TITE OREGON BTATES3IA JC t TlltTWPAT. FEnnUARIT IP. 10t 8 HUNDREDS MEET TO DO HONORS v TO STATESMEN Washington and Lincoln Jointly Honored in Assem bly at Armory ORATORS LAUD LEADERS Justices Burnett and Harris Tress Home Ideals of Patriotism - By AV. C. COWGILL ' hiAhy Feb.. 17. 1918. will down a one of Halom'a mot patriot A is days. Patriots or tn ciijc a.ia county gathered to renew their &1 leiclunce 10 Old Glory. For had not th call come to th people to rnrct together la memory of Ctorge Washington and Abraham Lincoln, to drink rrh from the Hv frif? rprings flowing down the age fo renew ,J tho life and vigor of their defendants, again waging a war, fiercer than they ever dreamed of, tc keep and hold fast aga'.nst the on Bloughts of the rutbles Huns and Prussians the very principles of life an l liberty they Inculcated and pre ecrvod? la the large auditorium of the armory were assembled grizzled httded veterans of the Civil war aiid jneh who fought W me wpan;an- ' . . ... . . . . il.,, American war; ine uau;n";rs bi i. ltr!ution. W'omar.'e IUtief corps an l !;d Crows Auxiliary workers, Y. M. C. A, workers; all paeer to learn nev - lessons from tho past; drtrik ag:im the wlno of 'patriotism, as ex amined by the two ureal htatcsman. Th one, a gentleman born, an land owner of largo estates-In the south, of hirh education, polished In nil the ethKf of the day; the other, born rvf humble parents, self educated In th: mountain fastness otaKentucuy and Tennessee, the .descendants of whonti neighbors In. those same mountains still use the idioms of th backwoodsman, but the archl tcct of bis own fortune Llncoltbe founder and preserver of the union. Easti bed a message to breathe right on to victory. On the platform seats were re rredfor several man who kne' UntMn personally, but only one was able to bo present. . i Itecnrat Ion Are Patriotic. At each corner of tho platform stood a largo '"flag, placed there by the members of Sedgwick rot, and larxe yoortraita of Washington and Lincoln, while above were draped other large f lag.i Prof. John W. Todd, with the assistance of Messrs. Schramm. Anderson and Jeaka, first tenors;' Aid rich and Miller, accond tenors; Smith and Irwin, baritone, and Fnyder, Barton and Kaowland, bassos; furnished patriotic music for thr occasion, which added hugely t lbGcrftbuslasm, ,, 1 . - Mayor Walter E. Keycs presided, and After the invocation by the Kev. C, II. EUlott. Immediately following tho slnrin? hi a rousin msnner of America by its men chorus, intro duced Justice George H. I'.urnrtt, of the er.prcmo rcourt, whoae address was "Washington His Life and Chatacter." ; ; " Jule Burnett, stated at the out set that he could add nothing of fame or glory to the name of Wash ington, -whose life and character was well known to every boy, or to tho name of Lincoln. i He said: "We have assembled, aal Is meet' and proper .to pay our re spect to these heroes of the nation whose birthdays are being celebrat ed all oveV the land, and at not time has such a crisis been pieaented to now tomes the" news of one of oar soldiers who suffered death 'ovci there Soon our boys will be com ing borne, some of them maimed and disfigured' for life. But .some of our boys must ' fall. Cod loves the kifa.blest of bis children, and goes with' them up the bill of life. Tho character of Washington is our beac on light. ? The God of our lathers will be with us." OM Jlorjrw Is Head. . Mayor Keyes Introduced Mr . Anna Koger Flniw who by special request,' read James Wbitcontb Riley's beautiful poem, "Old Glory." Dramatic, artistic In the extreme, Mrs. fish acted, as well as read the jwem, and her rendering of this little elastic brought out such 'unbounded enthusiasm as compelled her to re spond with "Abraham Lincoln Fight ing Man, by Dean Collins. Sirs Fish was honored by huge boquets of flowrs, one of which was planted by the usher at the foot of "Old Glory" to which she addressed this poem. ' f Harris I Values Lincoln- Judge Harris. In launching out. upon his theme, first spoke of Lin BUCIITEL WOULD SAVE AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION .;;;::j:..i!v,.:;. Asks Senator McNary to Work for Protection of Power In State FUNCTION IS IN DANCER natVo rVhe-ue'tod.yrand V" Ve' i. L .k. i u..i,i.m. .