ANNOUNCEM ENT to our p ttro m tfcroughoul the Pacific Northwest: BSKT* HOTEL OREGON haa been placed under the management of N. K. Clarke, who waa for many years connected with the Portland. Cornelius and Seward Hotels, and who will always extend to all a cordial welcome Commencing November 1st we shall in­ augural* the American plan in coonectioo with the European plan. W s solicit your patronage. American Han, $3 to $5 per day. European Plan. $1 per day up. N. K. C LAR K E . M fr. NO MEDICINE I f you are ailing in anyway, and want help, write me DR. L. U D A V IS . 129 Vs Russel street. Portland. Oregon. Double Tread Puncture Proof Très Made from your old ones. Last long as Brand New TIKES W rite us OREGON V U LC A N IZIN G CO.. 560 Washington St.. Portland. Ore. L E A R N W A T C H M A K IN G Pleasant, profitable work not overdone; few months' learning; positions guaranteed: w rite for references and particulars. Portland Watchmak­ ing. Engraving and Optical School. 218 Common­ wealth Building. Portland. Oregon. Dalles-Columbia Line Winter Schedule, Nov. 25 to Mar. 16. Steam er. J. N. Tea! and T — iu Cltte. for Kenne­ wick. P a r c . Wallula. U m atilla Arlington. The Dalle., Lyle. Hood River. W hite Salmon, ( anon, Stevenson. C u e ad. Lock*. L e . v . Portland Tues­ day. and Friday, at 11 p m. Freight and pasaen. ■ere. Landing Taylor St. Dock. Portland. Fault of the Clerk. The court clerk was examining an applicant for citizenship papers. Un­ fortunately the clerk didn't ask his questions in the order in which the man from across the seas had beeu taught the answers. “ Do you speak English?” asked the clerk. "Sure, Mike,” was the answer. “ How long have you been in this country?” "M ichigan.” “ How tall are you?* “ Forty years.” The clerk sighed. " I think you'd better get an interpreter,” he said.— N ew York World. 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Stick to Your Intentlona Don't put o ff getting Hanford’s Bal­ sam of Myrrh until something hap­ pens Get it now and be prepared for accidents. You wiil find frequent use fo r it in your home and in your stable for cuts, burns, bruises and any sore, any lameness. Adv. Relaxation Due. "Don't you find it rather lonely since your boy Josh went back to school?" "Y es.” replied Farmer Corntossel; "but it's kind o' restful. Josh has been educatin' me an’ mother so much that we need our turn at takln' a va­ cation, same as he did.” — Washington Star. M O W A R ii K nrR TU B - « « » r »on Cbcmlrt. ■ ■ Lcndvills. Colorado. Specimen prieta: Gold. Silver I# v l, Si (¿old. Silver, 7óo; Gold. 50o; Ziao « r Coprir f i Mali i naanvt. o ( onvalopaaa ____ id full priosJM aaat on ai-plicatlon. Control and ‘ ” Umpire work a Ueitsd. Iiafcrenea: : Gar (tonate National Bank. Doesn't Evaporate. "W e must get some ammonia In the house. Every household ought to have on hand a quick stimulant.” "W hisky answers the purpose,” he suggested. "But ammonia keeps better.” said she, significantly.— Kansas City Jour­ nal. Diplomatic. “ That fellow Miggs is a pretty smooth proposition.” “ Yes?” “ Why. he got his w ife Jollied Into believing that she is the only one in the family who knows how to run a furnace." TTave H .u lt h f. Strong, B ea u tifu l Byes V b j . i c i . a a a a «4 k u r io a S ja Rem edy m any y e a rs b efore It w a s o ffered a s a Dom estic K je M edicine. M u rine ia S till Com­ pounded by O ur P h ysic ia n s and gu aran teed by them ne a R elia b le K n lltf fo r Eyes th a t Need Care. T ry It In you r Eyen and I d Baby 's E y e . — N e S m a rtin g — Just Eye Com fort. Buy M arine o f ynur D ru g gla t — a ccep t no Su b stitu te, and If In terested w r its fo r Book o f the E ye Free S S C IU H B i l l K Z E I U f CO .. C U IC A W O O c u iiiU A t.d Sad Self-Consciousness. "W h at are you going to wear to the fancy dress party?” " I dunno,” replied Mr. Cumrox. ” 1 guess I'll go as a clown, and then if I do something that makes the guests snicker maybe mother an' the girls’ll think I'm doing it apurpose.”— Wash­ ington Star. Irresistible. The Swell Cuest— Your cook Is a very handsome girl. The Shrewd Host— She Is. She mashes the potatoes by simply look­ ing at them.— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. HERE ARE th e F A C T S Plate« and bridgwe mad« la my own lahrfratiMTr Off«** akaaltttety cW n . In*trumenta thoroughly «ter- la d P r i« « « rwaannaW#. Work g-jaranteod. Constant srvisavor ta do work Dr. Elof T. Hedlund DENTIST V * r g » a BaiMiac Floor. W a«k iagtea Naar Braadwav. Port la ad r n . u. I L ’ H P f w ritiag le M e« U te — N a SO. I t i « President W ilson Reads Message to 64th Congress WASHINGTON. D. C.— Following la President Wilson s address to the Joint session of Congress, which met Mon­ day at noon in the Cwth convention: Gentlem en o f tha Congress: Slnca I last had tha p riv ile g e o f addressing you on tha I sta te o f the Union the w a r o f nations on the o th er side o f the sea. which had then on ly begun to disclose its portentous p ro ­ portions. haa extended Its th reatsn ln g and sin ister scope u ntil it has sw ept w ithin its I fla m e som e portion o f eve ry qu arter o f the globe, not exceptin g our own hem isphere, has a ltered the w hole fa ce o f International a ffa irs and now presents a prospect o f r e ­ o rga n isa tion and reconstruction such as statesm en and peoples h ave never been called upon to a tte m p t before W e have stood apart, studiously neutral. I t w as our m an ifest duty to do so. N ot only did we h ave no part o r Interest In the eg which seem to have brought co n flict on; It w as necessary. If a u niversal