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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TENDER$120,000 FOR
TRADE SCHOOL SITE
BASHFUL CANDIDATES
URGE CLAIMS TO JOB
UPON CIVIC LEAGUERS
DID NEW MEASURE I
ABOLISH THE 'OLD' '
DISTRICT TRIBUNAL?
'SPOKANE AD CLUB DELEGATES TO BE LOCAL GUESTS
ARDENT FISHERMAN
MANY FRIENDS
- Property Consists of Over
Six Blocks at East Irving
. .. and East Twelfth Streets,
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Hovv-j
Able Lawyers' Believe That
Judges Are Legislated Out
- of Office.
ever, neproves Would-Be
Officials for Ignoring Labor
SOME OVERLOOKED IBETS
TWO VOTE IN NEGATIVE
FIERCE BATTLE IS RAGING
Sommer in Giving Beason for Opposl-
tioa DkUtn $4,fiOO All Xriind
la' Worth.
Xtv Speakers Sally to tectarer's
EOat and Fledge Aid for
Unemployed.
Three
Judges , Concerned in
Which Created a Hew
District Court.
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An offer of $120,000 cash for six
block -an a fraction - at East Jrvlng
and East Twelfth streets for a trades
school site was made by the school
board yesterday afternoon to Anglo
Paciflc Realty company, it is consid
ered practically certain that the com
pany will accept the tender.
This action f-th school board was
taken by a three to two vote. Those
voting In favor of the offer were Chair
man Muniy and Zr. Alan Welch Smith
and O. ' M. Hummer. Opposed to; the
ofrer were Dr. E A. Sommer and J.
V. Beach.
Last Thursday Dr. Smith made
motion to offer the company $100,000
cash- and the old Buck man school
property for the six and a fraction lots.
The Buckman school property was val
ued at $44,000. Dr. Sommer opposed
this and secured a postponement un-
-".til yesterday afternoon.
Dr. sommer said be had asked dif
i ferent persons qualified to know as to
the value of the company's lots. He
said the value put on them was $94,
00, He said he might approve mak
ing an offer of $100,000 ,for them, but
not any more than that.
Matter Has Sung Plre. .
"The question of securing- a trades
school site has been hanging fire for
over two years," said Dr. Smith. "J
have visited all parts of the city, have
taken a great deal of time, have con
sulted leading citizens, and have gone
to the Chamber of Commerce and con
sulted realty experts and it is on their
report that I based the offer con
tained in my motion Thursday. This
matter should be settled. I am -willing
to make a straddle and make a
cash offer and eliminate the Buckman
school property from consideration. I
am ready to offer $120,000 for the
property," j
The property is assessed at $70,800,,
and Dr. Smith said that former Coun
ty Assessor Zigler told him that twice
the assessed value of a piece of prop
erty was a fair purchase price. -
Chairman Munly said he thought
the. site was Ideal, with every facility
. for convenience. ,
Hew Sites Offered.
Dr. Sommer mdved to amend the
motion by offering $100,000 for the
property. Director Beach seconded
the amendment. The amendment lost
. by a two .to three vote.
Tfeen the. original offer was adopted
by a three to two vote.
- Two new offers of sites were re
ceived by the board before action was
taken by the board on the six and
a fraction lots. One offer was from
. the estate of Isaac Buckma'n, being
four blocks at East Glisan and East
rifteenUE for $7,450. The other was
from Jomv H. Gibson, four blocks at
East Twenty -seventh and East Clay
streets, for $107,000.
The board ret the contract for
plumbing for the new Kennedy school
to Eugene Rudy for $38,056.
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Gorgas Discusses
Typhus Elimination
Washington D. C, May 22. Plans
for the elimination of typhus fever in
Serbia and its possible permanent dis
appearance as a menace to the armies
of the world were outlined today by
: General W. C Gorgas. surgeon general
of the .United tSates army.'who wiped
out yellow fever and malaria in Ha
vana and the .Panama canal zone, in
. a statement to the Serbian agricultural
relief committee of America.. General
Gorgas is now considering an offer by
. the Rockefeller Foundation to go to
Serbia to take charge of the fight
gainst the plague.
