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CONTENTS THE WEATHER ftMttea 1 Oaaaral ITrwa. arti Sparta. AatewaWeS. ItilM,' star- kata, ImI Xstaw, waat Asa. IwHn raotaplar. Bxaaatie. 4iterial. Snml Teetaraa, Schaols. . . Srctiaa t- Bnotty. Cluka, Kuala, leeaisaa, , ? VeedUwetk. . feeties Cleaeiflee DfreeUry. Seetian riotUm Magatiss. r Seaties 7 Ccmic. . , " lortlaad ut Tletnltj Italy, rata) ' - southerly winds, - - . Oregon Probably ralaj mot so sold southerly winds. --. Weehiag-io Xala j met; rata ' or new east portion; gale aloag tMit leaks Tatr tM aot bo sold. VOL. XIV. NO. 60. CITY EDITION PPRTLAND, ; OREGON SUNDAY' MORNING, MARCH 4. 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS SENATE WILL NEUTRALITY By an I nf ormal Ballot Upper House Declares for "Full Power" Measure Sought by President; Official Vote Not Expected Before Noon. ! determined filibuster Lasts through night Jones, Cummins, Norris and . La Follette, With Six Other , ."Sympathizers," Seek to Prevent Vote on Bill; Hitch cock Leads Fight for It. By Robert J. Bender. . Washington, March 4. (U. P.) (Sunday.) With startling sud denness, after two hours of dreary filibuster tactics by Senator Gronna, the senate at 3:25 ; o'clock this morning, with .Ollle Jamea in the chair, pushed aside all extraneous natters to call a showdown on the "armed neutrality" bill. After a cutting of parliamentary proceedings, 'Senator Hitchcock, in charge of the bill, moved Its im mediate consideration. Opposition from Myers and Clapp was swept . aside by rigid ruling from the chair; , "I wish to say," said Hitchcock, ''that all senators who can be reached, eicept twelve, want to vote On the bill which will give the president power to deal with the International -situation and show thV: world that the congress of the United. .ff$ats upholds him. . "I h are a paper signed by S3 senators 'who would ."" tS'Tft favor of giving the president this power were it not foj the 12 who blocked Where the senate had been de serted five minutes previously, at ' least 75 per cent of the member-' ship were In their seats by! this - time. i UltcncocK continued: We niir- - pose to show that nine-tenths nAThrill of PatriottStTI StfiReS the senate 4b willing and anxious to vote on this bill. Wo can show . nd hereby . place on record also, j so that the country may know nine-tenths of the senate want to uphold the president. j By Carl D.-Groat, i "And-we also want to show that I Washington. - March 4. (U. ".) the nine-tenths who are so willing (Sunday) Dignity, levity, pathos min are; prevented from carrying out gJed tonight as the" second session of their desire by twelve ?sena;tor3. ( 1e' sixty-fourth, congress droned its "This informal vote is 83 to 22. life sway., dignity being the senate por ' Twelve Of the 22 are .opposed to tion: Jevity at times, sadness at others, the extent of blot-king the bill." marking tbe house-session. i The senate, long winded and serious, Washi-gton, March 4. (U. P-) (talked and talked. Bunday.) By an Informal vote ( Thv. house. less serious about itself the-United States senate has de- and the things it did. 'injected a whoop Clared itself, at least four to one, In favor of "armed netttrality." Owing to the senate rule" which permits unlimited debate, however. It appeared unlikely that any of ficial, vote on the "fultf power" measure sou gbt by President Wil son could be secured before ad Jonrnment of congress at noon Sunday. The sentiment of the senate was btitned 'Xy means of a manifesto passed through the chamber and llgned by members of all parties.. This will be formally read into the record sometime before' noon. . i Crgaslsel TiliBuater Waged. . A organlied filibuster, conducted ctirely through the night by a few io-cild ''Independents" Senators fones,' Cummins, Norris and La Fol lette wit it six other "sympathizers nrolleri nn the li.t .r,r,,. Mpable of accoraDllshine defeat f th- nesoiuuon ny taixing it to death, Early In the "night the strength of ' this , rilihuser. developed. Democratic vleaders struggled o offset it by com- (Cooclnrtd oa Ptk Two. Coloms One.) CLASSIFIED ! DIRECTORY Included In THE SUNDAY JOUR-"-tNAL today is a special 8-page sec- , tion .