catastrophe was to be avoided, that a KUatt should be set to the sw eep o f destru ctive w a r that some pa rt o f the grea t fa m ily o f nations should keep th e processes o f peace alive, i f only to preven t co llective econom ic ruin and tha breakdow n throughout the w orld o f the industries by which Its popu­ lation s are fed and sustained. It was m an­ ife s tly th e duty o f tha s e lf governed nations o f this hem isphere to redress, i f posssible. the balance o f econom ic loss and confusion In the other, i f th ey could do n oth ing more. In th e day o f readjustm en t and recuperation we earn estly hope and believe that they can be o f In fin ite service. In this n eu trality, to which th ey were | bidden not only by th eir separate life and th eir habitual detach m em from the policies o f Europe, but also by a clear perception o f ln tarnation al duty, the states o f A m erica h ave becom e conscious o f a new and more v ita l com m unity o f in terest and m oral p a rt­ nership in affairs, m ore clea rly conscious o f the m any comm on sym pathies and in te r­ ests and duties which bid them stand to ­ geth er. A ttitu d e T ow ard N eigh bors U nselfish. T h ere was a tim e In the ea rly days o f our own grea t Nation and o f the republics fig h t ­ in g th e ir w ay to Independence In Central and South A m erica when the G overn m ent o f tha U nited States looked upon its e lf as in som e sort the gu ardian o f the republics to tha aouth o f her as against any en croach ­ m ents o r efforts a t p o litica l control from the oth er side o f tha w a te r, fe lt it Its duty to play the part even w ith ou t In vita tion from th em ; and I think that we can claim that the task was undertaken w ith a true and disin terested enthusiasm fo r the freedom o f the A m ericas and the unm olested self- govern m en t o f her independent peoples. But it was alw’ ays d ifficu lt to m aintain such a ro le w ithou t offense to tha pride o f the p eo ­ p le* whose freed o m o f action we sought to protact, and w ithou t p rovo k in g serious m is­ conceptions o f our m otives, and eve ry th ou gh tfu l man o f a ffa irs must w elcom e the altered circumstances o f the new day In whoso lig h t we now stand, when there Is no claim o f guardianship or thought o f wards, but. Instead, a fu ll and honorabl# association as o f partners betw een ourselves and our neighbors. In the in terest o f a ll A m erica, north and south. Our concern fo r the in ­ dependence and p rosp erity o f the states of Central and South A m erica is not altered. W e h ave been put to the test in the case o f M exico, and we h ave stood the test. W h eth er w e h a re ben efited Mexico by the course we have pursued rem ains to be seen H er fortunes are In her own hands. But we have at least proved that w e w ill not take a d va n ta g e o f her in h er distress and u n d er­ take to im pose upon her an order and g o v ­ ernm ent o f our own choosing. L ib e rty it often a fierce and In tra cta b le thing, to whlck no bounds can be set. and to w hich no bounds o f a few m en’s choosing ought ever to be set. E very A m erican who has drunk at th e true fountains o f principle and t r a ­ dition must subscribe w ithou t reservation to the h igh doctrin e o f the V irg in ia B ill o f Bights, which In the grea t days in which our G overnm ent was set up was e v e r y ­ where am ongst us accepted as the creed o f free men. Th a t doctrin e is. ‘"That g o v e rn ­ ment is. o r ought to be, instituted fo r the comm on benefit, protection and security o f the people, nation, o r co m m u n ity''; that " o f a ll the various modes and fo rm s o f governm en t that is the best which Is c a p a ­ ble o f producing the grea test degree o f h ap ­ piness and safety, and Is most effectu ally secured against the dan ger o f m aladm lnts tra tlon : and that, when any governm en t •hall be found Inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a m a jo rity o f the co m ­ m unity hath an Indubitable, Inalienable, and in defeasib le rig h t to reform . a lter or abolish It, in such m anner as shall be Judged most conducive to the public w ea l." We bave u nh esitatingly applied that herole principle to the case o f Mexico, and now h op efu lly a w a it the rebirth o f the troubled republic, which had so much o f w hich to purge Itse lf and so llttlo sym p a th y from any outside q u arter In the radical but necessary process. P a n -A m erican ism Is D efined. T h e m oral Is. that the states o f A m erica are not hostile riv a ls but co-op erating friends, and that their g ro w in g sense of com m un ity o f interest, a lik e In m atters p o ­ litical and In m atters econom ic, Is lik ely t« giv e them a new sign ifican ce as factors In in tern ational a ffa irs and In the political history o f the world. It presents them an in a very deep and true sense a unit In world affairs, spiritual partners, standing tog eth er because thin kin g together, quick with comm on sym pathies and “ com m on /deals. Separated they a re subject to all the cross currents o f the confused policies o f a w orld o f hostile riv a lries, united In spirit and purpose th ey cannot be disappointed o f their peaceful destiny. T h le is p an -A m erlcan lsm . It has none o f the sp irit o f em pire In it. I t Is the e m ­ bodiment. the effectu al em bodim ent, o f the spirit o f law and Independence and liberty and mutual service. A very notable body o f men recen tly met In th e C ity o f W ashington, at the in vitation and as the guests o f this G overnm ent, whose delib eration s are lik ely to be looked back