"One 'Of the most necessary moves,
- If typhus Is, to be stamped out. is the
return of the families now held in the
congested- districts to their farms,"
aid General Gorgas. "Typhus is a
" disease of filth, and filth Is the prod
uct of congestion. Little headway can
be made when people have to wear
the same clothes for months, and when
they are huddled together Infested
With vermin. These, people must be
. gotten back' to the open country and
rehabilitated on their farms before
much progress can be made.
"With? the people distributed over a
larger area, the problem of the physl-
clans and sanitary experts becomes one
of extermination of the body louse,
which is the carrier of typhus fever.
The human body is practically the only
habitat of, the parasite. If the people
are rid of It typhus will disappear. It
in no easy matter to clear such a large
district as exists in Serbia of these in-
sects. Keeping constantly at it Is the
only way,"
Snake on Joy Ride
Cause of Wreck
Sew Jersey Kan and Family Walk
Home After Weird Experience With
Septus In Their Automobile.
New - York. May 22.- "You pesky
brute, get out!" Biff I Blng! Bang!
James Morrison, of Orange, N. jr
missed each time as he smashed vio
lently with a stick at a copperhead
- snake which was sunning itself on the
floor. of Morrison's touring car, which
he had left on u road near Eagle
Rock. West Orange, while his family
went into the woods to gather flowers.
The copperhead did not move. The
car did, when Morrison's 'club hit the
, brake. It went straight down a hill
through a fence and Into Farmer
Jacob Miller's barnyard. It left in
Its wake a wounded calf, three dead
chickens and T a smashed fence and
came to a stop against the Miller
porch. , . ,-..".: .
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison and two
young Morrisons ran frantically after
their automobile. Mournfully, they
looked upon the wreckage against the
Miller porch, and then walked four
y miles to their home. The copperhead
escaped.
The colored railway mail clerks of
Chicago have formed an organization
Uf affiliate with the National Posial
AJliince. . . , .
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Left to right R. p. Blgelow, IL S. Wagner, T. M. B. Keane, Bert Hllborn, Dr. H. C. Lambach, L.1 E. Shears, Miss Spokane (Miss Margue
rite Motie), Miss Para Dalton, assistant secretary; E; R. Anderson, Dr. J, B. Anderson, C.' O. Peterson, F. H. Lloyd, M. Whitting
ham. W. S. McEachern and Howard S. Clemmer, president, in foreground at left- '
Headed for the national convention
of Ad clubs to be held In Dos Ange
les, May 2T, 28 and 29, a delegation
from the Spokane Ad club will arrive
in Portland this morning for a day's
visit as guests of the Portland Ad
club.
Port3ands delegation will join the
folks from the Inland empire here
and the two parties will leave for
sunny California to nifirbt In a special
car.
OF
PRZEMYSL STOPPED
Attacks by Teutons Along
Entire Galiciah-. Front Is
Growing Weaker, Report.
Petrograd, May 22. (U. P.) The
Austro-Germans. who threatened
Przemysl are now on the defensive.
Bombardment of '- the outer forts of
Przemysl has; ceased and the Russians
have driven the enemy's left wing out
of the vIllage-of Ignatso, on the east
bank -of the San above Jaroelau. -"Along
the entire Gallcian frctit the
enemy's attacks are growing weaker,"
said an official statement from the
war office today. "Russians advanc
ing from the "Vistula have' occupied
the villages of Psshowyshow and
Kamerale on the left bank of the lower
San.
East of Goussakow tms enemy con
tinues to attack with great fierceness.
In the region of Shavli we continue on
the offensive. -The use of gas bombs
by the enemy has been noted along
the Kanew river in Poland.
Berlin via wireless to London. May
22. (U. P.) An official statement
from the war office today virtually
confirmed Reports that the Austro
Germans have temporarily ceased their
attacks upon Przemysl.
"There are no Important changes In
the Galicia fighting," the statement
asserted. .
In cavalry skirmishes with the
Russians about Kovno 200 prisoners
were taken.
