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Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
Weather Year Ago
Maximum ......42
Minimum 27
Precipitation 04
Prediction Fair
Maximum yesterday 36
Minimum today 16.5
tjiUy Seventeenth Tear.
tVeekly r'lfty-Secund Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBKUAIIY 2, 192.T
NO. 2J7
UAPiPERIL
IS HflTD
Anti-Alien Bill in House Sup
ported By Cowgill, Who Re
cites Dangers in Southern
Oregon Measure Passes
k Portland Fair Bill Is Intro
duced By Gordon.
BAJLEM. Ore. Feb. 2.--Aiter thu
plain .house of representatives : had
Approve! lust niKlit ,,tho ; ntl-allon
nd "law of Bailey, and , IJuwtan, with
etcher canting the onl 'dlsfwntiiig
ntn. it dff(utL'd Hurlburl's hill for-
$MUtltng employment of aliens on pub
hc works until ix montliH after they
hnd tuken out first citizenship papers.
'I predict that if this mvusuro in
not pasHed and conditions, continue uh
'jnow within 25 years, you will find
jtho Willamette vulley under the con
trol of the Japanese,'' llailey assert
ed In urging passage of the anti-alien
- measure.
Cowgill recited experiences In
TJaekson county, where he said the.
:Jupuneso hud overrun tho county.
I
5 SALKM, Ore. Jan. 2. A ( resolu
tion Outliorlziny the governor) sec
.'rt'tary of state and state treasurer to
-'jiin with city - ofilrials of Portland
in forming a corporation to hold u
.world's expositlnii in Portland In 1927
h'Whh Introduced In the Iiouhc yetr
iday by TU'presentatfve Herbert Oor
m of Multnomah county. Under
vtho resolution the expenses nf hold
ing the fair would bo defruyed by prl
ale prescription to the corporation.
Tor tho reason that the state's ar
rangement with the government
whereby, the government will match
tftnto money available for construc
A" of tho-JtooHevelt .coast, highway
Expired yesterday, tho senute hurried
through three readings and passed a
.liouso bill extending tho time.
MT. LASSEN AGAIN
UEDDINCi. Cul., Feb. 2. Pro
nounced activity nt tho summit of
:I.assen peak, the only live volcano
1n continental United States, was
won from hero early this morning.
(While not nearly so heavy as In past
years, an outburst, of steam larger
I bun for many months, could bo soon
rising from tho mountain. The dis
turbance first was believed to bo duo
tr. snow being blown about.
FEZE IN CALIFORNIA
.4
' LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. The cold
snap which has visltod southern Cal
ifornia tho last few days was becom
ing a llttlo less cold, according to
available reports early today, and in
dications wero that little damage had ,
boen dono to fruit or othor crobs.
; ,(Tho dampness of tho ground from .
toe recent rains and the overhanging
titles prevented tho temperature from
reaching n dangerous low lovel, It was
Hinted.
f M rs. Leslie Carter Sued
1 For Liquor Bill, 1912
VbAYTON. Ohio, Feb. 2. Mrs.;
. l-osllo Carter, noted actress. Is the
, , defendant In n suit on fllo hero to
day brought by Charlea Banders,
fr former liquor dealer. In which he
inleged Mrs. Carter owes him $120
5 for wine purchased In 1912. I
13 SAN FRANCISCO POLICEMEN ARE
ARRESIED UNLOADING BOOZE SHIP
SAN KKANCISCO. Feb. !. Lieu
tenant D. llra.ifleld and patrolmen
4 William Ilurripn ond Mark M. W II
' lever of the San Francisco police de.
I pnitmunt and seven chauffeurs and
1 motor truck drivers, were arrested
iiy federal prohibition agents at
South Knn Frnn-iscn. rnr here to
day, while present nt the allcrcd un-
'JP'linir of a larce shipment of iron-
Old Doctor Cook Is
Arrested for Having
Three Pints of Gin
KOUT WORTH, Texas., Fob.
2. "Doc" Frederick A. Cook.
or North Polo fame, now an oil
promotor, was under bond of
$000 here today, following his
- nrest at a hotel horn, charged
with having threo pints of gin
. In his possession. Cook waiv-
ed a preliminary hearing. Tho
fr. erstwhllo famous explorer's
wlfo filed divorce proceedings In
district court here recently.