to as m a rkin g a m em orable tu rn ing poin» In the h istory o f A m erica. T h ey w ere re p re­ sen ta tive spokesmen o f the several Inde pendent states o f this hem isphere and wers assem bled to discuss the fin ancial and co m ­ m ercial relations o f th e republics o f tbe tw o contlnsnts w hich nature and political fortu ne have so In tim a tely linked togeth er I earn estly r-com m m end to your perusal the reports o f their proceedings and o f the a c ­ tions o f th eir com m ittees You w ill get from them I think, a fresh conception ol the east and In telligen ce and advan tage w ith w hich A m ericana o f both continents may d raw tog eth er In practical co-operation and o f w hat the m a terial foundations of this hopeful partnership o f Interest must consist— o f how we should build them and of how necessary it is that we ahould hasten th e ir building. (.r e s t Ikemocrweles N ot B e lligeren t. N o one who re a lly com prehends the spirit o f th e grea t people fo r whom we are a p ­ pointed to apeak can fa ll to perceive that 'their passion la fo r peace, th eir genius best displayed In the practice o f the arts of peace G reat dem ocracies a re not belllger- erent T h ey do not seek or desire w ar T h eir thou ght Is o f in dividu al lib erty and o f the fre e labor that supports life and the uncensored thou ght that quickens It Con­ quest and dom inion are not in our reckon ­ ing. o r a greeable to our principles But Just because w e dem and unmolested d e ­ velopm ent and the undisturbed governm en t o f our own lives upon our own princip le* o f rig h t and liberty, we resent, from w h a t­ e v e r q u arter It m a y come, the aggression we ourselves w ill not practice. W e Insist upon security in prosecuting our self-chosen lines o f N ational develop m en t W e do m ore than that W e dem and It also fo r others W e do not confine our enthusiasm for In ­ divid u al lib erty and fr e e N ational d e v e lo p ­ ment to the Incident* and m ovem en ts o f a f ­ fa irs which affect only ourselves Out o f such thoughts g r o w all our poli- r le « W e regard w ar m e rely as a means o f asserting the righ ts o f a people against • gfresssion And we a re as fie rc e ly Jealous S u g a r Issue Is S e r i o u s . San Joan— W ith the largest sugar crop in the island’s history to be har­ vested, and with the grinding season barely a month away, sugar men are facing a serious labor trouble. A gen­ eral demand is being made by Santiago Igeaiaa, head of the local labor organ­ ization and representative in Porto Rico o f the American federation o f la­ bor, fo r an eight-hour day and a dollar wage for all agricultural laborers. So far only one sugar mill, Guanica Cen­ tral, at Ensenada, haa commenced grinding. o f co ercive or d icta to ria l p ow er w ithin our j w heth er w « w ill o r not. T h ere U. fo r ex-1 nues o f the second h a lf o f the fiscal year, own R a tion as o f agaiesaton from w ithout am ple, a vary pressing question o f trad* would yield the Treasu ry at the end o f the Vve w ill not m aintain a standing arm y ex- end shipping In volved m this grea t problem year an a\ailable balance o f $70,044.605 78. c«p t fo r uses which are as necessary In o f N ation al adequacy. It ia necessary for Th e additional reven ue« required to carry tim es o f peace as in tim es o f w a r. and w e m any w eig h ty reasons o f N a tio n a l sfflclancy shall a l t t j n see to it that our m ilita ry ! and developm en t that we »hou ld have a out thi- program m e o f m ilita ry nnd naval peace establishm ent is no la rg er than is 1 grea t m erchant m arine. T h e grea t m erchant preparation o f which 1 have spoken, would, actu ally and continuously needed fo r the , fle e t we cues used to m ake us rich, that as at present estim ated, be fo r the fisc a l year ■ uses o f days la w hich no enem ies m ove t g iv a t body o f stu rdy sailors who used to 1917. $93 800,000. These figures, taken w ith , against us B u t we do b elieve in a bod> ¡c a r r y our fla g into ev e ry sea. and w ho wers the ftgurvs fo r the present fiscal year which ; of fre e cltixens ready and eufflcieut to tak*- the prid e and o ften the bulw ark o f the I have a lrea d y given, disclose our fin ancial are o f th e m selw a and o f the governm en ts Nation, we h ave alm ost driven out o f ex- problem fo r the year 1917. Assuming that whlch they h ave aet up to serve them. In lstence by inexcusable neglect and ln d lffer- the taxes imposed by the em ergency revenue j our constitutions them selves w e h ave com- »n ee and by a h opelessly blind and pro- act and the present duty on sugar a re to be discontinued, and that th e balance at the inanded that "th e rig h t o f the people t o j> in c ia l policy o f so-called econom ic protec- close o f the present fiscal year w ill be only ; keep and bear arm s sh all not be in frin ged , j tion. It 10 h igh tim e w e repaired our inis- $'-*0,044.COo 78. that the disbursem ents fo r and our confidence haa been that our sa fety ta ke and resumed our com m ercial lnde- the Panam a Canal w ill again be about $25.- t in tim es o f dan ger would lie in the rising pendence on the seas, 000 . 