"On the eastern front English and
French attacks were Tepulsed south
west of Nauve Chapelle, where we
have taken some prisoners," continues
the statement. . "Fighting continues
in the Lorette Hills."
King George Appreciative.
London, May 22. King .George has
dispatched a personal letter of appre
ciation to Mrs. Jane Nelson, an Ex
mouth widow, who has seven sons In
the -army.
BOMBARDMENT
BYAUSTRO
GERMANS
ADOPTED SERBIAN WOMAN
APPEALS TO NATIVE LAND
Aid Asked in Behalf of the
Wounded an,d Suffering .
Womenj Children, i
Making an earnest appeal in behalf
of the wounded, the women and chil
dren, the suffering of her adopted
land, Mme. Slavko Grouitch,; wife of
the Serbian under secretary of for
eign affairs . and an American by
birth, is now in " this country point
ing the needs of the war stricken peo
ple of Serbia.
Mme. Grouitch has been In San
Francisco, during ; the past. week, and
efforts are being made ,t . have " her
stop in Portland on her" way to Se
attle. If Fhe finds It possible to give
a talk here at this time she will be
the guest of Mrs. Walter F. Burrell,
and -will talk to those- interested at
Mrs. Burrell's address.
Mme. Qrouitch is particularly in
terested in mitigating the condition
of the women and children of Serbia
the real war sufforera who need
medical supplies and clothes as a re
sult of the ravages of typhus.
War and' disease have worked havoc
with the Serbs, and their need, accord
ing to Mme. Grouitch," is heartrend
ing. Families , have been obliged to
sacrifice every : stitch of clothing to
check the Insects which .carry typhus.
Among the articles for "which she is
appealing, as well as funds, . are Red
Cross supplies, clothes, simple house
hold utensils and farm . implements.
All the Serbian horses have bee IT com
manderred for military purposes; all
the available men have' gone to war
leaving the women at home to plow
the fields and to care for: the return-
Ing wounded and diseased to the best
of their scant ability with the means
at their command.
Local committees have been formed
in all the cities Mme. Grouitch has
visited, and J. P. Morgan & Co. cf
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The Spokan delegation is due ' to
arrive at 8:30 o'clock this morning
and a full day has been mapped out
for them. They will be taken for an
automobile ride through.-the city arid
out over the highways this afternoon
with a dinner at the Commercial club
at :30 o'clock following the ride.
-The two delegations will leave for
San Francisco at 8:15 o'clock, where
the Portland Ad clubbers will take
(Russia, Sober, Is
Now Growing Rich
A "Dry" Empire Improves the Health
of Its People and Swells Tbelr Sav
ings Bank Accounts.
Petrograd, May 22. A report of the
results of compulsory temperance as
introduced into Russia sinc the be
ginning of the war has been prepared
by Professor A. L. Mendelson of the
Russian Society for the Preservation
of the National Health.
In the opinion of Professor Mender
son the beneficial results of compul
sory temperance are not open to doubt.
In proof of his contention he cites the
reduction of alcoholic sickness In.'
Petrograd and of the attendance at
antialcoholic sanitariums, the decline
in the number of cases of dipsomania
and alcoholic Insanity and of general
mental affections. He notes also a
reduction of indirect manifestations of
alcoholic sickness, of traumatic In
juries and suicides. For example, from
.Tnl'w tn December there were in 1913
97 suicides, while in isn me wuu
was reduced to 14.
Other results of temperance, says
the professor, were an increase In sav
ings bank deposits and a reduction in
the number of small loans made by the
pawn shops. For the first two months
of 1816 the savings banks of Petrograd
received, deposits exceeding the figures
of the corresponding months a year
ago by 1,500,000 rubles, while through
out Russia the deposits increased by
100,000,000 rubles.
President's Message
Topic ol Sermon
President Wilson's message to the
men of the fleet will be the subject
of Dr. J. D. Corby, pasto- of the Uni-
versalist church, at the 3:15 o'clock
meeting- at the Young Men s Christian
association today.
The Y. M. C. A. will have a share
in the general observance of "Humane
Sunday." E. J. Jaeger of the Oregon
Humane society will preside nd spe
cial exercises will bring out the work
of humane organizations. There will
be southern, melodies by colored
singers of the city.