OF
LIQUOR LAWS
A series of arrests on charges of
bootlegging and possession of Intoxi
cating liquor calculated by prohibition
officials to be of considerable import
ance in tho supprcsson of local boot
legging operations have, taken place
during the last week.
Those arrested are: Mrs. Nona Dun
lap, on a charge of selling intoxicat
ing liquor, who is at liberty on $500
ball; Uny Carpenter, on a charge of
possession of intoxicating liquor
who is at liberty on $1000 bail and M.
M. Hcffllng, on a charge of selling in
toxicating liquor whose bail is also
$1000. ...
Mrs. Dunlap was arrested by J. H.
Leggltt, ou a warrant, Wedncsduy eve
ning in tho offices of an- attorney
where sho is employed. She was ar
raigned before County Judge G. A.
Gardner, and entered a plea of not
guilty. A preliminary hearing of her
caso will bo held Monday before Judge
Gardner.. . ?
Carpenter was arrested Tuesday
evening during a raid on his home oh
South Fir street and was charged with
possession of liquor. He was arraign
ed before Judgo Gardner and entered
a plea of guilty. He will be sentenced
tomorrow and in the meantime is at
liberty on $1000 bail. Carpenter came
hero during the county fair last Sep
tember and was connected with Mo
Kinney In the ownership and opera
tion of the airplane which carried
passengers and gave exhibition flights
nt the fair. The raid on his home
Tuesday night was made by special
prohibition officers Sandefer and Leg
gltt and night patrolman Cave.
M. M. llefflltig was arrested at the
Dunlap residence on East Sixth street
Sunday night, Jun. 2oth and was
charged with selling Intoxicating
liquor. A search of tho house was
mado but no liquor was found al
though It Is alleged by officers that
they found two bills given Heffling
for liquor by a Becret agent and iden
tified the bills by their numbors.
Heffling was arraigned Monday be
fore County Judge Gardner and en
tered a idea of not guilty. The re
quired bial of $1000 for his nppear
anco in court Monday when he will be
given a hearing, was furnished.
Special prohibition officers Sande
fer, Leggltt and Lowe and Patrolmen
Prescott and Cavo made the raid on
tho house at the tlmo of Hcfflingjs ar
rest. It is an unusual procedure to pre
sent othor than juvenile criminal
cases before tho county court as they
are usually handled by the Justice of
the peace.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
KKfilNA. Sask., Feb. 2. Officials
of the Grcut Northern railway re
enrtetl this niiirnhiir that while the
exact amount ohtuincd by the lonej
lllllSKeu UIIHUll n uu iuiiui-u nnr
press car of train No. 6 on that line
nenr hero last night was unknown,
the total was not large. The Sas
katchewan -provincial police were
s.'ouring the nirroundlng country for
the robber, who left the train us It
entered the outskirts of Iteglnn.
ttruband lii"or from a barkentine
Into six motor trucks.
The police wero releused On $1000
bail each, but the civilians were held.
According to first reports guns were
drawn in the argument between thu
two sHs of officers, the polico Insist
ing that they were present for the
purpose of making , a raid. South
San Frnnrlnco 1 outside the city
limits of San Kr;inclco, hnwi'vor.
NAB 1 FOR
VIOLATIONS
BLOCKADE OF
RUHR BEGINS
TO HIT HOI
Food Supplies Getting Low-
Coal Is Scarce Tourists
Leave Berlin, Hotels Com
plain French Fire On
Trains Trying to Run Ruhr
Blockade-
DUESSELDORF. Feb. 2. The
blockade of tbo Ruhr valley from
wltblu was absolutely complete to
day. Not a slnglo ton of coal or coko
has left tho Ruhr In tho laat 36 hours,
tho French authorities nnnounco,
adding that tho inoasures they put
into forco at midnight Wednesday
are totally offoctlve. The Germans
show no disposition to contradict the
French as to tho general effective
ness of tho blockade but they relate
how oue train of 46 loaded coal cars,
disregarding all signals, ran the
blockade at Horde, near Dortmund,
yesterday afternoon and escaped Into
interior Germany.
Tbo French' have 75's commanding
every lino Into Germany and tho di
rectors of tho railroads have been
notified that auy locomotive attempt
ing to escape will be fired upon.
Tho striking railway workers
showed an inclination today to re
stuno their duties on many of tho In
terior lines In tho occupied area. The
French aro occupying militarily on
the lines surrounding the region and
the interior roads are being partial
ly operated by Germans.