000 , and that the additional expenditures o f the Nation to take care o f Itself, as the j F o r It is a question o f Independence. I f f.r th f 4 n t y and N a vy are authorised by the ! fa rm ers rose at L exington . oth er nations g o to w a r o r seek to ham per Cougrws*. the d eficit in the general fund of ' Bu t w ar haa n ever been a m ere m a tter o f 1 »¿ach o th er's com m erce, our m erchants, It the Treasury on the 80th o f June. 1917. w ill ¡m en and guns. It is a thin g o f disciplined *eems, are a t th eir m ercy, to do w ith as they be nearly 235.000.U00. T o this »uin at least j m ight I f our cltixens a re ever to fig h t please. W e must uae th eir ships, and use 150.000.000 should be adtled to represent ffa ctive ly upon a sudden summons, they • them as they determ ine. W e h ave not ships sufe w orkin g balance fo r the Treasury, and must know how modern fig h tin g la done, enough o f our own W e cannot handle our $ 12 . 000.000 to include the usual deficien cy and w hat to do when the summons comes j own com m erce on the seas Our in d ep en d -' estim ates In 1917; and these additions would to render th em selves Im m ed iately a va ila b le «n e e !s provin cial, and la on ly on land and m ake a total i i t t i It Of some $297.000,000. I f and Im m ed iately effective. And the G o v -j w ithin our own border«. W e a re not likely the present taxes should be continued j»rn m e n t must be th e ir servant In this m a t -j to be perm itted to use even the ships o f throughout this year and the next, h ow ever ter, must supply them w ith the tra in ln i ; oth er n ation» In riv a lr y o f th eir own trade, there would be a balance in the Treasury ¡th ey need to take care o f th em selves and and a re w ithou t m eans to extend our cora- o f some $16,500.000 at the end o f the present I o f it. T h e m ilita ry arm o f their G overn- . m ere* n every possible w av ths building, purchase, In our own. m aster . ita l Corps, th « Oru- and A m erican registration o f ships. But cap­ o f prudent statesm anship and frank finance er C Corps, c the . H o sp nance D epartm ent and oth er sim ilar auxll- j it « i rannot accom plish this great task o f « that in what * e are now, I hope, about to lary services. Th ese a re tha additions ne» es- sudden lt must em bark upon it by degrees, undertake we should pay as we go. Th e sary to render the A rm y adequ ate fo r its a* tbe opportu nities o f trade develop. Some- people o f the country s is en titled to know present duties, duties which it has to P«*r- | thin g must he done at once; done to open Just s h a t burdens o f taxation they a re to form not only upon our own continental routes and develop opportu nities w here they carry, an,I to know from the outset, now. coasts and borders and a t our In terior A rm y «{■« as' yet undeveloped, done to open the ar- Th e new bills should be paid by in tern al ta x ­ poeta. but also in th e Ph ilippin es, in the i«*rl<-s o f trade w here the currents hav# not ation. H a w aiian Islands, a t the Ithm us. and in yet learned to run— esp ecia lly betw een the two T o w hat sources, then, shall we turn? F orto Rico. A m erica n continents, w here they are. sin ­ T h is Is »•> peculiarly & question which ths B y w ay o f m akin g the cou ntry ready to gu la rly enough, yet to be created and q u ick ­ gentlem en o f the House o f R epresentatives assert som e part o f It « real pow er prom ptly ened; and It Is evid en t that only the G o v­ are expected under the Constitution to pro­ and upon a la rg er seals, should occasion ernm ent can undertake such b egin n in g» and pose an answer to that you w ill h ardly e x ­ arise, the plan also con tem plates supple­ assume the In itial financial risks W hen the pect me to do D ior« than discuss It In very m entin g the Arm y by a fo rce o f 400.000 risk has passed and p riva te ca pita l begins general term s W o should be fo llo w in g an disciplined cltixens. raised In Increm ents of to fin d Its w ay In sufficient abundance Into alm ost universal exam ple o f modern g o v e rn ­ 133,000 a year throughout a period o f three these new channels, the Governm ent may ments If we w ere to draw the grea ter part >ears Th is lt Is proposed to do by a process w ithdraw . or even the w hole o f the revenues we need o f en listm en t under which t h « usrvi sable from the Income taxes. B y som ew hat lo w e r­ Khlp Pu n liane plan D eclared U rgent. men o f the country w ou ld be asked to bind in g the present lim its o f exem ption and ths the nselves to serve w ith the colors fo r pur­ W ith a view to m eetin g these pressing n e­ figure at s h lc h the surtax shall begin to be poses o f train ing fo r short periods th rou gh ­ Im posed, and by Increasing, step by step cessities o f our com m erce and a v a ilin g o u r­ out th ree years, and to coins to the colors throughout the present graduation, the sur- at call at any tlm s throughout an additional selves nt the earliest possible m om ent of tax Itself, the Income taxes as at present • fu rlo u gh " period o f three years T h is fo rce the present unparalleled opportu nity o f link apportioned would yield sums sufficient to ing the tw o A m ericas togeth er In bonds of o f 400,600 men would be provided with p e r­ balance the book« o f the Treasu ry at the end sonal accoutrem ents as fa st as enlisted and mutual Interest and service, an opportu nity o f the fiscal year 1917 w ithou t anyw here their equipm ent fo r the fie ld made ready which m ay n ever return again If we miss m aking the burden unreasonably or o p ­ It now, proposals w ill b# m ade to the pres­ to he supplied at any tim e. T h ey would be pressively heavy. T h e precise reckoning* assem bled fo r tra in in g at stated Intervals ent Congress fo r the purchase or construction are fu lly and accu rately ««■ t out In the report at convenient places In association w ith o f ships to tie owned and directed by the o f the S ecretary >f the Treasu ry which w ill Governm er.t sim ilar to thoae m ade to the last su itable units