Interesting programs are being given
at 5:20 o'clock Sunday afternoons in
Loyalty lodge, where a buffet lunch
is . served.
Madame : Slavko Grouitch.'
New Tork serve as treasurer for a
general committee known as the Ser
bian agricultural relief committee of
America. Gifts are being received at
the Bush terminal. Brooklyn, s N. T
for forwarding to Serbia.
Mme. Grouitch . is a Virginian by
birth. , She met her husband while
pursuing archaeloglcal studies in
Athens, where Mr. Grouitch was sta
tioned as secretary of legation.
part in the celebration of Spokane
day at the Panama-Pacific.1 exposi
tion as the guests of the Spokane Ad
club.
Heading the delegation from Spo
kane Is Howard S. Clemmer, president
of the club, but the whole party is
escorting Miss Spokane Miss Mar
guerite Motie). Included in the num
ber are W. S. McEachern, Dr. J. B.
Anderson, C. O. Peterson, R. E. Bige
low, T. M. E. Keane, Dr. H. V. Lam
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OF PRICES INDORSED
Stevens Bill Applies to Trade
Marked or Copyrighted Ar
ticles. Following an address by -W. F.
Woodward of Woodard, .Clarke
& Co., on the effect of the "Stevens
Bill" now pending before congress,
which permits price maintenance of
well known articles, the Portland
Salesmen's club, at its dinner Friday
night, at the Hazelwood. passed reso
lutions Indorsing the proposed meas
ure. 1
"Should the measure become law,"
said Mr. Woodward, "it will restore to
the retail merchant an opportunity to
make a reasonable profit on nationally
known and advertised articles. These
articles are the . only ones that are
targets of the mail order houses and
the bait that causes people to trade
with them to the detriment of the lo
cal mercnani.
"Cut prices create a dishonest mer
chant class and make for . the conse
quent sale by them of Inferior and
shoddy goods which follow unfair
practices.
Portland will never come to be a
great city through the growth of a
few big mail order houses in the east
and a few great emporiums in our own
city. As they gain strength they
strangle the business life of thousands
of; small merchants.
"The Stevens bill proposes to give
the owner of a trade marked or copy
righted article the right, to fix the
price of that article and this will
prevent a large establishment jfrom
cutting these prices and use them as
bait to sell other inferior articles to
people who are led to believe that, the
same sort of low price holds on all
their goods."
The club, which now has a member'
ship of about 70. has completed plans
for a whirlwind campaign to double
their number. Teams have been se
lected and a contest will be held be
tween them to bring In the largest
number of new members.
Presbyterian Fund
' Shows Big Increase
Beeelpts of $2,287,076 for Fiscal Tear
War $11818 la Xxosss of the Prior
Twelve Months.
New' York, May 22. Total receipts
of $2,237,076 for the fiscal year, ending
March 31,'1915, are shown In the state
ment of the board of foreign missions
of the Presbyterian church In the
United States of America just Issued.
This amount exceeded the receipts of
any other year in the board's history
with the exception of the year 1911
1912, the statement says: An increase
of $115,816 for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 1914, is shown.
' These receipts have enabled the
board to pay in full all obligations
assumed for the year 1914-1915. and
to close the year with a surplus of
$30,000 applicable on an old deficit of
$292,000 on which the board has re
ceived in addition $160,000, given spe
cifically for the reduction of the defi
cit. Of the receipts noted the six wom
en' boards contributed $93, 847.
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Yankee Methods
Too Brusque in Sj. A,
Politeness of Sontli Americans ITa-
needed by American Salssmen, De
clares Setnnud Traveler.
Chicago, May 22. Robert H. Becker.
assistant in zoology at the Field Co
lumbia museum, recently returned to
Chicago with S00 specimens gathered
on an 11.000-mile trip filled with bard-
ships and thrills across the continent
of South America,
Becker was . the appointee of the
Field museum authorities for the ex
pedition, acting with George K. Cherrie
of the Museum of Natural History In
New Tork, a former member of the
Roosevelt party which mapped the
River of Doubt after traveling through
tne Amazonian jungle in iJraxil.