( ana stated that we can only re- Speedways of Commtcatioii The million and a half miles of wire in the Wesfern Union System are? the speedways of communication open ' day .' and night Fifty thousand employes are trained in their work of assisting the direction of the enormous business of a mighty riation. The mature efficiency of 167 years is the Tralue' of this organization in these times of stress. I ' WESTERN UITIOIf Telegrams Day tetters Night Letters Cablegrams Money Transferred by Win . THE ; VESTEfM UillOH TELEGRAPH CO. '" ' ' : " ' ' ' 1 ' with the lives of Vashlngton and Lincoln before us we may learn from them. Washington had cr cater dif ficulties than ours to meet. Had tho common law of Kngland been justly administered in the new world atnouc Its colonies, there would MUve been no revolution, or government of tho people, by the people and for, the people." Continuing, be exclaimed, Tnr Is no such trung as common law any more in England, or anywhere In Kurope. It Is Kalserlstn. pure and simple, and that is what we are con fronted with today. : ' WNliinaton Clrcter Pictured. "Washington, trained' in the chorcb of Kngland, temperate, pos sessing that fortitude and justice that overcame every obstacle he had to encounter,, even the men of h! army ; and the continental congros?' wlta its half hoar ted support, never faltered for a moment, pressing on to victory, with Aron . Burr, a member of liis own personal staff, proving n traltcr to the cause. ! "Today we are fighting for tba liberty as much as ever we did lir thc past, and we are called to support the principles laid down by our fore fathers, to protect the lives of our people and our homes. " "To the capitalist I would say that every dollar you have fs at stake, woith nothing, unless we win this war; to the laboring man, your right ta labor 'is at stake to strike, and le1or again. : If you 3 do not believe this. -look at Bcgium, and be con vinced. Do you suppose ttiat it thm United States loses this war, any thing less will happen to us? - - All Depends On War. - "A man Is the architect of hi own fortuEc. Not wealth Inherited will make him great. He will lose that., wnless we "win. this - war. For my part, , I am m Jaror) of, prosecuting this war until Kaiserism is no more, and we dictate the terms of peace on the ruins or Berlin. The strug gle has been going on for 200 years. If vre lose now, we lose for all time. If wo win, the old flag will circle tze aiobe. Remember the battles of OettysJ JlmW a .reteran peat of him what has often been said th man of-soj towfut countenace. bearing the burdens of a people, but endowed with native humor, a aeif mado man In every sense of the word, but whose life and character bears closer, and closer study, aj tho years roll by. At the beginning of his remarks. Judgo Harris stated that President Wilson, like Washington and Lin coln, is con ft on ted with the greatest problems of tho age, and that like them he has 'men In his cabinet who are like Chace, Seward and Stanton of Lincoln's cabilet, wealc and strong men, but that like Lincoln or Wash ington, WlUson stands forth as a leader, and will save the nation again. "Liberty will prevail, for us and fpr all men," he said. "There never has been a man atep ped over the threshold of the White House with the personality of Wilsoi. who has not been assailed, even -by ttUMo in bis own cabinet, and like Lincoln, h will win victory. "That flag over there, it still wave over the. land of the free and the brave and in tb name of our father the fathers of our, countrypre served by. Lincoln, let us here and now renew or allegiance to its for ever and forever mote." Judge Harris dwelt at some length on the pecullarties of Lincoln as a man. who, making hlmcslf, lifted the nation with him. He reviewed many of Lincoln's strongest points of character, his lowly orign, Ills