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TITT! DATLY CAPITAL JOURNTAT SALEM. OREOON. frfOXPAY. APRIL 2, 1917. RTX I All aboard for the big ride! 40,000,000 miles for $1,000,000 is a p o o a o o o a 9 CI 9 a 8 19 0 I: If you have a globe trotting, friend who has $1,000,000 in the bargain, iell him about this. Quite frankly, the crily reason we told you about it was to show you how big a $1,000,000 is. And the reason that we are talking about a $1,000, 000 is that we want you to m know the reason behind the mellow fragrance of your OWL Cigar. Here it is quick. Every bit of leaf lhat goc3 in every Owl Cigar must be time-cured to the very turn cf mellow fragrance. And that takes many long months. To make sure that there i3 always sufficient OWL leaf on hand, "ready" in Owl fragrance, requires that we constantly keep curing a leaf-reserve worth, at the very least, $1,000,000. Just old-fashioned care, friends, plus a $1,000,000 invest ment is what makes the Owl Cigar the fragrant smoke it is. Demonstrate it! 5c in the nearest cigar store. THE MILLION DOLLAR CIGAR Showing exact size of the fragrant , mellow OWL M. A. Gust Branch. General Cigar Co., Inc. Branded for; your protection WI.LS0.i M fl 11 II II II II H II 11 iv" m l u f i n (Continued from pg one.) .-ANS i Absolutely Removes j Indigestion. One package i proves it 25eat all druggists. t of the portMuntroilM by M j h(9itati obedience to what' J deem ' of i,'""!Byi ""'"Vt kIIi"" constitutional duty, I advise that an. That had seemed to be the' , . ' TENSE EXCITEMENT (Continued from page one.) lied of tho several hundred persons who had stuck ihrrxigliout the after lini.n of dreary rollcalls incident to the iiptiiiizntion of the lower chamber. lld it not been fur; t lie fact that ninny white ticket holders tired of tho pro feedings 'and departed lit mid-afternoon, tho "ticket scandal" would have been more embarrassing, Clamor for Admission. There Imd never been such clnnfor for admission to the capitol building, but tho ordinary citizen had little chance. He was held upon the outer step!) and tliere ho remained until bus inesslike policemen and secret servico men ordered him to move on. The cap itol building wus closed to all visitors at 3:,10 in the afternoon when it became known that tho president would de liver his war message tonight. Police Tighten Control. I in) An Economical, Delightful, Light Plac e to Trade. Women's Spring Coats in Appealing New Models After many days of careful searching through the stocks of .our best manufacturers, we selected the "most favored of the New Spring Coats and in vite you to see these very latest styles which we are now. showing for Easter. Cost? Very moderate indeed! April Bargain Showers Bargain "rains" have washed away a part of former prices on many most seasonable necessitiesEaster Dress Accessories included. Here and there through out the store are the best values in Spring things you really needbargains that mean important savings. April is a month when scores of purchases must be made anyway. These "April Bargain Shower" offerings fit in nicely with even a well reduced purse. ""' ! Sim IS YM!R MAIL OftDfBS-KC PAY POSTAGE Shortly after, 7 o'clock the. police under the leadership of Major Hay mond W. Pullman, tightened up their parrol or iue capitol grounds. No automobile was permitted to enter tin house grounds without a permit and none ulready parked was allowed leave as the minute approached for ar rival ot President ilson While the senate had met twice an adjourned twice: tho house - sat -straight through. '' ' Wireless Station Located On Connecticut Coas Xew Ixii.don, Conn., ..April 2. Fol lowing tho interception of a wireless message here stating there was "noth ing to fear from this port" govern ment officials wcra reported today to be searching for a wireless station which is believed to bo secreted near New London. Coast Artillery Out. Washington, April ii. Tho first -Ver mont infantry and tho Second and Fourth Connecticut coast artillery were ordered out by tho war depar ment tonight. Socialist Member Wants Peace Proposals Washington April 2. In a. resolu tion tonight Socialist. Meyer Ijoudon proposed that President Wilson renew his peace proposals to the belligerent Pond ing. to the democratization i Russia and tho growing peace deman of Germans and Austrian socialists, London resolved "that the preside: of the United States be, and he here by is requested to renew -his sugges tion to belligerents for a termination of the war to the end that, as declared by the president, 'there should be an organized common peaee' and 'that no Ir Jr 4 16 $TATf 5T SAtEWORtGON With the Fingers! Says Corns Lift Out Without Any Pain Sore corns, hard 'corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn can shortly be lifted right out with tho fingers if you will apply directly upon the corn a few drops of freeaouo, says a Cincinnati authority. It is claimed that at small cost one can get a quarter of au ounce of freei oue at any drug store, which is suffi cient to rid one's foet of every corn or callus without pain or soreness or tho danger of infection. This new drug' is an ether compound, and while sticky, dries the moment it is applied and does not inflame or even irritate the surrounding tissue. ThU announcement wili interest many, women here, for it is said that the present high-heel footwear is rut ting corns on practically every wo it is practically certain to draw us into j the w without the rights or the ef fectiveness of belligerents. There is one choice we cannot make, we are in capable of making; we will not choose the path of subnuwion and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated. The wrongs against which we now or rav ourfteite are no common wmni's: government that on and after the first ,hey -ut to the very roots of human Jay of tebrusry tt was its purpose in ' in aside all restraints of law or mi- . c.v. Germany Wars TJnon TJs. anity ami ur it, submarines to eink With a profound sense of thesolemn very vessel lhat sought to approacn . imui.