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TITE STJ2TOAY OEEGONIAX, POUTXAXBI, NOVEMBER 3, 191S. 15 PRESIDENT'S APPEAL TO PEOPLE GERARD WARNS OF EFFECT ON BERLIN If Anti -Administration Con gress Is Elected Favor able Moment the Allies May Pass. Washington, Oct. !8.--TJ. F.) Germany would see In a Republican victory In tha coming election a victory for pi-German In tha United States, according to former Ambassador to Germany Gerard, whs has ' Issued a statement warning of the serious ness of tha situation the Nation is facing. 1 kuw kc wrote, "that Oermaaa eu o4entu sat politic! aystesai that, If a Ccsstcm ppd te the President Is) elected they will believe; aaala what they believed before we dared to war with them, that there la la tha ETlte4 Statfes a great aaabn ef people favorable te the Seraaaa cause aad efaUei te the President aad to war. Aad, encouraged by this belief, the satlitary reeiataaee ef the people will aaala atlffea aad the raver able imomeat for the allies saay pass. "1 an so sara ef thla that If I were apposed ta every ether poller ef the Presi dent aad were he aay bitterest eaeavy, I aheold aavertheleaa bear the Aanerleaa sea pie to flip 90 rt bias at thla fatefal aae- meat. At tha same time tha committee made public a letter to Benator Lodge front ex-Senator Hansbreugh, North Dakota Re publican, saying be could not escape tha conclusion that the minority campaign "really amounts to" a scheme "deliberate ly intended to counteract the great demo cratic movement now going- on in the world." My Fellow Countrymen: The Congressional elections are at hand. They occur in the most critical period our coun try has ever faced, or is likely to face in our time. If you have approved of my leader ship and wish to continue me to be your unembarrassed spokesman in affairs at home and abroad, I earnestly beg that you will express your selves unmistakably to that ef fect by returning a Democratic majority to both the Senate and the House of Representa tives. I am your servant and will accept your judgment without cavil, but my power to admin ister the great trust assigned me by the Constitution would be seriously impaired should your judgment be adverse, and I must frankly tell you so because so many critical issues de pend upon your verdict. No scruple of taste must, in grim times ikes these, be allowed to stand in the way of speaking the plain truth. I have no thought of suggesting that any political party ia paramount In matters of patriotism. I feel too keenly the sacrifices which have been made in this war by all our citizens, irrespective of party affiliation, to harbor such an idea. I mean only that the difficulties and delicacies of our present task are of a sort that make it imperatively necessary that the Nation should give its undivided support to- the Government under a unified leadership, and that a Republican Congress would divide the leadership. The leaders of the minority in the present Congress have unquestion ably been pro-war, but they have been anti-Administration. At almost every turn since we entered the war they have sought to take the choice of policy and the conduct of the. war out of my hands and put it under the control of instrumentalities of their own choosing. This is no time either for divided counsel or for divided leadership. Unity of command is ' as necessary now in civil actions as it is upon the field of battle.' If control of the House and Senate should be taken away from the party now in power, an opposing majority could assume control of legislation and oblige all action to be taken amid contest and obstruction. The return of a Republican majority to either house of Congress would, moreover, certainly be interpreted on the other side of the water as a re pudiation of my leadership. Spokesmen of the Republican party are urg ing you to elect a Republican Congress, in order to back up and support the President, but, even if they should in this way impose upon some cred ulous voters on this side of the water, they would impose on no one on the other side. It is well understood there, as well as here, that the Republican leaders desire not so much to support the President as to control him. The people of the allied countries with whom we are associated against Ger many are quite familiar with the significance of elections. They would find it very difficult to believe that the voters of the United States had chosen to support their President by electing to the Congress a majority controlled by those who are not in