(Section 5) devoted to a r classified business directory of ( Portland and the neighboring cit il ies or uregon taty and Vancou ver. In this directory represen tative, men and firms in all lines of activities are listed, together with their addresses and tele phone numbers. The preserva tion of this section is suggested for ready reference. 1 SECTION FIVE TODAY Seattle Has Second Death In To ng Body of Elderly Chinaman Found Following Shooting; . Affiliations Remain Mystery. Seattle. Wuh., March 5-tt P.) Marking the second death in the Seat tle end of the, coastwlde -Chinese tone war, the body of an elderly Chinaman Saturday afternoon .in a corridor of the south, and Kin street, following a shooting in the vicinity. There were three bullet wounds in the body. Despite the efforts of the police ds i partment, both the identity and the tone affiliations of the dead Chlneso "remained a mystery. Congressmen as 'America' Is Sung by AH. .' 0f laughter now and then; while anon, as the hour? stretched toward morn ing, it , turned sentimental in the sad ness of irood-byes. " . Iate last night the Tiouse sang Its farewells, recessing at 12:53 a. to.-until this morning. Behind them was 1 a strain of real sadness for Representative .. ,Mike" Conry, crippled eong leader of other days of dying congresses, had gone In death. They missed him as they hummed out the tunes he loved "Ajuld Lang ; Syne." "Home, Sweet Home." "Mother Machree" and many others but they knew that good-natured, whole-hearted "Mike" Conry would have had. It thus. And . as the chorus died down from several hundred throats, a quartet from the press gallery, above, took up the refrain of old-time songs that gave a tug to the heart-strings. - It seemed a bit strange, this body of men, political enemies, turned sud denly, sentimentalists. The air of sadne&s vanished; a thrill of patriotism Sitruck through, the aa nibly and all stood solemn aa In tha closing singing they struck up "Amer ica,1 Over on the senate side the usua.1 last minute throngs watched a drag j Bled group of staid and solemn men. 1 The floor was littered with scraps of paper, like a i stock exchange at the end of a big market day. Outside both house and senate gal leries, streams of inaugural visitors lined up for-hours, awaiting the priv ilege of a seat where they could, see the representatives from their homes. Atop all this moving stream of his tory in the moulding, -the capltol dome stood forth white and paJe ' In the atreainers of searchlights, while Lib erty, crowning the dome 'In: bronze silhouette, looked down on the din of talk and fight and filibuster. ; Water Power Ml Conference Fails Washington; March 3. (IT. P.) The shields water power bill was defeated tonight when , house, and . senate , eon- lerees railed , to Teach an agreement on us provisions. The, bill would have provided regu lation, ror water power on government reserve - - r j MWM,aiiiriiiiiiii in mi min win n iniiiiiBfaiiisfBTsOTsfT"! ""v" - 1 sy i MARK HOUSE CLOSING: giiici ams .11 I1HII Hill I I HI IV. 1 Pace, .''yf.-' J .-. -s ir IUI1 I I 1 1U I I Bill W - ; . -T .. I Sh.sW M 3 RESIDENT W ILSON, "' who, today will be sworn ; in to succeed himself as president of the United States, and Chief Justice White of the supreme court, . who ' will ad minister the cath. ( J- Far. .U -.-... OV' tV Bensto to-Apvr .firmed Tfaottallty.- Frwidant to Jh lniannM 'Today. ; 0riHT WmM Ji(x Plit radltonIMioM-Mnr-Elsvster. . Tuu &crnor Attcoked. -. Wemsa Zillad By Ants. -, 8.- Senate JUibciUr- Fretractel. ' . 3. (4tb CcbrTMi in Beview. . 4... Pprinr to Briar Carna te Weat Fraat. - Bureau-lAcataa atiasins Soldiara. B. BaatmeBt of Cos Bay tAnda Sonsat. ' DvmociraU Katain Scoata Control. ' Oermaaa Kenow Stand hi Weat. Portlan to Cflot-rato Inauraratioo. ;. 7 lnatirujation Facta sad Featurea, ' .