The Btrlko nt Cologno also seems
to be petering out. Tho DuesBoldorf
station was oponed today for the first
time since January 25, with only a
small percentage of tbo scheduled
trains running. '
General Payot, tho French quar
termaster general, said that tho
French army service supplies were
accumulating sufficiently.
Tobacco dealers and manufactur
ers in the valley have boen Instruct
ed by the French authorities that
they must pay the tax on tobacco at
Essen or Duesseldorf, disregarding
Berlin's orders to remit direct to the
capital.
Tho chief of police of Bochum was
arrested and expelled today.
The Duesseldorf Nachrichton
which was suspended January 21.
will bo allowed to reBumo publication
tomorrow. Tho printers and other
workers pleaded with General Dc
Goutte, the Freurh commander, rep
resenting that they were being de
prived of their means of earulug a
living.
Complain Food Shortage
DUESSELDORF, Feb. 2. I By the
Associated Press.) Many Ruhr cit
ies and towns are complaining to the
French authorities that their food
supplies aro getting lower. Tho
Burgomaster of Rceklinhauscr, to
cito.nno instance, has informed bead
quarters that his peoplo havo only
enough potatoes to last ten days.
This vegetable, together with cab
bage and other garden products,
form tho chief diet of tho Ruhr
workers, few of whom havo moat
more than ence a day.
Tho directors of tho four minos In
the Dortmund-Oelsonkirchen district,
who wero ordered to resumo coal de
liveries to Franco Immediately, have
been given 24 hours lo obey; If they
refuse, they will bo . arrested and
tried before a court martial.
Tho French havo made up their
minds to remain here until Berllu
surrenders, coma what may.
The Interallied railway sub-committee
for tho Cologne area has
reached an agrectnnt with tho rail
way directorate In that district
whereby tho German railway men
will resume work as Boon as the
soldiers are withdrawn. However,
trains carrying reparations shipments
wilJ bo operated.
Coal production continued to de
crease, whllu the empty cars nueried
for the transportation of what is bo
Ing mined, havo vanished.
Can I.lvo on VeKetnblns
LONDON, Feb. 2. Special dis
patches from Duesseldorf to the Lon
don newspapers report that Dr.
GrueUncr, president of Rhlnish Prus
sia has gono to Berlin for a consulta
tion with the government regarding
the food situation, which is causing
much anxiety to the German Ruhr
authorities.
The Times' correspondent learns
from official sources that the food
supplies are considerably more than
is generally believed and are large
enough lo feed the population "on
rations of a sort," for at least three
(Continued on page eight)
ON'CU l.MMUUtANT, NOW I
t;ivi:s a w.w iivsimoss
' 1
$rf v ?rl 111 1
Mr.'HnttinKcr hn nrranRd to pre
sent to the original six employees and
..rrt.,..., ,.- ti. l.r)...1 flfti tl... K.illf
of Ktock In the preHent company. For
hi mm' a no will Keep aim res in pre
ferred Ktock nt 7 per cent worth a
million and a half.
Korty-fivo yctira tipo (luslnv llot
lin'r ennm to Chicago an immi
grant from Vienna, lie had a thoua
and dollars und with threo otherH,
formed North weHtern Terra Ootta
company- The nKHOU of the organi
zation are now limed ut four million
dollars-
ESPEE IN OREGON
SALEM, Oro., Feb. 2, Iuter-statc
Commerce Commissioners McCord,
Altchison, Potter and Esch will com
pose tho division that will learn Ore
gon's side of tho Southern Pacific
Central Pacific railroad caso in Port
land, according to - advices to tho
state public service ooiumlSBloiu '
A date for tho Bearing lias not yet
been fixed, but It probably will bo
some time this month.
Tho Oregon commission is now
gathering data to be introduced in
tho Portland hearing.
,D.C.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 2. Tho police
horo today conducted tho greatest
liquor raid in tho national capital
slnco tho advent of prohibition. 1
covered tho entlro city and by early
afternoon more than fifty arrests had
boon mado and contraband liquor was
being carted into tho police stations
by wagon loads.
