOTTISH RITE MASOXS EXD THIRTY-SIXTH
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P. S. Malcolm, Charles F. Bergr and E.
J. Jonea Make Addresses
at Local Meeting-.
The 36th reunion of Scottish Rite
Masons, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral,
was concluded late last night -with the
conferring of the 32d degree upon a
large class. .
The concluding day's session was
marked by several splendid addresses,
among them one by E. J. Jones, de
livered yesterday forenoon being en
titled "Higher Philosophy of the Scot
tish Rite Degree.''
At the evening session an address
was delivered by P. S. Malcolm, head
of Scottish Rite Masonry in Oregon,
with a response by Charles F. Berg,
orator for the class.
At noon the class photograph was
taken. Later in the afternoon waa
conferred the first section of the 32d
degree. At 8 o'clock last night the
class assembled again and the final
ceremonial conferring of the degree
was carried out.
The class and its officers follow:'
James, E. Martin, Portland, president;
U. S. Grant. Dallas. . vice-president;
Charles F. Berg, Portland, orator; Wal
ter S. Mulr, Dallas, secretary; Samuel
Swirsky, Portland, treasurer; Arthur
C. Patterson, Portland, historian; F. S.
Doernbecher, Portland; A. B. Mulr,
nearsighted, as to condone the crimes
and tolerate the tyranny of foes of
democracy and decency just because
they happened to be the enemies of
Britain.
"Irishmen are born Democrats. They
are naturally chivalrous and sympa
thetic and opposed to anything savor
ing of injustice or persecution. And
how any Irish-American could, for a
moment, honestly wish for the tri
umph of a power that has done and
stood for the things unthinkable be
fore their perpetration that Prussian
ized Germany has in this war, is be
yond my comprehension. Thank God,
only a few have so wished, though
some of that few, spurred on by Ger
man intrigue and . influence, have at
times been quite noisy.
Britain and Germany Contrasted.
"When such have sought to divert
my sympathies from the cause of the
allies with talk of British . oppression
of our Irish ancestors I have replied
thus: "I live in tha present and not in
the past. What England did to Ire
land a century ago cannot be undone.
But what Germany is doing to civili
zation today can and ought to be
stopped. Am I, an American, to over
look Germany's defiant trampling on
the rights of my country and excuse
Germany's murder of American men
and women and children because, for
sooth, an English ruler wronged some
of my Irish forbears? Unlike Prussian
ized Germany, which emulates an At
tila and still marches in the footsteps
of Frederick the' Great, Britain has
moved forward and upward and is to
day defending popular government
against panoplied despotism. What
ever the errors or differences of the
past, I know that in this conflict Brit
ain fights for what is gloriously and
everlastingly right and Germany fights
for what " is damnably and eternally
wrong.'
"I am for the Irish cause as repre
sented by Redmond and Dillon and
O'Brien, and not for the visionary
schemes of the Sinn Fein. ' Ireland is
entitled to Home Rule as a part of the
British Empire, and it should be Home
Rule of and for all and not a part
for a united and not a partitioned Ire
land. But a glance at a map is suffi
cient to show that for Britain to turn
Ireland entirely adrift to establish her
own position and make her own alli
ances and take her own chances in a
world that contains a Prussianized
Germany would certainly spell death
for Britain and disaster for Ireland.
"That Britain has been guilty of
grave mistakes in her treatment of
Ireland no. impartial student of his
tory can deny. But the Britain of this
generation is no more the Britain of
a hundred years ago in her feelings
towards Ireland than In her feelings
towards America. And I know that
the British government has, during
the past 40 years, sought to ameliorate
conditions and remove old grievances
and injustices in Ireland. And I be
lieve that but for the intervention of
thia war the Irish question would ere
now have been settled to the satisfac
tion of Ireland's rational friends.
"I have no doubt that such a sincere
democrat as Lloyd George honestly de
sires to give Ireland as full and fair a
measure of self-government aa is con
sistent with .he safety of the British
Empire. And. with thousands of Amer
ican friends of the Irish people, I
earnestly hope his latest great effort
to that end the calling of a conven
tion of Irishmen of all classes and
creeds and all parts and parties to set
tle this difficult question will be
crowned with success, and the final ob
stacle to permanent -co-operation and'
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DEGREES AT REUNION OF SCOTTISH RITE MASONS YESTERDAY.
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Dallas: A. J. Clarke, . Portland; H.
Schwartz, Los Angeles; H. E. Walter.
Enterprise; C. S. Russell, Portland; J.