o f the R eg u lar A rray T h e ir be Im m ed iately laid b efore you. period o f annual tra in in g would not n eces­ Congress, but m odified In some essential p a r­ ticulars. I rsrom m m end th e »« proposals to And there are many a ddition a l sou rce« o f sarily exceed tw o m onths In the year can Justly be resorted to A t least so much m y w ay o f preparation you fo r your prom pt acceptance w ith the revenue which h am pering the industries o f the fo r defense seems to me to be absolutely m ore confiden ce because every month that w ithout has elapsed since the fo rm er proposal# wore country or putting any too grea t ch a rge upon Im perative now. W o cannot do lees. m ade has m ade the necessity fo r such action in dividu al expenditure. A tax o f 1 cent p «r N a v y P ro g ra m m e S im ila rly Conceived. m ore and m ore m a n ifestly im p era tive Th at gallon on gasoline and naptha would yield, Th® p r o g r .m ir i. w h ich w ill b . Iwld b® for. n » M » » • th «n fo r ® .e o n - I t ( . n o w .c u t .ly ut the present estim ated production, $10,- vou h r tlvu S ecretary o f th® N « v y 1® ® lm ll«r r* 't *"■ ' e ve ryw h ere r .»M ie .l b y th »® « fur 000,000; a tax o f 50 cents per horse pow er fy c o n e .lv.d 7 It Involve® only ® ahortenlng »•>■’ "> lr«,l® 1® w a ltln , but who can find no on autom obiles and Internal explosion en ­ o f the t lm . w ith in w hich p la n , long m e- " o n v e y .n o . fo r t h . lr go o d . I ®m not ®o gines $ 13 . 000 , 000 ; a stam p tax on bank ture.1 .h a ll be carried o a t. but It d o e. '" U 'h In te r..,e d In the p a rticu la r* o f the cheques, probably $18.000,000; a tax o f 25 m ake d efin ite end e ip llc lt a program m e Program m e a . I am In taking Im m ediate cents per ton on pig Iron, $10,000,000. a tax which h a . h ereto fo re bean only Im plicit, h .ld " f th * t opp,or,un‘7 wMch o f J 5 cents per ton on fabricated iron and in the m in d , o f t h . co m m ittee on naval a f » " ■ » ■ “ ■ « * . » • * » 1 but act a thl# -m at- steel, probably $10.000,000 In a country of falra and dlacloaed In the debabee o f the ,M th l* m atter, ae In all others, a grea t In du strie« like this it ought to he easy tw o houae. but now h ere form u la ted or fo r- 'P ‘ r>< » * comm on cminaal ahould prevail, to distribu te the burdens o f taxation w ithou t m ully adopted. l t a erm . to m . vary c l.a r > » " d « • » o f It ahould c o m . an ea rly solution m akin g »hem anyw here bear too h ea vily or ’ hat it w ill be to tha a d va n ta ge o f tha ^ pree.ln g problem^ too exclu sively upon any one set o f persons country fo r the Congnees to a dopt a com - ! T h ere is another m a tter which seems to or undertakings W h a t Is clea r Is that th* Industry o f this generation should pay ths bills o f this generation. N o Im m ed iate D a n ger In Mind. I h a re spoken to you today, gentlm en. u j^n a single theme, th e thorough prep ­ aration o f th# N ation to care fo r Its own security and co m ake sure o f e n tire fre«»- year every unnecessary burden or em barrassm ent; dorn to p la y the Im partial role In th l« tvetn- tsphere and In the w orld which we all b e ­ * ' T . V u M and t h . r . 1. no b etter . a y ta b . clea r o f e now d e fin ite ly deetrm ln e how we shall com ­ barrassm ent than to fu lfill our prom ise» and j lieve to have been p ro vid en tia lly assigned I have had In m y mind no thought prom ote the interests o f those dependent on , to It. plete w hat w e h ave begun, and how soon B ills fo r th# alteration • o f any Im m ediate or p a rticu la r dan ger a ris­ T h s program m e to be laid bv»for« you con- us to the utmost. ing out o f our relatione w ith oth er nations. and reform o f th « govern m en t o f th * I'h ll tem p lates the construction w ithin fiv e V « » r « | , nd r e n d e r la . fu lle r Ttn llilr.l W o are at peace w ith a ll the n ation« o f the Of ,o butt lath l pa. 4 *>•«>;• < h » ! jS Su cV ,o * " h . p lo p l. o f « 1 . ^ w ^ i u b * ' w orld, and there is reason to hope that no cruleer«. 40 d.atrojara^ I I fle e t submarine®. th , « a T h „ y w l|. queHtlon in controversy b etw een this and t » eul'tnltt. d . 1.0 to you 1 n .ed no, p .rtlcu - oth er governm en ts w ill lead to any serious breach o f am icable relations, gra ve as some ?.h - L i - i L . . e i . h ? ! la r lia th eir d e ta in To,, a re m ,,.t o f ra a I and 1 rep a ir «h ip. It is proposed that ot a lready fa m ilia r w ith them. B u t I do rec- j d ifferen ces o f attitu de and policy h ave been this num ber w e shall th e . firs t year . pro- _ ,_ _ I om " iin ritti them lim ili to it » your » '» u t r a r . y n 'l'-li'lill w ith ! and may yet turn out to be m ii end early adoption I am sorry to vide fo r t h . construction o f 2 b .t t l ..h l p 4 , , (]„ „ „ „ „ conviction that t h . r . are a r. few 1 say th a t the gra vest th rea ts against our 2 b a ttle cruiser., S .r o u t c r u lle r., 14 d .a tro y - m„ , ur, , „o u Id adopt which would x i o r e National peace and s a fe ty have been ut- t” » flee t subm arina. 25 coaat subm arina. , . rv|„. . b, o lia r th . w ay fo r tha great poll- I tered w ithin our own borders. T h ere are _ . , . . , - " 1 1 lea by whl^h we wish n m ake good, w citlsens o f the U nited States. I blush to a d ­ year, t b attlesh ip», 1 .em it cruleer. 10 da- ' ,,ur r „ ht ;M 4 ; „ t e rp r„ c , m it. born under oth<*r fla g * but w elcom ed »tro y e r», 4 flee t • u b m a r ln «. 1« coaat aub- o f , „„„ A w l„ a rd , „ d po- under our generous n atu ralisation law s to marines. 