- Irate Mother Score County Oerk. Bcial Ereat in Court CaUed Oft. 9. .Ma.e Trapa Simple to Con'troot. - j. Liuton tract Vrr& for Bifla Baa(a? 10. - 15.0tO Fee for Attorney Whipple. a ' Colombia Seeka Kore Kacornitisa. f', 11. American , Cnurcbea Ehow Cain. . s Earinaia to Give Concert. ; " Franoa Care for War Kefnraee. 12. ,: Bakar to lumu Mining fUitmt It. 'Orercn Cit to feta en if ire Truck. - V H. C. A. Leaden Confer at Salem. i. B. sen car to Work for Koad. ,- On C. Chapmaa Siacnaaes Lefislatnre. 15. . OrMTrn Artillerymen' Accurate. Wbcleaie Tkefta Vncorancd. Facifiet Folic Buinous. FMternal Koto. . ! Value of Exunpt' Projerbea Souaht. sfccnoN rnvoi, pages Pare. 1-4. 6-8. 7. Sporta Kewo and Dtnaip.' Aitomokllea and Gocd RoaUa, Heal Eitat and Buik.inr, Want A4r ' Maxketa aa4 Finanoe.... - u Maria., u . , " t-1. IS. 14. SECTION THREE 13 . PAGES Bhakeapewe atytLa ExpUdoa. Z. la Vaudeville.- Oa Broadway. l- -'' , S. Photoplay Kawa. In lUceland. J. Illnttd Jlowa Sovtew.'- . W,f ZoB Okaarvatiaa. tv'Sit . nfermation. z; Towa Topioa. 6en. Harvav Valnm, Tit.Vt 8-10. Oardas-Information - 11. Binkia- of th Larenia. VaiTaraity aad Collea. Ken. IS. Th Ve voea la ta aoci ala. SECTIOX FOUR -8 PAGES Page. The Weak la faeirty. 4. 6. Waman'a CluV Af fa trs. Additioaal Saeiatv sad Wemaa'a Claea. i Mun oi aasio. Beaoty Cbav-By Lillian Saaaall. raahiba Hint ay Mo., ftui. ViT. Kaadiawark Daatn S. CeUmbia AUtw Ct !taaaal XZmpraveaMat. SECTION VrVE-S PAGES " (Clatilflad Baalaaa and. rrefaaaioaal t ' .JMieeterr.) SECTION f SEC -12 PAGES (Tlotioa Xayariae.)' ; SECTION SEVEN -4 PAGES . - f (Comis.) Four Americans on Stricken Ship, Safe London, March I. (TJ. P. -Four Americans were rescued from Ufe- boata of the British steamer Belgier and landed today by a French scout ship. The ship waa torpedoed by' a submarine on i February 23, without any cajrualtles among the crew. xnw iour . Americans ; wno were among the crew were: . .. - Isador Frank, Percy Craig. Dewttt Stevens ana uaniei uatliff. v i The Belgfer was a steel screw steam r of 488 tona. owned by firva nd - . - " j uj nu Gylsen, LAd and registered at London, Mexico to Tell AllSheHadNo Word of Plot All Officials in Mexico City Say Press Dispatches Only - Knowledge. Mexico City. March 3. (U. P. Mexico Cfty will 'Inform all nations that no proposition was received from Germany to make warjon the United States in event of hostilities between that country aad Germany. while the . greatest interest' was manifest in the statement thai For etgra Secretary Zimmerman had tent a letter to Minister Eckbardt hers, suggesting" war by Mexico, officials were unanimous in statins no such communication was received. From Guadalajara word to this effect came from ' Foreign Minister Agullar, with the additional statement that all countries or the world would be so informed. Officials here declare they know nothing; of the plot outside of the information carried in press dis patches. OF TEXAS' GOVERNOR ! " " esolution Introduced. In Leg islature .Charges Violation of Banking Laws, Austin, Texas, March's. (I. N. S.) Attempts on the part of the enemies 6f Governor Ferguson .to besmirch his character culminated today in one of the most exciting scenes witnessed In the legislative ' halls . since reconstruc tion days In 1876. Representative Davis of Van Zandt county Introduced a resolution for the impeachment of the governor on charges growing out of his transactions with the Temple State bank, whlrh he founded and -of which he was president up to the time he was elected .governor of Texas. The impeachment resolution charges violation of the state banking laws and other acts which the reputed author of the resolution says makes Ferguson unfit to continue as governor of Texas. The governor upon Invitation ad dressed the, house of representatives, and after castigating his enemies In forcible language, made this proposi tion to the reported author of the reso lution: Tf you prove tfcae -charges I am unfit to be the governor of Texas and will resign: if you do not provn them you are unfit to represent the people of Texas in the legislature and should resign ana nti before this bodv statement that you are liars and have wilfully slandered the governor of the state." v , Personal collisions .between the friends of the governor and the ad vocate of the ; impeachment narr. .ly were averated on several occasions. The impeachment resolution Is set for z o'clock Monday afternoon. Two Congressmen Hurt in Auto Crash ' 7"" - ;":-- Washington, March 4 (Sunday). -T. N. S.) Chairman Flood of Virginia and Representative J. Wtllard Ragsdale of South Carolina, of the foreign affairs committee of the house, were Injured shortly taefore S o'clock-this morning, when an automobile In which they were leaving the capltol collided with a tax lean. Both congressmen were hurled from the machine. - Flood's right . ear was almost severed when he crashed against the windshield and? be) waa otn erwlse severely -bruised, Ragsdale was ; inuiuuiij v u v auoui tae lace ana BUI- fered from shock. x sto- i POLITICAL-ENEMIES ASSAIL CHARACTER PRESIDENT TO TAKE OATH OF OFFICE TODAY Absolute Simplicity Will Mark Ceremony at Noon at Cap tol Attended by Supreme Court, Members of Cabinet PUBLIC INAUGURATION TAKES PLACE MONDAY Soldiers to Line Pennsylvania Avenue for First Time Since Pays of Lincoln. "Cold and Cleartag Monday." Washington. March S. (U. P.) A ray of hope from rain- laden clouds for fair weather for Inauguration day reached thousands of anxious visitors who are in Washington tonight waiting to see President Wilson officially inducted into office. . After a day of sodden, dreary weather, the weather man an- nounced tonight: "Cold and clearing Monday." The last spike was driven in the grandstands tonight. Last minute flags and strips of bunting flow from windowa. Washington. March 3. (I. N. 8.) Absolute simplicity will mark the sec ond Inauguration of Wood row Wilson, which will take place at noon tomor row In the president's official room In the capitol. Just off the senate corri dor. This ceremony will lose nothing In Impressive dignity by its extraor dinary lack -of display, for grouped about the president at the moment of his assumption of office for the ensu ing four years will be the members of the supreme court of the United States and his cabinet. The oath of office will be adminis tered by Chief Justice Edward Douglas White. President Wilson will repeat after the venerable jurist the solemn obligation which the oath conveys. At the end of the brief dialogue he will press his Hps upen the open pages of the-littler Bible which Ms personal possession. . ' The presldeht will motor to- the cap ltol early" la, the tday as his presence there will be necessafy lrr vte-v of the expiration ot the -present cfnaress fo meet, the floej of resolutfouf aad bills that will require his signs 1 4 "e. : When the oath Is taken he1" will motor back to the White House and rest for the formal ceremonies- of to morrow, the great parade, the delivery of the Inaugural address, the repeti tion of the oath before the multitude assembled In the capltol plaza, and the formal induction of the vice-president. which will precede the great outaoor ceremony. Tonight inauguration visiters are pouring Into Washington by every train. The hotels ere filled to capacity The streets have taken on a holiday air despite the dismal downpour of the past two days and the lowering clouds which envelop Washington to night. For the public ceremony of inaugura tion on Monday extraordinary precau tlons for the safety of the president and the heads of the government, who will participate with him, will be taken. For the first time since - the Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, cordon of soldiers will stand guard the entire length of Pennsylvania avenue from the White House to the capltol These guardsmen will be the Twelfth and Sixty-ninth New York National Guard regiments, fresh from eight months of duty on the Mexican border. Spokane Farm Loan Bank to Open Soon dree tors "Probably Will Xs XTamed This Week; BSay Be la Opsratlom Vext "BContb; McAdoo Hot ComUag. Washington. March 3. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAU) Announcement of the names of the directors of the Spokane farm loan bank will be made- early the coming week. It is believed, and the organisa tion date fixed a short time after, so that the system may be put into oper ation next month. The delay has re sulted from the pressure o Ljslnc of some members of the board. Fall ure of congress to make appropria tions, should it occur, will not affect the situation, as money for Inaugurat ing the system Is already fully pro vided. Some members of the federal board will attend an organisation meeting at Spokane. Secretary, McAdoo was un able to make the trip with the board to the Pacific coast when the hearings were held, and he had hoped to make this trip, but said today that it ap pears' Impossible for him to get away. The member who goes win direct or ganlxation, of the Spokane and Berke ley banks. The directors thus far have been named for the Columbia, New Orleans. Wltchlta and Omaha tanks. The Wichita district Is expected to be first under way, and the making of loans there within two weeks is predicted. Montanan May Be President. Scokane. Wash.. ' March S. The en tire capital of $760.0041 of the Spokane farm loan bank has been apportioned bv the treasury department and is now available, awaiting organization of the bank. Farmers throughout the north west v are perfecting associations. through the medium of which loans will be made. Daniel G. 0Shea of Red Lodae. Mont., ex-state senator of Mon tana, is said to have been agreed Upon for the presidency -of - the Spokane bank. : ' - - - . ' -. -.: The directors and Other officers -wi be selected from the various parts of the four states included la the district R. ALFRED ZIMMERMAN, German secretary of foreign affairs, whose attempted? justification of Ger: many's efforts to line up Mexico and Japan against the United States has injected a new feature into the already com plicated international situation that in no way makes for relief, of the prevalent tension. Prediction of his early retirement was made yesterday in a dispatch from Amsterdam. - MADLY DRIVEN AUTO ISoiEDjolEfc IMS WOMAN'S LIFE Youth Unfamiliar With Car Plunges. Along Thorough fare; Victims Mowed Down Injuries received In an. automobile accident at Tenth and Washington streets early yesterday afternoon re sulted in the death, at. St. Vincent's hospital last evening, of - Mrs. J. L. I Green, one of the four victims 01 toe headlong dash of a big touring car. driven, by a boy. .through the cruaa of pedestrians crossing the street. Mrs? Green succumbed at 6:45 o'clock. Death was due to interaai injuries. Five ribs on the right side were frac tured and one of these is tbougbt to have punctured the lungs.; causing In ternal hemorrhage. A'fracture of the right1 wrist and other minor injuries were 'also sustained. Raymond Abst. 17-year-ld Franklin hla-h school student, who drove tne machine Is at liberty on kls own rec ognizance, but he will be held before: the Juvenile court. 1 Tlctims la Hospital. Two other victims of the accident are Still in tne nospuai- iney are Mr. Green, who is suffering from seri ous bruises, cuts and shock, and John Anderson, 11 years old. son of the care- laker of Rlverview cemetery, who is also cut and badly bruised. - Mercedes Wallace. 6-year-old niece of Mr. and Mrs. Green, was also taken to the hospital, but was apparently not nurt, and is now with relatives. Coroner Dammasch announced ' last night that he would hold an Inquest Monday night at 7:S0 in- room 30 of the courthouse. An attempt will be made at that time to fix the blame for the accident Abst hired the machine 'at the City garage, is Tenth street. Accompanied Ly Henry Simmons. 