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14 TTTF MOTtVPfO ORFHONIATf, MOXDAT, 30. 1914. BOYCOTT IS LIFTED ORPHEUM Theater Is Declared "Fair" After Unions, Owner and Lessee Sign Pact. OFF NEW . LABOR TO RULE ALL WORK Considine and the Blodgett Com pany Agree to Employ Organ ized Men Only Decision Follows Referendum Vote. Following one of the most important labor disputes in the history of Port land, the union labor boycott kept on the new Orpheum Theater building since last May was lilted yesterday, when an amicable agreement was signed by the duly authorized agents of the Building Trades Council, John AV. Considine, owner of the Orpheum franchise, and P. S. Brumby, local rep resentative of John W. Blodgett, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who owns tne theater building and property at Stark street and Broadway. The building was declared "fair" to labor shortly before noon, permitting the scheduled opening of the new playhouse tor the afternoon and night perfurmanTd yes terday. - By the terms of the agreement which removes the boycott, Mr. Considine "agrees that, in the future as in the past, he will employ none other than union labor in the construction or op eration of any of his theaters or In the alteration or repair ot the same. This agreement is to apply not only to all people engaged in the building Industry, but also to all those engaged in the operation of the . theater and also applies to sub-lessees." The Blodgett Company, Limited, of Grand Rapids. Mich., owners of the theater building, also agrees "that all buildings erected in Portland by or on behalf of the company and also ail re pairs and alterations which are to be made upon any of their buildings shall bo performed by union labor." Noth ing in the agreement, however, shall ever be so construed as to Interfere with any obligation which the Build ing Trades Council in Portland and vi cinity owes to the American Federa tion of Labor. Building Trades Conacll Acta. The boycott was officially removed yesterday morning at a genoral meet ing of the Building Trades Council in the Labor Temple at Second and Mor rison streets. This meeting was at tended by perhaps TO delegates from the respective unions of the iarent or ganization. W. L,- Sullivan, secretary of the Building Trades Council and chairman of the boycott committee, said yesterday that 90 per cent of the union men voted in favor of removing the boycott. Twenty-one unions voted on the referendum question and it Is understood that only two unions voted adversely to the interests of Mr. Con tidine. Immediately after the Build ing Trades Council had decided, the executive committee of the Central Labor Council, composed of O. D. Forte, chairman; Mrs. L. Gee, William Otto, Mr. Gay and J. J. Solhaug. in dorsed the action, making it binding on every union organization In Port land. The final papers were not signed of ficially until about 4 P. M. at a meet ing in the executive offices of the new theater. Present at this meeting were Chairman Sullivan and other members of the boycott committee; C. M. Ryner eon, editor and manager of the Port land Labor Press, the official union organ; P. S. Brumby, representing the Blodgett Company: Mr. Considine and his attorney. W. M. Davis. Then all past differences were forgotten and the entire party adjourned to the audi torium of the theater to view a por tion of the afternoon performance. According to a stipulation entered Into between the Interested parties a full statement of the steps which led to a settlement of the dispute must be printed in the newspapers. Included in tho documents involved in this agreement are formal statements from John W. Considine and C. A. Sandel. president of the Building Trades Coun cil, setting forth their positions in the controversy, copies of telegrams ex changed between John W. Blodgett. of Grand Rapids. Mich., and his Portland agent. P. S. Brumby, and copies of the agreements signed by the union of ficials, Mr. Considine and the Blodgett Company. "We feel that to prosecute the boy cott furtner would result in injury to the present lessee." says Mr. Sandel m the statement from the Building Trades Council. "We are sure that if we con tinued the fight on the building under the present circumstances it would be evidence of wrong-dealing with thost. innocent of any attempt to deal un fairly with organized labor." The unions of Portland first declared the building "unfair" to labor because the Hurley-Mason Company, an