1 gunbeat and 1 fuel oil ahlp; the »jtjr-* l freed >m the full freedom and opportu n ity o f A m erra, third year, J battteahlpa, 1 b a ttle cru ller. rh „ f„ r , rm , 4 for<.M o f who h ave poured the poison o f disloya lty 2 .ro u t tra tM ra , 4 d e .tro y .ra . t fleet M b - N a tl„ n h , , an4 f „ r lh , | Into the very arteries o f our National life ; m a r in e and 15 court su bm arin e«; tha feu rtk g . n . r . i policy o f a d .o t i.t . preparation for who h ave sought to brin g the au th ority and year. I ba ttlesh ip., 2 b a ttle c n ila e r. 1 .rou t mm,lll»at1t,n and defense. In vo lve o o f f count.. ! cruteers. 10 destroyers, 2 flwet submarines, very large addition a l expenditures o f money good nam e o f our G overnm ent Into con­ 15 coaat submarines, 1 am m unition ahlp and — expenditures which w ill considerably e x ­ tem pt. to destroy our Industries w h erever they thought It e ffe c tiv e fo r th eir vin d ictive 1 fu el oil ship; and t h « fifth year. 2 b a ttle­ ceed the estim ated revenues o f the O overn- purposes to strik e at them, and to debase our ship«. 1 b a ttle cruiser 2 scout cruisers. 10 rriv-nt. It Is m ade m y du ty hy law. w hen ­ politics to the uses o f fo reig n Intrigue. T h eir d,e stroy «rs. 2 fleet subm arine«. 15 coast sub eve r the estim ates o f expenditure exceed the Is not grea t as com pared w ith ths martZM«, 1 gunboat, 1 am m unition ship and estim ates o f revenue, to call the a ttention o f number w hole number o f those stu rdy hosts by 1 rep a ir ship. the Congress to the fact and suggest any which our N ation ha* been enriched In re ­ T h . S ecretary o f th e N a v y la ..k in g alan o f m e etin g t h . d . d c l . n . y " that It cent ge n era tio n « out o f v lr ll« fo reign stocks; fo r t h . Im m ed iate addition to th e p.r.onn .1 | , „ a>, ,,r e fo r m e to suggest. ! but It is grea t enough to h avs brought deep o f t h . N a v y o f 75M aatlora, 2500 apprentice , am ra. d , „ M. V. that It would be my disgrace upon u* and to h ave m ade It nece# ..a m en and 1500 m a rin e» T h l. In crea ». 1utv , do . r„ , , nd , p, r„ r . ; sary that a e should prom p tly m ake use o f would be su fficien t to care fo r t h . sh ip . , u„ r,y , „ „ ind , p„ k , h„ m . „ . r w h , n „ processes o f law by which w e m ay bs which a re to be com pleted w ithin the fiscal appears that the deficien cy w ill arise directly i purged o f their corrupt distem per«. Am erica >ear 181. and also fo r the number o f men ,,ut nf adoption by the Congress o f meas- ne\«-r witnessed an yth in g lik e this before whlch must be put In tra in in g to man ths ;jr. , wM ch I m >se:f urge it to adopt A llow W h ile w e speak o f the preparation o f tha ■hip# which w ill be com pleted e a rly In I t l i I rn^_ therefore to speak briefly o f the pr**»ent It is also necessary that the num ber o f m id -j nf th „ T rea su ry and o f the flecal Nation to m ake sure o f her security and her shlpmen at the N'aval A ca d em y at A nnapolis j problem s which the next year w ill probably i effective* pow er w e must not fa ll Into the patent erro r o f supposing that h er real ■ hould be Increased by at least 100 In order u*, ios« strength comes from a rm a m en t« and m e r« that the fo rce o f o ffic e r « should be m ors . . .. „ . . safegu ards o f w ritten law It < trues, o f ra pid ly added to ; and a u th ority la a.ked | A d d itio n a l K e trn u e R equ ired. to appoint, fo r en gin eerin g duties only, ap- On the .70th o f June last th ere was an course, from her people, th e ir en ergy, their proved gradu ates o f en gin eerin g colleges, i a va ila b le balance In the general fund o f th « success In their undertakings, their free and for eervlce In the a via tion corps a cer- Treasu ry o f $104.170.106.78 T h e total estl- opportu nity to u*e the natural resource« o f t*ur grea t hom e land and o f the la n d « o u t­ taln num ber o f men taken from c ivil life ¡m a ted receipts fir the year 1916. on the as side our continental borders which look to I f this fu ll program m e should be carried ' sumption that the em ergency revenue meas out we ahould h ave built or building In | ure passed by the last Congress w ill not be us fo r protection, fo r encouragem ent, and 1921, accordin g to the « s t lm a t e « »if su rvival “ xtr-nded beyond Its present lim it, the 31«t fo r assistance In th eir develop m en t; from and standards o f classification fo llow ed by if December, 1915, and that the present duty th e organisation and freedom and v ita lity o f our econom ic life. T h o dom estic questions if 1 cent per pound on sugar w ill be disci the G eneral B oard o f th e D epartm ent, which engaged the atten tion o f the last e ffe c tiv e N s v y consisting o f 27 battleships. tinned a fte r the 1st o f May. 1916. w ill >f the first line; 6 b a ttle cruisers. 25 battle- $670.865..500 Th e balance o f June last and Congress are more vita l to the N a tio n In ships o f th*» second line; 10 arm ored crula- , these estim ated revenue* come, th erefore, to this Its tim e o f test than at any oth er time. ere, 13 scout cruisers, 5 first-cla ss cruisers, a grand total o f $774,865.606 78 Th# total v\ • egrinot adequ ately m ake ready fo r any 7 second-class cruisers. 10 third-class cruisers, estim ated dlsbursementa fo r the present fiscal tria l o f our strength unleee we w isely and 101 destroyers, 18 fle e t submarines. 117 coast year including $25,006,000 fo r the Panam a prom ptly direct the force o f our law s Into submarines, € monitors, 20 gunboats, four ''a n a l 812.ooo.OOO fo r probable d efb ler.cy ap- these all-im p o rta n t field s o f dom estic action. supply ships. 