-al rUruin of he .ten ther the ports of (ireat Britain and . , ,,,: . ,.. ' -1 bihties which it involves, but nemii rranr- object of the Oeriiiau submarine war ar.- earlier in the war, but since April of last year the Imperial (jerman gov ernment had somewhat restrained the ommanders of itg undersea craft in onformity with promise then given us hat passenger boats should not be sunk nd that due warning would be given to all other vessels which its submarines ight seek to destroy, when no resis tance was offered or escape attempted nd care taken that their crews were given at least a fair chance to save their lives m their open boats, the precautions taken were meagre and hap nazzard enough as was proved in dis tressing instance after instance in the progress of the cruel and unmanly bu siness, out a certain uegree or restraint as observed. The new policy has wept every restriction aside. Vessels of every kind, whatever their fbjg, their character, their cargo, their ues- uiHtion. their errand, have been ruth lessly sent to the bottom without' warn ing and without thought of help or mer cy for those on board- i.ven nospitai ships ami shins carrying relief to the sorely-bereaved and stricken people of Belgium, though the latter were pro ided with- sate conduct through the prescribed areas by the German goveru- ent it-self and wore distinguished by unmistakable marks or identity, nave een sunk with the same reckless lack of commission or o'f principle. Inhumanity Beyond Beliet. I was for a little while unable to be Hevo that such things would in fact be ono by any government which had hitherto subscribed ; to the humane practices of civilized nations. Inter national law naa its origin in me at tempt lo set up some law which would bo respected and observed upon the seas where no nation had right of dominion and where lay the free highways of the world. By painful stage after stage has that law been built up with meager enough results, indeed after all was ac complished that could be accomplished, but always with a clear view, at least, of what the heart and conscience of mankind demanded. The minimum of right the German government has swept iside under the idea of retaliation,. and necessity and because it had no wea pons which it could use at sea except hose winch it is impossible to employ a- it is employing them without tnrow- ng to the winds all scruples of human ity or of respect for the understandings that were supposed to underlie the in tercourse of the world. I nm not nnwi thinking of the loss of property involved, immense serious a-s that is, but only of the vvanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women and child ren, engaged in pursuits which have al ways, even in tho darkest periods of modern history, beSn- deemed innocent ana legitimate. Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot bn. Tho present German submarine warfare against commerce is a warfare against mankind. . War "Upon All Nations. It is a war against all nations. Am erican ships have been sunk, American lives taken in ways tvhichwt has stirred us very deeply to .learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in. the same way- There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each uation must decide fo itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a teniperateness of judg ment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. Wo must put ex cited 'feeling away. Our- motive will not be reviengo or the victorious asser tion of the physical" might -of the na tion, but only the vindication of right, of human right of which we are only a singli! champion. Armed Neutrality Tiuls. When I addressed the congress on the twenty-sixth of February last, .1 thought that it would suffice to assert our neutral rights with arms, our right to "Gse the seas against unlawful inter ference, our right to keep our people safe against unlawful violence. But armed neutrality it now appears is impracticable. Becajiso submarines are in effect outlaws when used as the German submarines have been used against merchant shipping, it is impos sible to defend ships against their at tacks as the law of nations has as sumed that merchantmen would defend themselves against privateers or cruis-l ers, visible craft giving chase upon the open sea. It is common prudence in such circumstances, grim necessity, in deed, to endeavor to destroy them be fore they have shown their own inten tion. They must be deitlt with upon sight, if dealt wijh at all. The Ger m air govei-aiiieui' denies the right of neutrals to use arms at all within the areas of the sea which it has pre scribed even in the defense of rights which no modern pnMist has ever be fore questioned the right to defend. The intimation is conveyed that the armed guards which we have placed on our merchant ships will be treated as beyond the pale of law, and subject to be dealt with as pirates would be. Armed neutrality is ineffectual enough