open shop concern, which had the general contract on Ine building, employed non-union labor. The boycott was originally declared last May by the Building Trades Coun cil, a section of the Central Labor Council which - controls all union tradesmen engaged in the building in dustry. This action was indorsed later by the Central Labor Council, making! It binding on the unions of all crafts. Vote by Caiou Required. "When the union men learned of Mr. Considlne's innocence in connection with the boycott there was a general disposition among labor men to relieve him of its ill effects, and negotiations resulted. Before the building could be removed from the unfair to the fair list it was necessary for the various member unions of the Building Trades Council to vote on the subject one by one. This referendum vote was not completed until Saturday night. Each of the 21 unions in the Building Trades Council sent three or four delegates to the general meeting of the Council yesterday when the vote was can vassed and the decision was announced. The delegates were instructed by their respective unions how to vote. The executive committee met immediately to indorse the action, or the boycott could not have been lifted officially until the regular meeting of the com mittee next Friday night. Previous boycotts on the Olds. Wort man & King and the Maegly-Tichner buildings were removed by the unions after asremenla similar to the one drawn up yesterday were signed. A boycott still stands on two large Port land building's. Mr. Considine and his attorney, W. M. Davis, who. until recently, acted as attorney for the Central Labor Council, said yesterday that they regarded the present settlement the greatest victory that organized labor has achieved In Portland. "The settlement also shows the dis position of the unions to do the right thing." said Mr. Rynerson, editor of the Labor Press. "The unions don't want the earth, as some people make out. and they never fight unless they have to. because each boycott costs them money, worry and a lot of time. They are always willing to talk things over and settle disputes by arbitration and conciliation." "We are not so narrow as the public COMELY STAR WHO COMES TO I SSKJjL. DULLS F-'flR. ITTT v.f .'-:-:-; !-t supposes." eald Mrs. McGee, a member of the executive committee of the Cen tral Labor Council. "Where Justice is deserved, as it was; in this case, we are willing to mete It out." Double Bill at Opening of New Orpheum Sparkling. Tank of Selecting Act of Headline Merit From Great Array Afext to ImpOHslble. w mighty fine array, the Orpheum folk, from the management to the lit tlest usher, have moved Into their beautiful new theater at Broadway and Stark street and gave greeting to two tremendous crowds yesterday. Just because it was opening day a double bill was given, with all last week's talent sandwiching between the seven new acts on this week's bilL In such a feast of fun and flow of song it Is next to impossible to pick the popu larity headline, but If applause and re calls are a criterion, one earnest en deavorer, named Herbert . Williams, all but broke up the show. He wanders on and squeaklly falters out a patriotic ballad, with his home-made accompani ments that fail to work, and then he untangles his generous shoes from the piano stool and gets busy. He traves ties every piano act we've ever seen, mixing them all and favoring none. His pantomime and occasional "hark. harks" set the audience swaying In Its seats like waves. It Isn't so much what Herbie does, but he has a brand new patent on doing it. A pretty girl who comes out first as a human zebra and then In reg'lar clothes is Hilda Wolfus, and she feeds Merbie bait for a lot of his comedy. His last encore, where he was led in blindfolded to play a classic and was helped onto the stool by a stage hand, sent the audience into convulsions.