1113 Grand avenue, the two started for Columbia university, according to Abst, to col lect a bill of 15. . . ' Tool&ardy Xrclvtag. Witnesses say the machine Was driven at high speed south on Terpen street, and Abet, in bis statement 'to Deputy District Attorney Delclw. said that, instead of slowing up for Wash ington street, he "tooted" his horn, ex pecting pedestrians to get out of his way... The traffic was too havey. and Abst sought, at the last moment, to apply his brakes. Unfamiliar with the type of car he was driving, his foot could not find the brake pedal, and the car went' crashing into the crowd. - So great was the speed of the ma chine, witnesses .assert, after five pe destrians had been bowled over, that the automobile ; hurled clear across Washington street, a distance of 60 feet, and was only stopped 30 feet south of the street line. Of the five persons knocked down, three did not get up. Passing automo biles picked them up within a mlnutg and rushed the victims to the hos pitals, the Greens and their niece go ing to St. Vincent's, while young An derson was borne to the Good Samari tan hospital. " Boy Makes Statement. Abet made no .attempt to escape, al though his companion disappeared, and was taken - to - headquarters by Ser geant : Wade - and Patrolman Burke. There he made a complete statement to Deputy District ; Attorney - Deich, FINE VHEAT ELEVATOR RIIIK HAND LING OPENED AT PENDLETON Promise' Is Made That New Plant Is Only Beginning of Broad Development. . - By Marshall N. Dana. Pendleton,- Or..' March . With a prayer, a. cheer -and the unfurling of an American flag above Its lofty top, the farmers 120.000 bushel bulk grain elevator was dedicated at Pendleton today. ; One hundred and fifty grain growers, who Jointly subscribed $11,000 for the big reinforced concrete structure as evidence of their determination' to abandon sacks to use the modern bulk handling method exclusively hereafter, and to control their own shipments, celebrated th event. In company with townspeople, growers from other east ern Oregon . communities and port and dock officials from Portland and As toria, . wnen xne ponderous switch . was thrown into connection and the wheels ot the plant began to whirr. It was seen that with electric power the convey ers could - taep. wheat at the rate of 2000 bushels ah hour simultaneously from the O-W. R. tt 1. and Northern Pacifle cars, wagons and the old fiat or sack warehouse, mechanically clean lag and smutting the grain and pouring It into six, tanks, each 91 feet deep ana lT' reet in diameter and divided into 18 bins j for x, various varieties and grades. ;-' Mechanically, too. the grain thus put into storage may be delivered at the same time to both the railroads. MSa -Also rrsmlsed. The hulk grain elevator at Pendle ton la the biggest achievement of Ore gon wheat farmers in their organized movement .' for modern efficiency In moving their crops, and in extending tneir influence over tne marketing. Coincident wlth the opening came the semi-official announcement that the farmers have only begun, that very soon they Intent to build and operate a mill And to Increase the elevator's capacity. R. O. Earn heart, president of the Farmers Union Grain agency, which had the hulk elevator built, presided at the ded!s,tion. Rev. R. E. Oornail offered the grayer, W. W. Harrah, one of the directors of the agency, told bow the farmers happened to get into the elevator business. ,He said that he went east andVbegan boasting aboat Umatilla county s great wheat ranches. the SO mule teams needed to operate the multiple-plows, the big modern harvesters and - threshers, only to be brought- to earrn with the comment that the production methods were very gooa, out. inai as long as Oregon in' -sisted on dressing each - two bushels of wheat in a suit of clothes the state would be halt, a century behind the times. : .. . .