stupendous knowledge and lnaighi of human character, bis great executive ability, a born leader of men, this tenderness of heart, that would ven paiaon a traitor. His strongest; ap peal was the appeal be drove, tome with language unassalble the sup port of the government in Its pres ent greatest crisis, with men and money, as well as with, confidence in the chief executive. The recitation of Lincoln's Gettys burg address by Born Arnold, of the h,lga school, bVought applause for the youn orator. The benediction' was pronounced by the Rev. James Lisle; Pigs Is Pig s 1 1 mm. AND, rmluitiff that PIGS also jnean MONEY for tliir iro1tieevK, the tlnitecl Stales National Hank and Oregon Agricultural College are co-operating in gct ting the-youngsterH around Balom to raise them. The objects in view are: 1st to get and keep the cfiil. dreii iritert'Kled iti the Farm; 2nd to afford them a Hhcrat education in stock hreed in g," feeding and raia ing; .lrdto rlevelrtp an industry for which thin cout- , munity in extrciiirly well adapted. , . '' ' Tomorrow we'll tell you s. comethinp; of our plan mm V.," J 'li Jin!. - p bUrg, vlckaburg, Apnomatox ; and Fredericksburg. Shall we falter now; f shall we play i the coward Ic our duty to man and God? ' Let ns do our part; let us make this, and j every other country on the globe a safe place in which to live. , ;we cannot fail if f euhtained by the principles that animated these men whom we revere today. Just 4- 60 NO FARTHER The Kridcnce I at Your I)oor. - Salem proof Is what yon want and the. statement of this hisrhly respects ed citizen will banish all doubt: - I I W. Brown, retired farmer, J 4 9$ State St., says: "Hard work weak-i ened my kidneys and I often felt the "effect in lameness: and aorenen aeross the small -of my bach. Fnally my attention was called to Doana Kidney plllg and 1 ;ot some from Dr. Saone'i Drug Store. . The back ache and soreness entirely left me." (Statement given Jannary 31, 1904.) On April 11, 11, Mr. Brown said: "1 am ready to confirm a nV time what Isaid In my former state i ment regarding my experience with Doan's Kidney Pills.; Istill consider them a medicine of merit and they always do good work whenever 1 take them. : . . - 1 Price 0c, at all dealers. Don't simply asif for a, r kidney remedy 4 ret Doan's Kidney nil the name that Mr, Brown. , Foster-Milbtirn Co.. Propa.. Buffalo. S. Y. t P i - - - ' Ft iv-W. ' M --r wm T a I OTO-LETH yqur house? Only, the passers-by will know if you have a placard on your house, but Thousands will see f tou use.a Gla Ai 9W 9 t lima '..,!''. : ;In -. : : - - The Oregon statesman 215 S. Commercial Phone 23 Edith Conklin h Struck fry Automobile Another narrow escape from. trage dy by automobile accident took plaeo in front of the 'Methodist church about 10:30 Sunday night. ' li Miss Edith Conklin, in alightink from a taxi at the corner near tho church, did not- look out for, ma chines coming down the ttreet, and started across the street, having gone around th taxi to do so, Just as a car Vas p taaiag and going about fifteen miles and hour. Sho was struck, on the. arm, rolled over In 4he street and had a leg badly bruised: - ' Offlcej Marlcls arrived on. the soene within a few minutes and as sisted Miss Conklin Into, tb car which Md struck, her. It was "driven by A. J. Ma this, who lives east of the city about two miles on tho Pen itentiary road. la the care with Mr. tyalhis was a young woman toy the name of Blue, T2ie car was driven to the home of J. IK Mutbs. 42i Cot tage streeti where Mlsm Conklin was made -corn fdrtable as clrcumotanees permitted. - - It ia retried that Miss CoakUn Is not suffetlnx; greatly and blames herscjf as muck as anyone for tho aecldept. - , i " The Tehuantepee National railway of Mexico Is to.be discontinued It la UDpmfltable because t competi tion with "the Panama canal. -Los- LOOK AT A CHILD'S : TONGUE WHEN CROSS, PEVERISH AUD SIC Tke Vo fhaitircti! More PoIjmws ' retrm Urnr am Ikmeli T t. at Once. .