fact in sympathy with the attitude and action of the. Administration. y A : V - SHALL THE WAR BE FOUGHT IN VAIN? 1 V V r a. f V f 4 'eESsr"sl N ss I need not tell you, my fellow countrymen, that I am asking your sup port, not for my sake, or for the sakerof a political party, but for the sake of the Nation itself, in order that its inward unity of purpose may be evi dent to all the world. In ordinary times I would not feel at liberty to make such an appeal to it. In ordinary times divided counsels can be en dured without permanent hurt to the country. But these are not ordinary times. If in these critical days it Is your wish to sustain me with undivided minds, I beg that you will say so in a way which it will not be possible to misunderstand either here at home or among our associates on the other side of the sea. I submit my difficulties and my hopes to you, WOODROW WILSON. I!IIillUllllilillllllllllllllllliililllllillllllliililllillilllllliuiliillilllliiliillilililltllillllMliillilliiillllliL I Roosevelt and Kaiser Hope S President Will Be Defeated S WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. In a savage attack on President Wilson the Cologne Gazette, imperial organ of the Kaiser, 5 in its issUe of October 29, expresses a hope that he may be de- 5 feated in the Congressional elections in America. It says: 5 "Little by little the Winter of discontent is setting in for Wilson, the dictator. At the beginning of November the peo- pie will, in the Congressional elections, sit in judgment over him and his war policies." The Gazette refers to the President's appeal for unified leadership at home and says it is an attempt "to curtail the opportunity of a people of 100,000,000 to exercise to the limit I its constitutional rights." I Declaring that Wilson is a "desperate man" and that "in 1 1917 he thought less than nothing of international law when it I suited him to do so," the Kaiser's organ goes on to say of the S American elections: "It is a trial of strength which Wilson thus provokes. If he sue- E S ceeds, his dictatorship rests upon a foundation enabling him to proclaim himself czar of America, without fear of encountering opposition. But 5 the probability is that he will not succeed. In any event, the November S elections will have a significance such as they never had before." This hope from the Kaiser's organ for the defeat of President Wilson in the Congressional elections has attracted attention here. The lan- E guage is almost identical with that used by Roosevelt and others in E America now assailing the President. The similarity of the German E contention and the anti-Wilson contention is regarded as impressive. Sniiiiinuiiiiuinii!iniMniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiuuiM!MMniiii!!nniiiiiiiniiiiiiiiii!iiniiiiiiuiiiiiiiiii (PAID AO. BT STATE DEMOCRATIC CESTBAL COMMITTEE. H. G. STARK WEATHER, CHAIRMAN, 603 BROADWAY BLDO.) By Norman Haprooi. Former Editor Col lier's Weekly. "I hare no Interest in tha Democrats as such. Looking ahead 20 years. I say tha Republicans have as raurh probability of creative work as the Democrata. But Woodrovr Wilson happens to be President, and 1 do say that, regardless of party altogether, but merely considering effi ciency, nothing eould be more stupid than to divide our National strength by turning over the House, or atill worse, the Senate, to men under a constant party temptation to prevent the President from doing his best for the country and the world. "Never atnee the Civil War perhaps never In history was it a important to present a united front at Washington. Whether or not the war Is fought In vain, leaving- the world far more wretched than before, depends largely on the degree of Influence exercised by the United Elates on tha other belligerents, both on our enemies and oh the entente. ."Create at Washington a situation where the House and Senate will be seeking issues against tha President, feeling In duty bound to take the opposite view of the settlement from any ha may take, and you hand the futuro of the world over to the bt-lllgerenta. "Put behind Mr. Wilson a Congress to support his policies, and you make hlra the guld out of the wilderness. You give to the I'nlted States the most powerful ruler In the world. You make of the future an American future; a disinterested, eon. atrtictive future. You do your best to assure continued peace and a brighter world, aa payment for ruined futures aad wrecked homes." WHY THE KAISER WANTS WILSON HUMILIATED Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. : Lane