Electrical Dealers of
Southern Ore. Meet
At Medford Monday
II. D. Fearey and F. A. Mulberry,
representing tho Portland branch of
the Pacific States Eloctrlc company,
aro in tho city on business and will
arrange for a meeting at the Medford
hotel on Monday ovenlng, Fob. 5th, at
8 p. iii. for the electrical dealers of
Grants Pass, Ashland and Medford as
well as a number of the members of
tho California Oregon Powor company
in thesu cities.
Tho Pacific Stales Electric com
pany is putljng on a big advertising
campaign explaining tho benefits as
well as tho pleasures and comforts
derived from making electricity the
servant of tho people.
This will be an Interesting meeting
and will be well attended.
Oregon Commended
By Dry Commissioner
WASHINGTON. Kl. 2.I,rohlbl
tlon CommlsBloner llHynofl informed
Socrotury Mollon during a confer
ence today thai the tliltiK which im
proved him moHt forcibly during hln
rocent throe wooks inflpuctlon trip
through tho went and southwest wan
tho way federal, ntuto and local en
forcement agencies were working to
gether. Oregon and Texas eHpeclully have
taken steps to safeguard the lives of
prohibition agent. Mr. Haynes told,
the treasury secretary, by prescribing
prison sentences for liquor law vio
lators found carrying weapons, while
Ohio, ho said, has made moonshlnlng
A penltentlnry offense, J
DRY SQUADS BUSY
BITTER TUT
MARKS DAY
IN CONGRESS
I
Senators Heflin and Couzens
Engage in Wordy War, and
Most Violent Personal Clash
in Months Result They
Finally Make Up Michi
gan Senator On High Horse.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.- Under a
bill passed today by the house with
out a recordVote, tho treasury could
use the public debt Hlnklng fund for
the retirement of Koverninent sureties
lnHUed Hinco the var as well as Lib
erty bonds nnd Victory notes.
Ueprcsentatlve Garner of Toxas,
ranking democrat on tho ways und
means committee, lead an attack on
the : nt ensure and Representative
Treadwuy of Massachusetts nnd othor
republicans on thu committee do
fended It.
At ihe snmo tiino. In ono of the
stormiest sessions of . recent " -years.
the senate also expunged from its
record remarks mado by Senator
Couzens regarding Mr. Ileflln.
Kvuntor lleflln's remarks reKardlnf?
Senator Wadsworth were mado yes
terday nnd were held to Imply that
Senator Wndsworth represented "Wall
street. Those rulatliiK to Senator
Couzens, It wan charged. Implied that
he represented blj? busluesH interests.
Tho reply of Senator Couzens, ; also
expunged, referred to Senator Ilef
lln was playing to the galleries and
suggested that "In the night time' he
had changed tho record of his speech
yesterday in the. clash with Senator
Wadsworth.
The inoHt violent personal clashes
in many months took , place during
tho debute- Motions. ,to. expunge and
charges of -material 'alteration by
Senator Heflin of his remarks flew
about tho senate for three hours,
blocking nil other business.
Ileforo the senate acted Senator
Ileflln offered to withdraw his re
marks regarding Senator Couzens If
tho Michigan senator would reelpro
cate. This Senator , Couzens refused
to do. The motion to expungo thon
was offered by Senator Underwood of
Alabama, the democratic leader, who
safd ho hoped Mr. Ileflln would per
mit him to act "as his friend In the
matter."
Mr. -Underwood at first asked
unanimous consent for Mr. Heflin to
withdraw the remarks under discus
sion, but Mr. Couzens objected. The
democratic leader said that both sen
ators must recognize their responsi
bility to tho peoplo and give their
time to public affairs rather than to
personal differences.
Senator Lenroot, republican, Wis
consin. Joined tho minority leader in
the effort to stop the controversy,
but Mr. .Couzens doelared flatly he
would not ugrec to tho proposal to
strike out his statement. However,
he did finally agree.
E
Ouo of the most promising maun
facturing enterprises launched In
theso parts for some tlmo Is tho Stan
dard Manufacturing company, a cor
poration of Medford business men
which is producing tho new Standard
InculMitors. This new firm bus se
cured a location on North Central
avenue near Jackson and haa Installed
new, modern machinery and equip
ment for the manufacture of Incuba
tors. Six men aro alroady employed
in this new plant under tho direction
of J. W. Mitchell, tho active head of
tho organization. Marvin Mitchell, as
traveling representative, is visiting
the leading coast cities and un attrac
tive catalog has been published show
ing the many stylos of Standard In
cubators to aid in their promotion.