-' f ! Mothers can rest easr after arlvfnr' "California 8yrni of Fias." Ieeatise In, a few hours all the cloged-ue waste, sour blje and fermenting fooj gently mores out of the bowels, and you have a well, pfavfot child aagln. Children simply will not take the time from play to emoty their bowv els, jtnd they become lightly packed liver ota sluggish and stomach di ordered. ' c' When cross,, feverish, Testlcss see If tongue is coated, then give this daf Ucloua , "fririt laxative." Chlldwa lore t, and it'ean not cause Injury. difference what alls yoar lfttl4 c.ne if fn of cold; or a' sore throat, diarrhoea, stomach-ache, bad breath, remember, a gentle "Inside cleans ing" shanld alwavs bo the first treati ment given. : Full directions for bob bles, children cf all ages and grown ups are printed on each bottle. f Beworo of conn ter felt fla syrup. Ak your druggist for a. bottle California Syrup of Figs." then look carefully and see that It Is made by the "California Fir Rrrun CnmninT iWe make no smaller Hanj back with contempt any qther fli syrup. , ... Body Valuable to Director uencral LIcAdoo, is ciaim -" ' Made '" Fred O. nuchtel of the Oregon nubile service commlsiiloa yesterday addressed a letter to United 8tatej Senator McNary fflging tnat he ue his efforts ' to amend legislation pending In congress so that the au thority of state public service com- missions may oe proteciea. rower of state commissions In any way to regulate service, traffic and exercUo many other functions on Intrastate railroads Is endangered by the pro posed legislation in congress. Tfie letter reminds Senator Mc Nary that th Oregon commission has been mainly Instrumental In vir tually eliminating car shortage in Oregon. Further, to Illustrate the fact that, tho. commission's investi gations have more than a local bear ing. Mr. Buchtel mentions the activ ity of that body in endeavoring io have export freight unloaded at Portland and Astoria - instead of all belna unloaded at Pueet sound norts and at San Francisco, where the con gestion of freight in warehouses is such that the freight remains on cars which -are coEupelled to atand In the yards until' room is available in' the warehouses. ; Bristow : Makes Complaint. Mr. Buchtel's letter follows:" H !I am In receipt of advlco' from Mr. Joseph L. Brlstow, chairman of the committee on atate and federal legislation. National Association of Railway Commissioners, in which he saysthat there is grave danger of the passage of a bill by congress en tirely removing the power the state som mien ions to in any way regulate service, traffic, etc., on intrastate railroads. 1 .- "For many reasons, molt of them with which you are familiar, having acter as the attorney for this com mission, I beleve-itys will jeopardize the interests of the people generally. There ' are Innumerable questions arising wherein theVltlzena of Ore gon will not be properly protected nnfesa by , some local regulatory body. ':'t;',v '.v.. "For Instance, the state coromls- ions are of inestimable value to the general public in adjusting disputes and acting .as an Intermediary be tween it and the railroads. Small merchants and Individuals1 who can not afford a' traffic expert bave the tarrlff s and decide as to whether they are jcorrectly charged on freight shipments, .this being true onbot.i interstate and Intrastate shipments.' We frequently are - called ' upon to bring caeos before the interstate com metco commidkion and have auccees fully conduated numbers of disput ed cases before ' that body, result ing in material refunds. In many cases shippers being unfamiliar with the mod as operandi required to bring cases before the federal body, would ha-ro paid overcharges anu fiot con tested them bad it not boon for ibis commission, - . - -- Service Valuable To HIcAdoo; 'Furthermore) tho state commis sions have ad undobutedly wlU'con tfguo to be of gteat sen ice to the nation by their assistance in carrying out the euggc-slions 'and orders oi tho director general of railroads, Mri AfcAdoo, keeping him advised of the local situations ajnd assisting gener ally In the exediting of thj movement of traffic. f - "For