and Secretary of Commerce Will iam C Redfield1 each urged the election of Senators and Eepresentatives in ac cord with the President's policies and measures as an essential means ef back ing" np the war Administration. Democratic leaders acclaimed Secre tary Lane's statement as an eloquent tribute to the President, as well as a justification of the President's course In the campaign. It is as follows: "At tha head of our state is tha man whom de world looks to for guidance in this contest. Back him to the limit and enable him to look the Kaiser in the eye and tell him what the conscience ef the 4 world commands is our duty irrespective ' of party. lie must net be discredited, weakened or worried by any apparent' hesitation en the part of the people gen erously to support him. Kaiser Know Wilson's Politics. " rThe Kaiser knows that he is a Demo crat, nd those who have been loyal to him as the exponent of the Nation's will should be sent to Congress that they may prosecute the war and lead in the great period f reconstruction that Is to fol low a period in which larger considers- tion must be given to needs and righUof those who suffer the handicap of poverty or ignorance than ever before. "We must have the impulse of sympa thy for the straggler for those who are fighting their way up and this must be controlled by a steady brain which will not sacrifice fiber to sentimentality. "The Democratic party should and must take the lead in the evolution of a : more intensely socialized life. It has the right sympathies and it has the sympa thetic balanced leadership." Republican Designs Are Unfolded. Secretary Redfield strongly intimated in his appeal to the voters that the pres ent party activities of the Republicans were traceable to a desire to lay the foundation for the next Presidential cam paign. His statement fallows: "Ordinary common sense shows that the interest of the country requires the election of a Congress (both Houses) in political sympathy with the Administra- : tion. One does not swap horses while crossing the stream, save in en emergency. No emergency calling for the swap exists. The present team is well-matched, pulling together and doing the job well. One cannot 6ay how the new horse would behave. Let it be admitted for the sake of argument that he has officially pulled fairly Etraight' much, perhaps most of the time thus far. There are exceptions and often a visible tendency to kick over the traces. "The Republicans advance no cogent reason for a change in the political com plexion of Congress now. They profess enthusiasm to push the war along, and this very enthusiasm and pushing the Democratic Congress is showing and doing. They do not explain the gain to the country of substituting party antagonism for party sympathy. They have tried hard to pick flaws here and there in the great accomplish ment, but the magnitude and quality of the achievement have made laughable their policy of- pin pricks. "Under our party system it is normal that the Republicans should seek in advance a basis on which to found their campaign of 1920. Such a basis they hope to find; they can only find it by pecking at the Administration between now and then. The tempta tion is one they eould not resist. It is certain, therefore, that the election of a Repub lican Congress now must substitute underlying, if not avowed, discord for acknowl- . edged and avowed sympathy, and opens the way to National embarrassment through -the temptations to political gains. "The Republicans have given express approval to Democratic war measures by supporting them, in some cases nearly or quite unanimously. They fail to explain in what respect they would better that which has had their approval. They would hardly admit that they had voted against their conscience and judgment in voting for such measures as the revenue bill, but if that measure and other vital ones had their, approval, why should we change, unless, indeed, it be to lay the foundation for the next -Presidential campaign? This, I venture to believe, would hardly meet the approval of the country at a time when the Nation is under the stress and strain of a great war." f- WALTER M. PIERCE GAVE HIS SALARY TO THE RED CROSS That In accepting the compensation pro vided by law for his services aa a member of the La Orande district exemption board. Walter Pierce. Democratic candidate for Oovtrnor. only followed the prevailing practice, waa asserted by J. D Brown, a member of the Portland district exemption