"The South Americans wanti V - "
NAT
MEASUR
PREVEN
GUTTING
bach. II. S. Wagner, F. IT. Lloyd, M.
Whittingham, L. E. Shears, Bert Hll
born, E. R. Anderson and Miss Para
Dalton, assistant ' secretary of the
club. 1 .
Portlanders who will make the trip
are Dr. R. H. Emerson, chairman, and
Mrs. Emerson; Louis Hamig, G. G.
Schmidt. Walter Evans and wife. John
W. Vogan and wife. W. B. Senosky
and wife and sister, and Bruce O.
Rowan and wife.
can goods, and they are appealing for
them," said Mr. Becker. "There is no
one there to sell them. . The war has
affected the business of every country!,
I was approached by a Dane In Bolivia.
He wanted me to take letters to Ameri
can business firms to get their agen
cies for goods made in the United
States.
"Typewriters, motor cars and canned
goods from Chicago and Kansas City
packing houses are the only American
products which are well known.
"The Germans and British have the
system for selling goods to the South
Americans. The . American.' salesmen
have been men who cannot speak the
language of the South American
people, and worse yet, h will not
conform to the customs of the land.
They go in, slap the South American
on the back, stick a cigar in his mouth
and expect to sell goods. They take
no need or the politeness and courtesy
which Is the secret of success in these
countries."
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Antwerp, one of the four largest
ports in the world. Is 63 miles from
the sea.
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"My, how-terribly embarrassing it
must be to' each of you to say all
those nice things about yourself," ex
claimed Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. lec
turer on labor issues, at the luncheon
of the Oregon Civic league in the
Multnomah hotel yesterday.
She had listened to about haif the
candidates for city commissioner as
they fluently described their capabil
ities, x I
' "But not one , of you. with all your
reference to economy, businesslike
methods and so'on, has made any ref
erence to labor," she reproved.
Whereupon, the faces Of all who
had spoken "wore "why-didn't-,I-thlnk-of-lt"
expressions, and George L. Ba
ker, among those yet to be heard
from, answered: "You didn't wait to
hear me.
"Labor - .is the foundation of soci
ety," continued Mrs. Flynn, and' here
all faces . brightened. They could,
though having spoken, still applaud.
And they did.
The candidates each had two duties.
He was expected to introduce his com
petitor in a complimentary manner.
This was painful. He was confident
ly expected to speak kindly of him
self. The enthusiastic portion of the
program consisted of these latter com
ments. William Adams told how being a
good city treasurer prepares one for
the commissionership. 1
1 C. V. Cooper ventured if there was
more official activity there'd be less
need of Inspection and red tape.
W. L. Brewster as well las C. A.
Bigelow spoke from the viewpoint of
keeping in office the men who have
made good- therein. v i ,
Mr. 'Bigelow added that under the
commission government policemen
enforce laws without political . inter
ference. ,
George W. Caldwell said that, while
a member of the civil service board,
he had learned much that has to do
with efficient city administration
Boone Cason was the laughmaker for
the entire program. He insisted on
tracing his life history, from child
hood and work on the farm to a con
ductorship in the local car company
and subsequently his practice of law.
all of which he said fitted him better-j
than others to hold office.
A. W. Lafferty spoke with all the
volubility one may learn in congress,
promising to retire from the race next
Monday evening if it isn't true that
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company every day takes - in $16,000
and sends more than $8900 away. He
of
BSSsV
Sacrifice
Mem
It is not necessary for me to give any reasons for inaugurating a sale.
My creditors are not pressing me- I am not going to move this year.
I have not had any fire nor do I want any, but I AM going to close out
337 Young Men's Suits
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each one of this season's vintage; not an old suit in the lot at prices far
below their real worth. - ....