at best: in snch circumstances and in the face of such pretentions, it is worse p00pic than ineffectual; it is likely only to !,, ' i war determined upon r -.tfi to Ve detrrlnined upon in -the olJ, unhappy and KoyaJ government of Ausfria Huugnry, but that government J ot days when peoples f re aowhere con- j actually engaged ia warfare agaiRrt ullt-d ty their mien and wars were j eitizens of the 1'uited i-ttite oa Ihe provoked ami waged in the lnteret of J seas and I take the libt-rty for th dynasties or little group of ambitious ' present, at leaft, of Kwtponing a diwu n.ea who were acct.Mon.ed to use ';;' Lion of our rela,i0ns with the author- leilOW lilt II l'MVUB (! loots- rn-ii i governed natiuu do not fill their neigh- I itie it Vienna. We enter this war the congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German government to be in fact nothing less than war! against the government and people of the I'nited States; that it formally ac-' cept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it; and that it take immediate, steps not only to put the country in a more thorough state of defense, but also to exert all its power and employ all its resources to bring the government of the German empire to terms and euu the war.. Measures To Be Taken. - What this will involve is clear. It will involve the utmost practicable co operation in counsel and action with the governments now at war with Ger many, and, as incident to that, the ex tension to those governments of the most liberal financial credits in order that our resources may so far" as pos sible be added to theirs.- It will in volve the organization and mobilization of all the material resources of the country to supply the materials of war and serve the incidental nrfds of the nation in the most abundant and yet the mosteconomical and efficient way possible. It will involve the immediate full equipment of the navy in all re spects, but practically in supplying it with the most means of dealing x with the enemy's submarines. It will in volve the immediate addition to the armed forces of the United States al ready provided for by law in. case of war at least five multireel inousanu men who should, in my ' opinion, be chosen upon the principle of universal liability to serve and also the author ization of subsequent additional in crements of equal force as soon as they may be needed and can be handled in (raining. Adequate Credits Needed. Jt will invtdve, also, of course, the granting of adequate credits to the government, sustained, I hope so far as they can equitably be sustained, by the present generation,- by well con ceived taxation. I sav sustained so far as "may be equitable by taxation because it seems to me that it would bo most unwise to base the credits which . will now- be necessary entirely on money borrowed. It is our duty, I most respectnuiy urge. to protect our rieople as far as we may against the very serious hardships and evils which would be likely to arise out of the inflation which would be produced by vast loans. , - In carrying out the measures by which these things are to be accom plished, we should' keen constantly in mind the wisdom of interfering as- lit tie as possible in our own preparation and in tho equipment of our military force with the duty for it will be a very practical duty of supplying the nations already at war with Germany with the materials which they can ob tain only from us or by our assistance. They are in the field and wo should help them in every wav to be effective there. I shall take tho liberty of suggest ing, through the several executive de partments rfif the government for the consideration of ' your committees, measures for tho aeoemplishmcnt of the several objects I have mentioned. I hope that it will be your pleasure to deal with them as having been framed after careful thought by the branch of the government upon which the respon sibility of conducting the war and safe guarding the nation will most direeily fall. " . To" Vindicate Peace and Justice. " Whilo we do these things, these deeply momentous things, let us be very "clear and make very clear to all the world what our motives and our objects are. My own thought has not been driven from its habitual and normal course by the unhappy events of the last two months and I do not believe that the thought of the nation has beeu altered or clouded by them. I have exactly the same things in mind now that I had in mind when I ad dressed the -senate on the twenty second of January last; the same that had in mind when I addresed the con- gress on tne xmru oi ttm'j bom ktlej with spiea or net the course of intrigue to bring about ome erirical posture of affairs which will jjive theu an opportunity to vtrike au.l make quest, uch designs ran be successful ly worked out only Vmler oer and where no one has l.ie lint to ask ques tions. Cunningly contrte,l plans of deception or aggresaiou, oarr.W, it may be, from generation to feneration, csu be worked out and kept from the light only withiu the privacy of courts or be hind the carefully guarded confidences of a narrow and privileged class. They are happily impossible where publie op inion commands and insists upon full information concerning all the nations affairs. A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained except by partner- bhip of democratic nations. No auto cratic government could be trusted to keep faith within it or observe its cov enants. It must be a league of honor, a partnership of