W. Kennedy, Eugene; J. S. Mann, Linn
ton; F. W. Soller, Portland; E. Brttt,
Jacksonville, Or.; W. W. Ward, Port
land; C. B. Sundberg. Dallas: J. L.
Wright, Portland; G. A. McCulloch,
Amity; L. M. Jones, Portland; J. Arndt,
Portland; L. A. Bollman, Dallas; W. H.
Johnson, Jacksonville, Or.
RECRUITS ARE YET NEEDED
Places Still Open for Enlistments in
. Ambulance Corps.
Recruits are still needed in the Am
bulance Corps that is being recruited
at 602 Medical building. A total of
119 enlisted men is necessary.
Efforts are being made to have the
corps at full ' strength by Tuesday or
Wednesday night. Those in charge
will be there between 11 o'clock and
2 o'clock today to receive applications.
The office will be open tomorrow and
tomorrow night, aa well as Tuesday.
RECRUITING IS STOPPED
Reserve Engineer Organizations Get
New Order.
Enlistments in reserve engineer or
ganizations, railroad regiments of reg
ular engineers, have been held up tem
porarily on instructions from Brigadier-General
Black, chief of Engineers,
who has communicated with Colonel
Zinn. in charge of Portland districts.
lasting friendship between the Ameri
can and British governments and peo
ples will be thereby removed.
Fifty Years' Preparation Made.
"For 60 years Prussianized Germany
forged the weapons for this war.
"She created a tremendous army and
a powerful navy. Trained to the min
ute and armed to the teeth and sup
plied with every devilish death-dealing
device that science and skill could
produce, they were ready for the fray.
Submarines to drown unoffending neu
trals and Zeppelins to hail death on
harmless civilians were provided in
plenty. Munitions and supplies were
piled up and even bullion was hoarded
for years in anticipation of the day.
Railroads were built and canals were
dug and factories were established and
hospitals were located with a view to
their military usefulness. The arts of
hypocrisy and cunning, of intrigue and
corruption, were taugnt to spies by the
thousands.
"And hand in hand with their ma
terial preparations went the moulding
of public opinion and the education of
her populace. The teachings and
preachings of years In schools and
universities, from pulpit and platform,
through books and newspapers all
dominated by one central thought and
directed from one central agency bore
the expected fruit; and the German
people came to believe they were a
race of super-men and ordained by
God to impose their kultur by fire and
sword under the lead of their divinely
appointed Kaiser upon the inferior
races of the earth.
"Never had there been such long and
careful and deliberate preparation for
such an event. German efficiency and
foresight had overlooked nothing, had
covered every detail.
"Finally all was ready. The moment
arrived when Internal conditions in un
suspecting Britain and France and Rus
sia seemed most auspicious for the at
tack, and the thunderbolt was hurled.
With 'Might Is right' and German
necessity knows no law' and 'Treaties
are mere scraps of paper as their bat
tle cries, the mighty hosts of invading
Huns bore down upon their peaceful
and peace-loving neighbors.
Germany Made Great Mistake.
"As we look back at those first few
months and recall the suddenness and
ferocity of that first terrific onslaught
and the unpreparedness of those who
opposed It. little short of miraculous
does It seem that the Invaders did not.
as they had so confidently planned,
entirely overrun France, as well as
Belgium, in that initial drive. The
heroic defense of the Belgian martyrs
at Liege, the stubborn resistance of
the small British force at Mons. each
helped pave the way for the glorious
Frenoh victory at the Marne which
saved democracy to the world.
"Germany's great mistake was the
Invasion of Belgium. That bared her
methods and motives to the rest of the
world as nothing else could have done.
That quickly brought Britain Into the
arena.
"Like America. Britain had her paci
fists,' her preachers against prepared
ness, her scoffers at those who warned
against Germany's unholy plans and
designs, which, toward the last, em
boldened by her long and easy success
In fooling the British public, she hardly
deigned to conceal. Britain had that
kind by the hundreds of thousands up
to the moment she was plunged into
this war. Conscious of her own honor
able purposes and unable to realize
the aims and intentions of Prussian
Junkerism. most of the British nation
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A. McCalloch. Amity, Or.) I- 51. Jones, Port-
that men applying for enlistment in
other engineer organizations are to be
enrolled for later enlistment.
The telegram from General Black
follows:
"In order to comply with a decision
of the Judge Advocate General, not
yet In print, you are instructed to make
no further enlistments in the Engineer
Enlisted Reserve Corps except for the
railway regiments. List suitable ap
plicants with a view of obtaining en
listments later, under provision for
volunteer enlistments contained in the
act of Congress approved May 18."
rdAYOR-ELECT HAS FRIENDS
Scores of Congratulatory Telegrams
Received by George L. Baker.