board, this morning. "1 happen to know," said Mr. FIrown. "that every cent which Mr. Pierce has re ceived in payment for exemption board work baa been given by hint to tha Had Croes. "The Government allows a district ex emption board II. IS an kour for time actu ally put In. I take my pay, and so does every other member ot the Portland dis trict exemption board. The secretary of our board has frequently put In so much time that his check has reached nearly to tha f -00 a month which Is the maximum any board member may receive." Dsn J. Malarkey Is secretary of district exemption board No. 1. of which Mr. brown la a member. The ether members are O. M. Clark, Dr. Ernest F. Tucker and Otto Jlartwlg. "As to tha La Orande board of which Mr. Pierce waa a member." continued Mr. Brown, "one of Its members la a one legged man. not In circumstances which would permit him to give bis services free to th exemption board work. At the aame timo he would be unwilling to accept tha compensation allowed If the others declined It.' SCHOOL SCHEDULES OFF tSTXCiprZA MAKES tNTEKSCHO IiASTIC GAMES DOUBTFUL. tachment finished second, with an av erage subscription of $311 per man. Both are In the 47th Squadron, which oversubscribed Its quota of S60 000 by 1750. Indication Are Tbat Ban Will Xot Be Lifted in Time to Per- mlt Play. The outlook for lnterscholastlc foot ball continues to grow less encourae- I Ins the longer the Influenza ban re- I remains. It was first thought that the I ban would not last until later than October, but with the number of cases increasing daily and the death rate high, it means that it will be some time before school will take up a era In. The school officials have not the least Idea as to when classes will get under way. It is likely that If the ban re mains for many more weeks it will be practically impossible to play out a schedule even though the principals were in favor. The games could be gotten out of the way, however, by splitting the league up in two sections, the same as in the basketball season, and letting the winner in each section play for the title. If such a method were adopted, a whole schedule could be, played out In about two weeks. There would be four teams in each league, making each team play three games. As it now stands, each team has to play seven games. As six of tha teams have al ready played one game. It would leave only two games for them If they were divided right. Of course some way may be possibly arranged so that the present schedule could be played out, but it is doubtful. Another way would be to play two games each day In the week, one on Multnomah Field and the other on the Franklin bowl or Vaughn etreet. Spruce Men- Win Flag. Boys of the 47th Squadron, Spruce Production Division, United States Army, stationed at Raymond, Wash., made the astonishing record of sub scribing an average per man of J34S in the fourth liberty loan campaign. The figures have just been announced in awarding the honor flag promised the detachment In the Willapa Bay nub-district making the best loan rec ord. The flag went to the Qulnault Lumber Company detachment. The Case Shingle & Lumber Company de W. C. MUMAW FOR SENATOR Slanager of Phone Company at Ab erdeen 1 1th-Hour Candidate. ABERDEEN. TCash Nov. J. (Spe cial.) W. C Mum aw, manager of the Paclflo Telephone. A Telegraph Com pany, ana acting president of the Chamber of Commerce, this afternoon announced himself as a sticker candi date for Senator In opposition to F. W. Loomis, nominee at the primaries on both the Republican and Democratic tickets. Mr. Loomis. prominent in fraternal circles and for some years an attorney here, waa accused of not being suffi ciently active In war work and a com mittee sought to have W. E. Campbell become a candidate. Mr. Campbell an nounced his willingness to run if his name could go on the Democratic ticket. This was refused, and today Mr. Camp bell stated be would not serve If elected. Mr. Mumaw thereupon announced his willingness to enter the race. He Is very popular In the country districts and the race may be dose. Alfred J.. Horn Pas sea. Influenza late Friday claimed a vic tim in Lieutenant Alfred J. Horn, of the fire department. For nine years he was stationed at Woodlawn, but re cently graduated In law and opened offices in the Chamber of Commerce building. He was 81 years of age. Tha body will be sent to Pendleton, where funeral aervlces will be held under the direction of the Masons. Lieutenant Horn waa a member of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons; Loyal