Tbo Standard electric incubator was
originated by A. J. Vance, of this city.
It immediately won tbo approval of
Southern Oregon poultry men and al
ready over 200 are in tine In and near
Medford and Ashlund. Uh exceptional
efficiency will tnsuro Its popularity
and the Standard Manufacturing com
pany anticipate a thorough campulgn
to establish It In all suctions of thu
coast. Lamp incubators are being
mado hero as well as electric models.
Tho Standard Manufacturing com
pany will make tho famous Mitchell
orchard ladders as well as Incubutors
and will handle Dunn orchard heaters
in this section.
Cinal Tolli Increase
PANAMA, rob. 2. The canal tolls
for January amounted to ll,50o,2Uf,
establishing a new record for one
month and exceeding by $000,000 the
returns for January, 1322.
Mother Can't Stop
Talking and Singing,
In Serious Condition
WALLA WALI.A, Wash., Fob.
Z.--Mrs. George Shuford of
Waltsburg, Wash., has been Bur-
l'crlng for soma buys past with a
mysterious illness that lias bar-
fled local physicians, four of
whom held a consultation yes-
terday. Mrs. Shurord has been
in a serious condition since Sun-
day, talking and singing most of
the tliuo, until her norveB have
about reached tho broukiug point.
Work and worry caring for hor
year old baby is given aa ono of
tho reasons for hor condition.
JAIL BREAK IS
FRUSTRATED BY
GIANTMILOR
Prisoner in County Jail Hits
Jailer Collins Over Head
With Window Weight
Collins Knocks Assailant
Out Probe Ordered.
Martin it- Mc!::inld, alias Mc
Cube, held In the county Jail on an
indictment for paHsiug a forged bill
of sale, In this city, staged a desper
ate attempt lo break Jull Thursday
evening, when lurking behind a cor
ner of the cell ucction, ho struck
Jailer Collins In the back of tho houd
with a window weight. Collins, a
powerful built man. wheeled with tho
blow and planted a stiff right hand
Jolt to the Jnw of his ussnllmit; floor
ing hli'ii." Tbo Jailer then Went to
the Jull office, got his gun nnd billy,
und returned, whllu McDonuld hud
fled to his cell.
The prisoners occupying tho upper
Her of cells were all locked up for
the night, and Jailer Colllna was in
the act of delivering some medicine
to Elmer Simmons, culled "Thu Goat"
by reason of his frequent entangle
nients, und who recently had his pa
role revoked by tho court, In u boot
log mix-up. Simmons and bis fellow
prisoners were together on tho lower
floor. - When Collins had his back
turned, McDonald struck him two
blown with the window weight, ono
on tho head, the other on tho shoul
der, tho blows failed to knock out
Collins, who Is Blx foot throe, nnd
built in proportion, but the bottlo of
medtcino was broken.
Tho nulek action of Collins snvod
a wholesale delivery of prisoners, the
sheriff's office says. The battlu was
short und snappy, and McDonald wus
considerably bruised and battered In
tho fruy.
The sheriff's office Is Investigating
how McDonald ramo in possession of
tho window weight, and how many of
the prisoners wero Implicated In the
plot.
Hp to last night McDonnld was re
garded os harmless, und had been n
model prlsonor. Ho was charged
with attempting to pass a forged bill
of sale upon Kdson (Jerry Jeromo of
Tatton ond Koblnson, for an nuto. He
is also wanted ut Vale, Oregon for
forgery. Ho was Indicted by tbo lost
grand Jury, and has boen in Jail
awaiting trial.
This is the first attempt to bronk
Jnlt by Jackson county prisoners In
18 mouths, the favorite method in the
old days being to hit the Jailer over
the head with a stick of wood, two
Jull dushcH being started with this
oiulitncnt.
The windows In the county Jail ure
all flttod with window weights, and
encased in cement, and It Is thoimht
McDonald excavated one, and then
covered up his work.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 2. Dividing
on party linos tho senate today sus
tained, 40 to 28, Vice President Cool
Idge's ruling that Senator Heflin.
democrat, Alabama, In yesterday's dis
cussion of the liritish debt funding,
had reflected Improperly upon Sonntor
Wadsworth, republican, Now York,
by declaring that he, Mr. Heflin, did
not "represent the bond sharks and
big financiers of Wall stroet."