In addition to the thousands of con
gratulations showered on Mayor-elect
Baker since Monday's election by Port
land people he has received scores of
telegrams from friends and officials of
other cities from all over the country.
Among the telegrams of congratula
tion are those of Mayor Rolph, of
San Francisco; Congressman McArthur,
Governor Withycombe. Mayor Harley,
of Astoria, and the Mayors and other
officials of several other cities of the
Northwest.
Company C. Auxiliary to Form.
Parents of members of Company C,
Third Infantry, Oregon National Guard,
will meet Thursday night at Library
Hall. Central Library, to form a Com
pany C Auxiliary. Colonel May, Cap
tain Bowman and other officers will be
present. The sword given to Captain
Bowman will be on display at the meet
ing. had, prior to August, 1914, refused to
believe that Germany could ever com
mit one one-hundredth of the crimes
she was boasting of before that month
was over. Britain's credulity in Ger
many's innocent purposes was less ex
cusable than America's, for she was
near enough to the den of the wild
beast to hear him sharpening his
claws.
Empire More Than a Name.
"And then, after Germany entirely
discarded her mask and the veil was
lifted from Britain's eyes, it was. soon
shown that the "British Empire" was
something more than a name. Instead
of the defections Germany had so con
fidently counted on, there promptly
came to the mother country from every
part and parcel of that vast empire un
bidden pledges of loyalty and assist
ance, followed shortly by voluntary of
ferings of the flower of colonial and
dominion manhood.
"And why? Austrialia and New
Zealand have not fought this war for
Pacific islands. South Africa has not
engaged in it for material advantage.
Canada's participation is prompted by
no desire for financial or territorial
gain. They have fought it because
those ideals of freedom and justice and
peace which are the breath of their
nostrils were threatened by an ava
lanche of armored autocracy.
"Never was issue cleaner cut than
this war presents. Feudalism 'versus
freedom. Panoplied despotism against
popular government. 'Might is right'
against 'Right is might." A premedi
tated assault by autocracy rampant
upon the edifice of democracy. De
fenders of human liberty resisting the
foes of human rights.
"With such Issues there was never
any question of where America be
longed, there was never any serious
doubt of where she would land. But to
some of us it did seem, with Belgium
and Serbia and Roumanla stricken to
death on the battlefield, and the life
blood of Britain and France and Italy
and Russia being sapped to the danger
point, that she was an' awful long time
landing.
Neutrality Waa Impossible.
"True, there was no neutrality here.
That was impossible. In the world of
ideals war was declared between Ger
many and the United States in 1914.
The bulk of the American people early
realized that at root the conflict was
between the principles of militarism
and autocracy and the principles of
liberty and law. To the latter prin
ciples the life of their Nation was con
secrated and they could not, therefore,
be neutral. But American sympathy
silenced no German guns and American
moral support checked no German ad
vances. And American manhood yearned
to fight with and for those who were
fighting for all America held dear.
"Yet the step was so contrary to all
our traditions, the hope that victory
would come to the allies without our
intervention was so natural and at
times so bright, the advisability of a
policy that would unify all our people
was so impelling, and we seemed so
distant from the battlefields and so
apart from the nations in this war. that
our long hesitation before casting the
fatal die is easily understood. Least of
all our present allies should the British
people find fault with our course; for
it is not very long since the boastful
watchword of Britain's foreign policy
was 'splendid isolation.'
"The Inevitable finally came. The
blow was struck. And. to make the
world 'safe for democracy," the great
democracy of the Western Hemisphere
CHAMBER TO SHOW
-61RLSIH FEMIHALLS
Home Industries League Will
Hold Display for Ladies'
Day Programme.
GARB EXHIBIT IS DARING
Members Council Will Show Other
Pieces of Women's Apparel on
Living Modclii Prize Arc
to Be Awarded.
Trouserettes. feminalls, or what-you-call'ems.
being, in fact, overalls for
women, will be displayed in all their
glory at the regular weekly meeting of
the Members' Council of the Chamber of
Commerce tomorrow noon. The day has
been siven over to A. G. Clark, manager
of the Home Industry League.
Living models will parade about the
bitr dining-room at the Chamber, show
ins the newest and most revolutionary
item in women's garb, one of the things
the war has brought us.
It's quite a daring thing for the said
business men who make up the Cham
ber of Commerce to do, exploit so revo
lutionary a thinir as trousered girl mod
els tripping about in bifuricated dress.
But it is going to be done and in all
probability the attendance will make
a new record for these regular meetings
of members of the Chamber.
Ladles' Day la Council's First.