Order of Moose; Orangemen, and other fraternal organizations. Lieutenant Horn la survived by a widow, Mra. Lula J. Horn, now 111 with influenza. SCHOOLDAYS TO BE LDNBER CHTLDREX MUST MAKE UP FOB TIME LOST. Ish influenza. He la survived by a widow. Rose Barr; three children, Harry Byron, ared 10; Bird Marvon, aged f and Annabel, aged (; a mother. Mra, Nellie Thornburgh, of Opal City, and two sisters, Mrs. Lena A gee, of Mldvale, Idaho, and Mrs, L. O. Garth, ot Portland. School Board Considering Advisabil ity of Adding Hour to Each Day When Reopening Cornea. - Children of the Portland schools, who have now enjoyed more than three weeks' freedom from the confines of the schoolroom, will live to pay for every hour of study lost through the epidemic. At a meeting ot school au thorities. yesterday morning It waa sug gested that 40 minutes be added to the school day for the remaining eight months of the school year, with a pos sible addition of 10 minutes more should the schools be closed another week or two. I The present school day Is to minutes longer this year than It ever has been before, to give time for patriotic work, and with the added time that will be necessary to make-up tha work lost In the past month tha school day will probably be an hour longer this year than it waa last year. As soon as the schools are opened It is planned to rearrange the dally programme to exclude all work that is not absolutely necessary and to In elude two recitations In any of the ma jor subjects that seem most Important. How this rule wm attect the nign schools. If at alL has not been decided. but In the opinion of the School Board every effort must be made to return to the school children the $50,000 worth of Instruction they are losing every week before- the end of the school year. Former Third Oregon Man Victim. Delinlal Lea Waterman, tt. died of Spanish Influenza and pneumonia at the Portland Sanitarium October Z3. He had lived in Portland IS years and waa nee a corporal In the Third Oregon Infantry. He was a shipping clerk for Gray. McLean & Percy. Mr. Waterman Woman Sues Railway Company. Damages amounting: to $5000 are de manded from the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company in a personal injury suit filed in the Circnit Court yesterday by Sarah Rubenstein, who alleges she was seriously and painfully Injured August 18, last, when she fell while alighting from a Washington' street car. Her ankle, knee and shoul der were hurt, aha alleges. - Election Supplies Delivered. Deputy Sheriffs were engaged all day yesterday in delivering ballot boxes and election supplies to the voting precincts throughout Multnomah County. Those outlying precincts outside the city 11m Its were supplied with all election ma terial yesterday. Nearly the entire force of the Sheriffs office will be used in completing delivery of the supplies tomorrow. B. Ti. Barr Victim of Influenza. The death ef Byron Richard Barr, 4817 Piatt street, occurred Tuesday, October 29, following an attack; of Spaa Is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mra C. C Waterman, It East Four teenth street North, and his widow. Funeral services were held laat Thurs day In Dunning A McEntee's chapel. Interment was In Multnomah Cemetery. Br. Wiggins' Fnneral Tuesday. Kuneral services for Dr. Chlole Scott triggina. 61. were held at 10:0 A. M. Tuesday In the Portland Crematorium. Dr. E. H. Pence, pastor of the Westmin ster Presbyterian Church, officiated. Dr. Wiggins waa bora In Chicago, but bad lived In Portland for the past 15 yeara She la survived by her husband. Dr. J. J. Wiggins, three daughters. Mra S. H. Roome, Mrs, R. C Soule. both of Portland: Mra C. J. Porter, of Hamil ton. Ont. and one son. Paul Scott Wig gins, now In the Navy. STOP HENS MOULTING "A teaspoonful of Dr.CddvceWs Syrup Pep sin each night at bedtime has done me a xvorld of aood, as I an 62 years old and ivas aettinrj badly constipated. I had previously taken a lot of salts and pills without real relief." (From a letter to Dr. Caldwell writ ten by Mr. A.Forester, Princess Anne, Md.), Constipation is one of the penalties of age that should never be neglected Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin is a combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin that relieves consti pation in an easy, natural manner, without grip ing or strain, and is as positive in its effect as it is mild and gentle in its action. wSwSSSsag, DR. 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