-. It was then he found that only the Pacific northwest and Australia: were persisting in the antiquated sacking of grain and only, from Pacific north, west ports were cargoes ---still being loaded in sacks. ,. .v. ' . , .; -, Again he repeated the warning given (Ceacladed oa Page Twelve, Cola ma Tva Editorial Comment in Berlin on American Reyelatons of Foreign Secretary Zimmer man's Plans Indicate Unity in Public -Opinion. . v STEPS PRECAUTIONARY ONLY, IT IS DECLARED Lokal Anzieger Contends That , Sensational Reports From United States Warranted . Belief That Attack on Ger many Was Planned. By John Grandeiuu , fr' Berlin, March 3. (U. P.) Ger many supports Foreign Secretary ' Zimmerman's explanation that Qer many's move for a Mexican-Japanese alliance against America was , justified. Editorial comment toaay on the American revelations ot Zimmer man's plan,. together with , ZIm- i merman's explanation, made public " through the official press agency, indicated unity In holding Germany was not exceeding her right la such a plan a plan specifically advanced as not to he carried out . unless A merica d eclared - war'? , The press and public alike agree ' that America's course prior to ths break In relations gave Germany ground for taking precautionary measures those measures to be come effective only on America, entering the war against Germany. Berlin newspapers' held that Zlm- -raerman had aptly -eta t4 ths clr cu Distances and, f unasallbly pre sented Germany's position; In.- bit ' statement., ' - . ' The vomment of the Berlin Lo kal Anteiger was characteristic ot , this general view., The editorial said:- -1 ' - - .- rrank SxpUaatiea lass. - "With beneflelsl fra-nkoess. the Ger man government sets forth its essen tial explanations against the tendency of sensational reports from America of he precaution which the, government took and to which it was not only dip- - lomatlcalty entitled to take but- which was Its duty to take, to meet a possible attack The foreign secretary's statement, as announced by the official press bureau. contained these statements; - -I fall to see how such a "plot Is In-, spired by unfriendliness on our part. It , would mean nothing but that we would . use means universally admitted in war . In case the United States declared war. The most Important part ot the al leged "plot' Is its conditions and form. The whole plot falls to the ground la case the United States does not declare war against us. nd if we reallyy as the report, alleges, consiavreo tne pos sibility of hostile acts of ths United : States against us, then we realry had. reasons to do so." U . - Minister Quotes ISeport, - . Continuing, the minister quoted a report In an Argentine newspaper: - "How America has suggested to other republics common action against Oer-. many and her allies'' a plot "which , was apparently hot conditional in .the least." He also quoted reports of an American newspaper man wbo said: The United States was waiting only for the proper moment in order oppor tunely to assist the entente," and that from the beginning of the war Amer icans really participated In it by put ting the resources of the United States st the entente's disposal and that Americans had not declared war only because they felt sure that assistance - by friendly neutrality would, during that time, be much more efficient for (Cooclae4 ca Page Fourtees, Colaaa Two) The Oregon Journal; : Portland. Oregon. . Dear Sir: Please leave the ad out until notice. Inquiries are about to rwamp us. J . Tours truly, - r,Y JENKS POULTRY FARMS. -THIS IS THE AD- BARRED Rocks, O. A. C. at rain, exclusively. Day-old chicks and hatching eegs now on sals,. from -heavy, weight., healthy, free range, heavy- laying 2-year-old hens. Chicks SI ltO; eggs. $1.25 . for 16; t for ISO. Jenas Foul-: try Farms, Tangent. Or. This is not an unus-; ual request for the patrons of The Jour- ; nal's classified col urns to make. - It Is results such as the above " that have made The Journal's . Poultry Columns ttoe scknowU edged medium fvr disposing - of - chicks and eggs. . Those engaged in the Poultry Industry patronise " The Journal more than they do all other daily papers , in the state - combined. There's Reason j (Ceeclneed es Page reerteea,' Ceioast roar) 1 ' s- ' V'- ' - A - -