15 fuel ship«, 4 transports, f proprlatlons. and $V* "<'0 fo r miscellaneous F o r w hat w e are seekin g now, w hat in tenders to torpedo vessel«, 8 vessels o f spa- debt redemptions, w ill t>e $768.691.000; and m y mind Is the sin gle thou ght o f this ria l types, and tw o am m unition ships T h is the balan <■ In the general fund o f the message, 1« National e ffic ie n c y and security. would be a N a vy fitte d to our needs and Treasu ry w ill b# reduced to $20 644 605 78 W e eerve a g*ea t N ation. W e should serva w orth y o f our traditions. Th e em ergency revenue ae*. If continued be- it In the spirit o f Its peculiar geniu s It Is M fr fh - . , M a rin « vond |,B present tim e llm tatlon . would pro- the genius o f comm on men fo r s e lf g o v e rn ­ M erch an t M arine Indl-penoable. 'd u re, du rin g 'h e h a lf year then rem aining ment, Industry, justice, lib erty and peace But arm lea and instrument.« o f w ar « r e about $41,000.000 T b e duty o f 1 rent per W e should see to 19 that It la ck « no Inatra- only part o f w hat has to be considered if w e I pound o f sugar, If continued, would produce ment, no fa c ility or v ig o r o f law to m ake are to consider the suprem e m a tter o f Na* during th*» tw o m on th « o f the fiscal >«ar It su fficient to play Its part with energy, tlonal s e lf su ffic ien c y and security In all Ita rem ainin g a fte r the first o f May. about $18,- safety and assured success In this w e are aapecta T h e re are o th er g r e a t m a tter« 'too 006. Thee# tw o sums, am ou ntin g to- no partisan « but h era ld « and prophets o f a whlcb w ill be thrust upon our attention geth er to $56.000,000, If added to the reve­ new age. Porto Ricane Aroused. New Y ork — N ew » reached here from | San Juan, Porto Rico, that the public is much exercised over the coming 1 electrocution at Sing Sing priion of Antonio Ponton, eaid to be the firet Porto Rican ever convicted o f murder outaide o f the iiland. Ponton waa con­ demned to die December 20 for the murder o f Bessie Kromer, a echool teacher. Petitions signed by thous­ ands o f Porto Ricans including many school children, are on their way to this eoontry in the custody o f Father , Echevarria, a Porto Rican priest. Federal Incomo Grows. City Gives Horses Away. Washington, D. C.*— Ordinary re­ Portland— Portland’s police horses, • which have been discarded for patrol ceipts o f tha United States treasury in were about 112,000.000 automobile«, are to be full-fledged cav­ November alry steeds o f tbe Oregon National more than in the tame month last year, Guard. A m ajority o f the council whils the increase in ordinary dis­ agreed to give the horses to the Guard bursements for the tame period wa# approximately S3.000,000. Most of free o f charge. 1 The horses are all more than 10 tha increase in receipts waa in internal year, old and therefore roold not be revenue, which totaled 134 460.700, or porebeeed under mi liter;, rode. Rather more than 110,000,000 above Novem ­ Customs receipts were than taka tbe rhanre o f tha animal# ber. 1914. about (retting into wrong hand*, tbe cooneil 117,681,213, an increasa o f m ajority— AI bee. Baker and Dieck— 1760,000. Tbe total o f ordinary re- . -aipts waa about 166,000,000. I voted to f i r e them to the Guard. Bryan Cited in Libel Suit. N ew Y ork — W illiam J. Bryan was served at the Biltmore hotel with an order signed by Justice Ciegerirh re­ quiring him to appear to be examined about transactions connected with the sale by the United States to Greece of two battleahips. Mr. Bryan w ill be asked whether any secrets o f fire con­ trol, aiming or other control o f gun or war vessel told by the United States to Greece were confided to Greece. The order waa obtained in connection with a libel suit brought by Petros Tatanis against a Greek newspaper. Federal Probe P roves Fatal. N ew Y ork— The Federal prosecution of the New York, N ew Haven A Hart­ ford and ita directors accomplished the "practical ruin” of that railroad. In the opinion o f Charles S. Mellen, at the trial o f former director* o f th* ro*d on the charge o f criminal viola­ tion of the Sherman law. It wa* from fear, he said, that thi* would be the result o f the inquiry into New Haven affair* that he got I,ew i* C. Ledyard to see President T a ft and the attorney general, and induce them to lim it the inquiry to the Grand Trunk deal. 0000 Civil Belgians Slain. British Columbia to Vote on Liquor. Paris —The Belgian government an­ Vancouver, B. C.-— Prem ier McBride nounces that the total number o f c iv il­ notified the people’* prohibition move­ ians killed in Belgium since ita occu­ ment that a plebiscite regarding pro­ pation by the German# haa reached hibition would he submitted to the more than 6000. In the province o f electorate at the next provincial else- Brabant 827 victims have been re­ tion, and that, as well as embracing corded. and in L iege more than 1000. the direct question for and against to­ In Luxemburg about 1200 civilians tal prohibition. It would contain other have been reported shot, in Namur questions relative to the iaeoe. The more than 1800, and in Hainault premier also said that be was in favor about 300. o f rsstricting the hours during which li­ Figure* for Antwerp, Limburg and quor migh* be sold for th* period o f Flanders are believed to be relatively the war, but it wa# a matter for the high. : legislature ta deal with. W ireless Amateurs. There are now between 350,000 and 400,000 purely amateur wireless sta­ tions In tho United States, according to 11. Clernstiut k. c,liter ,,f tho Elec­ trical Experimenter. There