It will be known as ladies day and
for the first time in the history of the
Members' Council, women will attend
the gathering. The motif for the meet
ing is the showing of home industries
and the new working habit for the fair
sex is only one of the things that will
be displayed, all from local manufac
turing plants.
Other items of dress that appeal to
women will be shown, on living models
and there are other products of local
plants to be placed on exhibit. A. G.
Clark will preside and explain the pur
pose of the Home Industry League.
Candidates-elect will make short
talks. George L. Baker, the new Mayor,
and A. L. Barbur, John M. Mann and
Dan Kellaher, soon to take their places
as City Commissioners, will attend and
speak. The fostering of home indus
try will be the chief subject of interest.
Prlsea to Be Awirdnl,
In honor of the attendance of women
friends and members, souvenirs and
prizes will be given. E. L. Thompson,
chairman of the Members' Council, ad
vises that as seating capacity is limit
ed, all should arrive early.
The exhibitors are: Valentine Manu
facturing Company, toys: Fleischner.
Mayer & Co., mackinaw goods, overalls;
Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company,
tents, awnings, etc.; Portland Woolen
Company, men's and women's hats and
caps; Utility Garment Company, HvlnfT
models, ladies' overalls, suits and
dresses; Adrian Neckwear Company,
men's neckwear; Vogan Candy Com
pany, candy.
Prizes and samples will be given by:
Vogan Candy Company, candy: Colum
bia Carbon Paper Company, carbon pa
per; Portland Rubber Mills Company,
rubber shoe sales; Union Meat Com
pany. Gold Crest butter: Dwight-Ed-wards
Company, coffee: Blumauer
Frank Drug Company, toilet sets: Clos
set & Devers. coffee; Valentine Manufacturing-
Company, flower vases; Pa
cific Coast Biscuit Company, cakes and
crackers; Mount Hood Soap Company,
toilet soap.
is taking her place alongside the Brit
ish and French democracies of the
Eastern Hemisphere.
"America enters this war in no half
hearted spirit. Our Government fully
realizes, and all our people soon will,
the tremendous power of the enemy
whose challenge we have accepted and
the magnitude of the task we have un
dertaken and the probability of great
sacrifice and suffering before that task
is done. With our President we say:
To such a task we dedicate our lives
and our fortunes, everything that- we
are and everything that we have."
Life of Democracy at Stake.
"The life of democracy is truly at
stake in this war in more ways than
one. Not only must the existing
democracies which are Imperiled or
threatened be saved by physical over
throw of their antagonist, but the
children of democracy must, by show
ing their capacity and willingness to
readily grasp and intelligently solvo
the strange - and unpleasant problems
this crisis thrusts upon them, prove
that democracy itself Is really worth
saving. Not only must democracy's
Bons show by their valor on land and
sea that political liberty has not made
them physically unfit to cope with
autocracy's trained troops, but her sons
and daughters left at home must do
their bit. and, by helping generously
and enduring uncomplainingly, prove
themselves a real supporting and sus
taining army behind the fighting line.
"United for democracy under the
Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes,
with the glorious trl-color of France
flying between, we will fight the good
fight never losing hope and never
doubting the outcome until we have
forced William Hohenzollern to join
his cousin, Nicholas Romanoff, in the
quiet and harmless occupation of gar
dening. And not the least grateful
amongst the inhabitants of this earth
when that end is attained will be the '
disillusioned and reincarnated German
people.
Nations Have Peerless Lenders.
"Yes, we are united for democracy.
And united under peerless leadership:
Lloyd George, fearless friend of the
weak and the lowly, greatest democrat
of this generation, risen from the ranks
of the common people to be head of
the world-wide British Empire; Wood
row Wilson, patient pleader for Jus
tice and right, marvelous -moulder of
public opinion, determined director of
an aroused Nation, the one best fitted
by talents and temperament to tw
chief in this land of free men. Ardent
lovers of peace, bitter haters of ag
gression, they Join hands to preserve
the rights of man against the enslav
ing attack of educated and scientific
barbarism the most powerful and
ruthless and best equipped and pre
pared barbarians this earth has yet
produced.
"Democracy never had and never will
have two truer and more worthy cham
pions. They seem predestined to meet
and master the greatest emergency In
history. Under their leadership the
British and American commonwealths
stand shoulder to shoulder to defend
throughout the globe the traditions of
liberty and law which constitute their
common heritage. And then, when
triumph comes, as come It must to surli
a cause as they fight for; when the
war drums throb no longer and the
battle flags are furled, let us hope
that America and Britain will lead the
way to permanent peace and universal
democracy in a parliament of man and
a federation of the world."
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