opinion. Intrigue would cat its vitals away; the plottings of in ner circles who could plan what they would and render account to no one would be a corruption seated at its very heart. Only free peoples can. hold their purpose and their honor steudy to a common end and prefer the interests o'f1 mankind to ny narrow interest of thi'ir own. , Hope Seen in Eusaia. .. Does not every American feel that assurance has been added to our hope for the future peace of the world by wonderful and heartening things that have been happening within the last few weeks in Russia? Russia was known by those who knew it best to have been always in fact democratic at heart, in all the vital habits of her thought, in all the intimate relationships of her people that spoke their natural instincts, their habitual attitude towards life. The autocracy that crowned the summit of her political structure, long as it had stood and terrible as was the reality of its power, was now in fact -shaken off and the great, generous Russian people have been added in all their naive ma jesty and might to the forces that are fighting for freedom in tho world, for justice and for peace. Here is a fit partner for a league of honor- One of tho things that has served to convince. us that the Prussian autocracy was not and could never be our friend is that f rbm the very outset of the pres ent war it has filled our unsuspecting communities and even our offices of government with spies and set criminal intrigues everywhere afoot against our uational unity of counsel, , our peace within nnd without, our industries and our commerce. German Spies Here, ' Indeed, it is now evident that its spies were here even beforo tho war began: and it is unhappily not a matter of conjecture but a fact, proved in our courts. 'of justice that the intrigues which have more than once come peril ously near disturbing the peace and dis locating the industries of - the country have been carried on at the instigation with the support and even under the personal direction of official agents of the Imperial government accredited to the government of the United States Even in decking these things and try ing to extripate theiii we have sought to put the most generous inierpreta tions possible upon them because w-e knew that their source lay, not in any hostile feeling or purpose of the' Ger man people toward us (who were, no doubt, as ignorant of them as we our selves were),- but only in the selfish designs of a government that did what it pleased -and told its people nothing. mit they have played their part in serv ing to convi'neo us at last that that government entertains no real friend ship for US' and means to act against our peace and security at ita convenience. That it means to stir up enemies against us at our very doors the intercepted note to the German minister at Mexico- City is aloquent evidence. Accepts Challenge. We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose because we know that in such a government, following such methods, we can never have a friend; and that in tho presence of it8 organized power, always lying in wait to accomp lish we know not- what purpose, there can be no assured security for the democratic governments of the world. We are now about to accent gage of bat tie with this natural foe to liberty and shall, if necessary, spend the whole force of the nation to check and nullify ns pretensions ana its power. We are glad now that we see the tacts with no veil of false pretense about them, to fight thus for the utlimate peace thus tor the ultimate peace ot the world nnd for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples' include; for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere td choose their way of life ana obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve- We desire no conquest, no dominion. .- We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no only where we are clearly forced into it because there are ;o other means of defending our light. - It will be all the easier for us t" conduct ourselves as belligerents in a high npirit of right and fairness be-, cause w art without aniiaus, ot enmity toward a people or witk the desire to bring any Injury or disad vantage upon theov but only in armed opposition to an irresponsible govern ment which has thrown aside all con sideration of humanity and of riht and is muuiug amuck. We are, let me say, again, the sincere friends of the German people and shall deir noth ing so much as the early re-establishment of intimate lefntious of mutual advantage between us however hard it msy.be for them, for the time being to believe that this is spoken from our hearts. We have borne with their present government through all these bitter months because of that friend ,ii exercising a patience and for be.Vance which would otherwise navo been impossible. Refers to German Citizens. We shall.' happily, still have an oppor tunity to prove that friendship in our daily attitude and actions toward the . . . . l .. i-..mIH Ulions oi men auu wumcu u. birth and native sympathy who live amongst us and share our lite, and we shall be proud to prove ii iu' who are in face loyal to their neigh bors and to the government in tho hour of test. They are, most ot them, aa true and as loval Americans as if they hail . ' -.1 ... nlt...r. never Known any-otuer iuj r ittm-e. Thev will be prompt 10 Btann with us in rebuking and restraining the few who may be of a antorent nnn-u rand purpose. If there should be loyalty it will be dealt with with-wiern ........ V... lit i V,fta if henrl fit r;i. tsston; iui, ii . "'w a - all it will lift it only here and there nd without countenance except irom a lawless and malignant few. It s a dis tressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of the congress, which L.have perform ed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead Ot us. ii is ajcur ful thing to lead this great peacefnl people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilisation itst If seemiiNf to he in the balanee. But the right 'is more precious than peace and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried ' nearest our hearts for democracy, for tho right of those- who submit to authority to have a voice in .their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at least, free. . To snch a task we can dedicate our lives and our. fortunes, everything that we arc and everything that we have. with the pride of' those who know that the day has come when America ib priv ileged to spend, her blood and her might for the principles 'that give her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured- ." ' God helping her, she can do no other. th. of February. Our ; to vindicate the L,.;l,, of neace and justice in the material compensation for ,the sacrifices k1 , th ,-ld as against selfish audi wc shall tree y make Washington, April 2.-One of the most picturesque -demonstrations ever witnessed in the historic house cham ber, was staged today when ther-first woman ever to sit there as a member took the oath of office. Men and women in the galleries pounded" hands together and yelled themselves hoarse; members uut tae . same on both sides of the chamber when Miss Jcanette Rankin, the "lady from Montana" entered the hall. Speak er Clark personally escorted he, to seat on the republican side about the center. Almost immediately she was sivrronnit ed and completely lost to view. Every one -wanted to shake her hand anchal most everyone on the floor did, until the rap of the gavel called members to their seats. A suffrage breakfast earlier in the day reached the height of senti;nent for the women who attended. No one cried; but there were a lot of wet, eyes "as America's first woman representative concluded her remarks with "There will be many times when I will make mistakes- ' And I need your encouragement and your support. I know 1 will get it. i promise j. promise " ' ' A little catch in tne tnroat; a oareiy perceptible trembling of the otherwise firm lips and "the lady from Mon tana sat down,'hving made her first speech in the nation's capitol." We are but one r ; . ,i in s,it nn iinonsrst OT Tne cuampions or tne rights ot man- nutoc.ratie nower and to set up rfiiiuv 1 .... .. ... ...... ., th renllv free and self -governed peo- V"U; " sa" ue sansnea wnen tnose tne rennj nee um fc . rights have been made as secure as the world sucn a t-" "'i,;-.,, . tv ".;':' make them. Fight Without Rancor. Just because we fight -without cancor and without selfish object, seeking nothjng for ourselves but what we shall wish to share with all free peoples, we shall, J feel confident, conduct our operations! as belligerents without pas sion and ourselves observe with proud puuctillio the principles of right and of fair play we profess to be fighting for. I have said nothing of the goern meuts allied with the Imperial German government because they ' have not made war upon us or challenged us to defend our right and our honor. The AustioHungarian government has, in deed, avowed its unqualified endorse ment and acceptance of the reckless and lawless submarine warfare adopt ed now without disguise by the ln perial German government and it has therefore not been possible for this government to reeeiv; Count Tarnow skithe ambassador recently accredit ..In. tf the purpose and of action as will hence forth insure the observance otS these principles. Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace f world is invoked and the free dom of its peoples and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the ex istence of autocratic governments, backed bv organized force which is con trolled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. We have seen the last' of neutrality in such circumstances. We are at the beginning of an- age in which it will be insisted that the same standards of conduct and of responst bility for wrong done shall be ob served among nations and their gov ernments that are observed among tin individual citk-ns of civilized-states. y No Quarrel With German People. w i.vo nn ounrrel with fhe German We have no feeling towards them- but one of sympathy and friend- produce what it was meant to prevent; , gjjjp it was not upon their impulse Ithat their government acted in eutenug this war. It was not -with their pre- vious knowledge or approval. It was a KEEP A JAR OF - MUSTER8LE WMi It Quickly Loosens Up Coughs xod Colds in TRroat or Chest Just a little Musterole rubbed on your sore, tight chest before you go to bed will, loosen -up congestion and break nj most severe colds and coughs. Musterole is a clean white ointmtnt made with oil of mustard. Simply ml it on. No plaster' necessary .fetter than mustard plaster and does not blister. Thousands who use Musterole will tell " what relief it gives from sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of the lack or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet and colds(itmoften prevents pneumonia). ed to this government by the Imperial rn a u 's feet. t