are not more than 15,000 such stations in all the rest of the world. And he goes on to explain the value of these hun­ dreds of thousands of amateurs, m ost1 can be maintained by of whom are schoolboys, as follows; adapting tbe right nourish- "T h e average amateur must needs have a higher intelligence than his tnrnt, and Nature’ * own oil* card playing, dance hall resorting food in S c o f f ' s E m ultion classmate. Indeed, when your aver­ has strengthened thousands ol mra age radio amateur has mastered all the intricacies of a wireless set, he and worarn to continue their work has obtained a pretty thorough knowl­ and usefulness for many year*. edge of electricity in general A* a Scott’s Emultion is a food, a medi­ rule most of our electrical industries, cine and a tonic to keep the big and little, require thoroughly prac­ blood rich, avoid rheumatism tical young men. the onea w ho know and thwart nervous conditiona how to do things. This is where the It is free from alcohol or harm­ amateur shines, aud nine times out | ful drugs. The trot physicians of 10 he lands the job over the head prescribe it 14-50 of the untrained theoretical young man.” The Children's museum of th e 1 Brooklyn Institute has undoubtedly Strictly Legitimate. taught more boys the practical -.\;t> to “ That feller Morgan Buttles is ter­ become wirelesa operators than auy other one Institution, aud the best evi­ rible unpopular,” said one mountain­ dence of this is the thousands of eer. "W e ’ll have to git rid o’ him some­ houses in Brooklyn that have wireless apparatus on their roofs. how," replied the old moonshiner. "Y es. But we don't want to do Made since 1846— Hanford's Balsam. nothin’ in a way that ain't legitimate Adv. an' customary. You know he haa p'litieal ambitions." "I'v e heard so. But he ain't got no Taking No Chance*. A new regulation in a certain coal pull." “ Yes, he has. An' you an' your re- mine required that each man mark with cnalk the number on every car latlouH want to stand back o' mo when I put the case up to our congressman. o f coal mined. One man. named Rudolph, having W e'll git Buttles app'tnted a revenue filled the eleventh car. marked It with Inspector, an' then let nature take its a No. 1, and, after ponderiug % while, course.” let it go at that. Keep Hanford's Balsam in your sta­ Another miner, happening to notice what he thought was a mistake, called ble. Adv. Rudolph's attention to the fact he had Simple Enough for Anybody. marked the ear No. 1 instead of 11. "Yes. I know," said Rudolph, "but 1 Patrick McCann hauled water from can't ttnk which side do odder watt the river to the village. One day a go on." passing stranger thought to have some fun at Patrick's expense. He asked “ How long have you hauled Acting Strangely. "W hat do you think of a man tryln' water for the village, tny good man?” “Ah! How many to break out of the penitentiary," ex­ "T in years sor." loads do you take lit a day?" "From claimed Plodding Pel#'. tin to fifteen, sor.” “ Ah, yes. Now, "One o’ deso reform penitentiaries with amateur theatricals an’ baseball I have a problem for you. How much water, at this rate, have you hauled games?" Inquired Meauderlng Mike, In a ll?" The driver o f the watering “ Sure." “ He ought to break out. He don't cart Jerked his thumb backward to­ belong In no penitentiary. He belongs ward the river and replied: "A ll the in a lunatic asylum.”— Washington water yex don’t seo there now, sor.” Star. Strength Past Fifty Years P o w e r n* P o lite n e ss. "H onesty Is the best policy said th*> ready-made philosopher. "O f course lt Is," replied Mr. Dus- tiu Stax. "But the public doesu't al­ ways realize It Most people would rather be cheated a little lit an a ffa ­ ble way than do business with a per­ son whose conscience keeps him In a state of irritation."— Washington Star. The Old and Reliable Dr Isb&c Thompson's EY E W ATER is both a remndy for weak, inflamed eyes «n(* i tea by £ • * '* ' Mull upon recapl ol puce WRITK FOR FRKK BOOKLKT JOHN !.. THOMPSON BONSRGft. For wire cuts use Hanford’s Balsam Adv. 143 River Hi.. Troy. N. Y. The Penalty. "W h at! Buying more golf clubs? I thought you bud a pretty complete outfit before." “ I have; but that caddy of mine had the nerve to snicker when I top­ ped my drive yesterday, and I'm going to make him carry double weight.” First In Road Construction. According to tho report of the state highway commissioner. New York stands first in road construction, hav­ ing completed and accepted 863 miles of road last year and contracted for 1,148 miles, a large per cent of which Tho state Constipation causes and aggravates is now open to traffic. many serious diseases. It is thoroughly highway commissioner, In his annual report, recommends that foreign cars cured by I)r. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. using New York roads should be re­ The favorite family laxative. quired to pay some burden ot the making. I'j W ay of Apology. Mrs. T o w e — It’s perfectly scandal­ The Deadly Glass. ous for you to wear a shorter bathing skirt. “ A man who drinks should never Miss Unda Tow e— But, mamma, I run an automobile." have longer stockings.— Judge. “ O f course not." »»creed Mr. Chug- gins. “ Anti yet when I was touring Favorite of Fortune. in a dry state, I couldn't help wishing "She's a very Intellectual looking that every drinking man owned a mo­ girl.” "Y e s Her father didn't m ake' tor car. It would make him more bis money until after she had received careful about smashing bottles in the her education." road."— Washington Star. 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