example, the car shortage situation Is one of tho national prob lems whlciv this commission aided In solving with the reult -that 4 n Ore gon It is now practically a thing of the past, not by any means due to the unaided effort of any of, tne na tionn regulatory or advisory lodie, hot principally to the work of this and other state commissions con ducting a comprehensive campaign of education on the subject. That you may ; be further advised, I en close under separate rover a copy of some of oir circulars Issued on car shortage 4 from time to time), and as before stated, thfs Is only one of many natters of national .Interest that have boen Investigated by this commission with beneficial results. Fre'eVt Cm4lItlona Cited. "As a further thought, 1 wjsh to remind you -of "our recent telegram of January 19, 1918, in relation to the congestion of export freight now on the' lnrrenw at Seattle, Soun4 ports and San. Francisco, while POrtl land in eon junction with Astoria bai ample storage facilitlea, ' Inasmuch as cars are not being unloaded at the above points due to this lack of storage facilities.- it would appear that a considerable portion 'of this traffic might well be - diverted to Portland and Astoria which at least would release the .cars for govern mental use and -the shipment of nc cessities. This Is noted that you may realize that the : commission's studies and Investigations while Im portant to the state, also bave a ma? terlal bearing n questions other than local.' -V..-' , ... "Believing that the services rend ered by ' the public service commis sion within the state of Oregon are Important, and that their, power to bo of further service to the national government should not be. ahbrogat ea Df nnwijr legislation. I trust. Senator, that you may so your way clear tn bave proper sections embod ied In the bill pending, which -will Better Goods for Less Monor Crash Towelicff, yard. . . -AVfa Extra Quality Crash Toweling, yard... . . . , . . . . , . t. , .llz Ladies 'Long Ktoonaa", eich. . . . . . . . .... ...... . . . . ,7r ; Ladles' Apron and Cap Seta, each. v. ...... ... -.iZz Children ' Oinfiham )and' Serge-J)resacg, complete firscrt ment, each. . . . . . . . . . ; .75c,"33c and X.c Our Pricci Always the Lowest fs 7. GALE GO.; Commercial and Court Stf., formcrl CJiicafjo t:r; , : Phone 1072 . safeguard the authority of tho staio eouni.r'A otn. X am firmly convinced that Itm pecli ve of the fact that it l only thiough stale regulation that the internets of our Oiegon people as a whij;tJ can be properly protect ed, that our a alue to the nation I attch a rhould preclude the destmc- J a Mm i . m a . uon ot i no eiiecuveness oi iqo worn, of. tho state commissions. . - ' "it mlxtt alxo be well to take into consideration that you may be called upon to mee a sentiment manufact ured by those whom for, peculiar reasons Of their own are opposed to reguiaUoa of any kind by any one wTiatsocver," .. " . ' ' EAT WITHOUT FEAR OF INDIGESTION OR sour; ACID STOMACH Instant relief! Tape' I)faiepsln' ends yow Mtomacn aiMtrrsa. ; . Try Hi ' ' Wonder, what upset your stomach which portion of the food did the damage do y out Well, don t bother . If your stomach Is in a re volt; if sick, gassy and upset, and what you Just ate has fermented and turned sour; bead dizzy and aches; belch gases and -acids and eructate hndiaested food: breath foul, tonirue coated just take a little tape's DI apepsin to help neutralize acidity and fn five minutes you wonder what be came of the indigestion and distress. Millions of men and women today know that it is needless tohavje dys pepsia. A little Dlapepsln occasional ly keeps the stomach sweetenod and they eat their favonate foods with out fear. ,? ' If ypur stomach doesn't take care of your liberal limit without rebel lions if your food is a damage in stead of a help, remember the quick est, earest; most harmless 'relief is rape's Dlapepsln, which : costs only fifty cents for a large case at dru stqres. It's truly wonderful H stops fermentation and. acidity and seta things straight,1 so gently