GERMAN LABOR APPEALS 10 UNCLE
SAM TO PREVENT "ANNIHILATION
MOULIN. I'eb. 5. (Ily the Asso
ciated Press) The "trudttlonul
Amerlcun honor and appreciation of
fair play." are appealed to in a mes
sage forwarded by leading ... trade
union executives to tho senate and
house of representatives In Washing
ton. The uppnol. which gives expression
to the "feeling of alarm" with which
12,000,000 German workers view tho
Ituhr occupation, voices the confi
SAYS SENATE
D0NTF0LL0W
DAILY PRAYER
Senator Moves Religious Ob
servance Be Suspended for
Week Legislature Clerks.,
to Be Dismissed Governor
Signs Highway Bond Issue
Agree On Bonus." v '
SALEM. Ore., Dec. 2. Declaring
that the neiuito "is getting away f rum -the
sweet gentleness that . Jesus
taught becaustr of personalities that'
aro Indulged In," and that such con-1
ditlons aro inconsistent with tbo
prayers heard In tho senate - each "
niorn'inK, Sonator Charles W. Ellis of
Burns today moved that the prayers .
be dispensed with for a week. Ellis
said lie believed this would brills
senators to a realization that the -morning
religious observance Is not
approeiatcd and lta ' meaning not
understood. Tho motion died for
lurk of a second.
Senator I. N. Staples who clashed
yesterdny with Senator Gus C.
Muser over charges Hint too inany
elerks are hired by the legislature,
today introduced n resolution calling
fur dismissal of ten senate employes.
The bill of Senator W. J. IT. .Chirk of
I'ortland. providing .that si-hool cen
sus reports lnelude the nationality '.
of the elilldren'fl parents and in the
caso of those of foreign' birth
whether or not they are nulurallzcd, -.
passed the scnatu unanimously. ..to-day.
. ; "
The house today passed the bill by..
Itepresentiitivu B. N. Huid of Seaside,
prohibiting motion picture film dis
tributors from fixing admission prices
to be charged by exhibitors.,
Governor Wi M. 1'iorco last night
signed the ltoosevelt highway bill ox-,
tending tho 2, 500, 000 bond Issue '
voted by tbo peoplo for the highway
until such time as it or any part of
it is matched by the federal govern-';
nient. Tho bond Issue authorization,
would havo expired at midnight.
The Amerlenn Legion, tho World
War Veterans' stato aid commission .
and tho Joint commission .on military
affairs, have reached un agreement
on redrafting tbo code under which
the commission. operates. Under tho '
new provisions veterans who obtain
ed ciisli bonuses could refund the
money and obtain state loans, the -burden
of proof, however, being
placed upon the veteran to show that
lie accepted the cash liecauso ho
thought the loan could bo had only
on the purchase of a home.,
The Benate dofoatcd today alter long
dobnto the bill by Senator M. It. Klep
per of Portland requiring applications
for marriago licenses to bo filed with
tho county clork at least toil days be
fore iasuanco of tho llconso.
Senators Ilruco Dennis, Gus C. .
MoBcr, O. W. Joseph, W. II. Strayer
and Peter Zimmerninu argued against
tho bill, saying it would drlvo mar
riages across the Btuto lino to Van
couver, Wash. Senator S. M. Oarland
of Linn county dofendod the measure..
WASHINGTON, Kob. 2. Resolu
tions pussod by soveral hundred Elks
lodges asking President Harding to
call a conference of nations to limit
production of habit forming drugs
woro prosentod to tho prosldont toduy
by a delegation or Chicago Elks.
Mr. Harding told) the delegation
that if it wero found possible, on-,'
forcomont of tho present antl-uar-cotlc
laws would be tightened.. Me .
said ho w-as In hearty sympathy with
the general purpose behind the reso
lutions. .
Later, Secretary Davis presented to .
tho president similar resolutions sign-. .,
ed by 600,000 members of tho Loyal ....
Order of Moore, of which the socrc-.;,
tnry Is director general. .. r
dence that the Vnlted Slates "did not
enter the war for the purpose of an
nihilating the German people," und .
declares that "American honor ' as
serted at this tlmo can pave Kurope
and the world from Inevitable disas
ter." The message asserts that the ap
peul Is not "un attempt to Induce the
United Stutes to tako an nttltudo in
favor of one or the other of tho op
posing parties." .