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Every suit is marked in plain figures and is worth every cent that it is
marked. ' -
You all know that this is the ONE store in Portland that never permits
the slightest exaggeration in its ads, and that "When you see it in my ad,
its so." x '
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These suits are on SALE on the second floor only; I offer you unre
stricted choice of every Young Man's Fancy Spring Suit in stock at the
following prices: -
103 Regular $25 and $30 Suits at $19.85
234 Regular $15 and $20 Suits at S14.85
REM EMBER on Sale on Second Floor, Young Men's Department, Only
BEN SELLING
Morrison
- Harry Eldridge.
'.Harry Eldridge, well known Port
land salesman who died May 11 fol
lowing an operation, will always be
remembered as a fisherman. And ha
was a huntsman, too, but fishing was
the one avocation of a busy life that
never failed to take him to stream or
lake of, a Sunday.
There are many sportsmen in Port
land. but all Eldridge's friends de
clare that few equalled him In en
thusiasm or skill. He was never
happier than 'when fishing for bass at
Oswego Lake. Blue Lake or near Sea
side. During the 30 years he lived
in Oregon he rarely missed a week'
end excursion -with his rod save per
haps during the pheasant season when
he was wont to hunt in the vicinity
of Glencoe.
Eldridge had - a - number of 'fishing
companions but the one who accom
panied most often was Carl G. Llebe,
a friend of 28 years standing.
Eldridge is survived by - several
brothers and sisters, all of whom live
in -the east except Miss Clare Eldridge
of 475 Morrison street who Joined
him in Portland several years ago.
He was 48 years old and waa a
native of New York state.
also branded as Ttnowingly ' f ale the
statement of a hired press agent that
more than three-fourths of the street
car nickels stay in Portland. Mr. Laf
ferty announced himself strong for
the.-jitneys, as did als A. C. Marsters,
who added the qualification that they
should be regulated.
George L. .Baker, last to be heard
from, said no one could say aught
against the men who have held office
In Portland or against Bigelow' and
Brewster, who seek reelection r that be
bases his campaign on a desire to ad
vance the welfare of Portland, to re
lieve' unemployment, to make it a bet
ter city for the worklngman and all
other good citizens.
Cupid has removed five postmis
tresses at La Molne, CaL All the girls
now want the Job. v .
Sa!
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Suit
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LEADING
CLOTHIER
at Fourth
When the Jast legislature tampered
with the law creating a district court
for Portland, did It legislate District
Judges Dayton, Bell and Jones out of
office? :
Able lawyers think it did. They my
that chapter 39 of the 1915 laws abol
ishes the old district court and estab
lishes a new district court without
providing that the duly elected dis
trict Judges shall hold over or 'even
transferring the cases pending in the
old court to the new court,
These lawyers declare that all cases
pending in; the old court were wiped
oat when the new law went into effect
yesterday.
The old law provided that the cir
cuit court Judges should appoint
Judges to fill vacancies In the court.
The new law takes that power away
from them and places it in the gov
ernor. The district court, which 'has tbree
departments and three Judges, was
created by the 1913 legislature to re
place the old Justice courts. ,Th 1913
law provided that the Justices of the
peace should hold over as Judges of
the district court and provision was
made for transferring the cases pend
ing, in -the Justices court to the dis
trict court. No such provision is made
In the new law.
District Judge Dayton satd last
night that he was doubtful whether
the new law has the effect of wiping
out the old court. The new law
amends the old law by creitlng a
court to be styled the "district court
of the state of Oregon, for the county
of Multnomah.' The old law cheated
a court to be called the "district court
of Multnomah county, Oregon, for the
district of Portland."
: Judge Dayton said he presumed the
question of whether a new court was
created would not be passed upon un
less someone questioned the jurisdic
tion of the fcourt in regard to a case
that is now pending.
Von Bernstorff Plctnred in Ioem.
Paris, May 22. (-(I. N. a) lidmond
Rostand's . weekly poem today , de
scribes Count Von Bernstorff as hypo
critically presenting the kaiser's apol
ogy to President Wilson for the loss
of American lives on the Lunitanla,
while in the same breath extolling ihe
greatness of the German navy.
When the ambassador finishes, says
the poem:
"Wilson in a sombre voice sava
We will see tomorrow,' and fee la
Washington and Lincoln will take his
hand in the shadow."
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