and easily .that it is really astonlshlcg., RAILROAD BILL APPROVEBSOON Final Decision Expected to be Reached on Measure ' . ... t , - - - JJjrjxiday '. " WASIIINCTOFr. Feb.' 1 9. rians wers made today which ihe adminis tration leaders believe will insute passage of the railroad bill this week. Under an informal agreement to be submitted to the sciate tomorrow for ratification, debate will be limit ed to fire-minute speeches beginning at 2:00 p. ,m., Thursday, and It is expected that a final vofev can be reached before adjournment that day... Y ' This agreement foil owejl the readr Ing of a letter to Chairman, Smith of the intaratate commerce, fommULcfc (com Director Ooneral McAdoo urg ing the necessity for -prompt actios In the matter and . declaring that every day'a delay was Interfering with the prosecution of the war. Chairman Smith proposed the prow gram . informally after his proposal to fix five o'clock Thursday afternoon as the time to begin voting had been blocked by an objection from Senator gr!ndextcr. '"'-The., latter rail c. .not desire to doiar acuon, but vat, jed to leave the' way open for- c Jf'ussion of' any rmendn'.cnts t flight be offered. Debate on the bl't continued v ; Senator romercno or Ohio and f tor AVafson of IndUna, both c hern of the Interstate commerce n, mlttee, speaking In it support. I: urged liberal treatment for tb r roads while undr tovcrnmrr.t t trot, the latter declaring this ecu preferable to baving eighteen La: dollars worth of rroprty plnr into litigation. Tho Indiana r... opposed government ownernhlp railroads and the indefinite extern : of government control, and urci t senate to accept the committee s ; posal to limit' the duration of g ernment conttol to eighteen moat: after the war ends. - Scnator Tomerenb dcclarel t1 thei present bill was a war m-:. and for that reason no effort ehr be made In It to correct the evils the transportation aystem. ' . -. Senator Johnson of California, v , discuss ; the bill' tonorro', deal; especially .with the question of gc, ernment ownership. . I Preparations llcde fcr Washington Ban z ine wasningtonan.sociery or v. , lamette university will have its &: pual banquet and program Februa 22, Washington's birthday, T: HOUlUg iuaijuu dwivi j ; ib ; e fell gether organization of all the et dents In Willamette university frc Washngton state. . ' The chaoel exercsea will he tnrr. over to the Washingtonians and il will have f nil ,; charge of the pr gram. At JO a, m. Peiv. R. S. C will geve a talk on "Tho aFther ( L. W. Chace, followed by a select of the women's glee club.. At t: time ; tbe" WIHamette service f; will be , presented . to the stnd body b-y Protestor v T. Mattbe Abou.Beventy students of fiio n versty 'have answered tho call t colors since the president's call 1 March. This number includes -vv alumni students and those taking course in the university when t call came. " - ,. .'-. . The program will be followed Yy banquet at the First Methoj Episcopal church for the memL of the student body and faculty r? the aJ iimn 1. 1 Table repervationa r be made by earretpondin? with IV--eel Rarey, WlUametto unyelisity. 1 Chace will act as toastmastr of t' occa&on. !-,;- .; : . WORST WINTER IS YEAT,3 f5now wind and exereme coM r aed mora-colds tula winter than years, ley's" Honey and Tar pre, Its. worth In thousands of hn Mrs. Edward Ftnovy, R, 37. Clit O., aays: ,"I think Tnloy's llonry , Tar is the only medicine for con and colds and recommend it hi?X'. Fine for children. J. C. Ferry. - - MANXMAN' ' lt- IfAia "CAIXK IstllKHTY THKATItti f Hnnlfl Snm'-s Pnnr;'. SEE IT W0HK OVER HKUK you will ate bits; All building records smashed to V s 1 3 A - -t DOUBLE SHOW Thousands of men and horse Av tolling as men never, tolled before: wnote etty, capaoie ot nouwius 40.000 rionl pnmt)lIHv ronstruct- J& ed in.flity-two days; u : - "OVER Jl Kit E" is loaded with r tiiotism. . jammed with inttrc1?, packed with timeliness. EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD OWET TO THEMSELVES TO SEE THIS WEDNESDAY AND THUESDAYONLY LIBERIA THEATRE