- Alfred Bergen Droved a great favor ite. He has a beautiful baritone voice. of musical range and power. His songs, "Invictus," "Mother Machree," the pro logue to Pagllaccl and "the old beloved "When You and I Were Young, Maggie," Were received in flattering silence and applauded to the rafters of the big new building. Carlos Sebastian and Dorothy Bent ley, both the personification of grace and agility, are sovereigns of the mod ern dance. Of headline caliber is the act picked by the Orpheum head back In New York for stellar place on this bill. It Is Robert Everest's monkeys, about a million of them apparently, who stage a show seemingly all by themselves. There's a monkey orchestra on a shelf all twanging away at some Instru ments, while an impish director whirls madly in his seat, beats time and keeps his weather eye on the lady simians performing downstairs. A sacrilegious fat monkey beats a drum at emphatic momenta to the unbounded hilarity of the spectators. Two costumed monkeys chase in at intervals and change the numbers indicating the progress of the vaudeville bill, while as for acts they present everything under the skies of art. One wee monkey does a wonder ful trapeze act, disrobing and discard ing his raiment, another does a strong act; there's a series of Chinese turns and at least a dozen others, each an eye-opener. The whole act is beauti fully staged and not a soul appears to render first aid to the excellently trained little actors. A musical act is that given by Al Lewis and D. H. Russell, who play a little of everything on stringed Instru ments. A very pretty glrL who tangoes and trips daringly across a high, tight wire is Bertie Ford. ... Fremont Benton, comedienne of abil ity and good looks, offers a sketch called "Handkerchief No. 15"- and has the unusual distinction of having ap peared in the same laughable skit on the first Orpheum. bill ever played In Portland. She is ably supported by Billy Gaxton, whose comedy antics are diverting. All the foregoing makes ud the new bilL At the matinee and evening per formances yesterday, this was aug mented by Princess Rajah and her live snake: Imhoff Conn and Coreene. in their inimitably funny military play let; Minnie Allen, the little volcano of mirth; Genevieve Warner, the harpist; and Karla. her violinist assistant; the graceful skateologists. the El Rey sis ters; George W. Barry and Maude Wol ford. in topical ballads, and Johnny Johnston & Co. 0 . N CROWD OF AMUSEMENT SEEKERS IN TICKET LINE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN IT WAS AN NOUNCED BOYCOTT ON NEW ORPHEUM BUILDING WAS LIFTED. r T"r?ri" vl-'1" ""'f "' "JL - TZZ T I r:rrc.y - :rj s-p:? K$ f:.1 j sz zfS- J f f i M-'i 7w ' -V; ' -i' . f - W :-;;lV icj ' ' - - 3 ' A lajfEUP WAITIMS TO ENTER FOR PREH1ERE PERFORMANCE: HEILIG TONIGHT AND WHO WILL iPTTV TnHTflD T "1TO- vaamhx A 4. WUtVAKlHU WW mm i i"vS3.-'V Mlsa Lrnore 1 1 rich. DOLL AUCTION SET Miss Ulrich, Will Officiate at Benson Hotel Tomorrow. BUYER TO BE HER GUEST Benerit for Muts' Fund Will Bo Contributed To by Other Mem bers of "Bird of Paradise" Company Music Promised. The spirit of good-f eHowship will run rampant at the Hotel Benson dur ing the noon hour tomorrow, when the Order of Muts will be Joined by Miss Leonore Ulrich. the star of the "Bird of Paradise" company, in an entertain ment for charity, which will include a special concert programme by the Royal Hawaiian Quintet, of the same theatrical company, and a doll auction. In which Miss Ulrich will put up for sale to the highest bidder a magnificent French doll taken from her own col lection of more than 100 dolls, gathered by her In many parts of the civilized world. Miss Ulrich telegraphed from Oak land, where she played last week, that she has heard a good deal about the Muts and their plan for relieving the distress of the poor people of this city during the holiday season, and she said that she and her whole company would be only too glad to co-operate with the "big brothers." In addition to the sale of the prize doll, the lucky purchaser will be the personal guest of Miss Ulrich at a box party at the Heillg Theater "tomorrow night, this extra Inducement being added in order to give more zest to the bidding. The concert and doll auction will start at 12 o'clock, in the lobby of the Benson, and during the affair the wom en members of the "Bird of Paradise" company will assist in the entertain ment and dispose of kewple dolls, Teddy bears and other articles, and the proceeds of the fete will all be turned over to the Muts' fund. J. Ed Werleln will assist Miss Ulrich as auctioneer, and a number of . busi ness and commercial organizations will have delegations present, some of whom propose bidding for the prize doll with a view of making it a permanent tro phy of their organization. Before the week is over Miss Ulrich will place her entire collection of dolls, valued at several thousand dollars, on publio exhibition. The Muts' committee In charge of the Christmas eve celebration at the Armory for the benefit of the poor chil dren of the city will meet at the Port land Hotel at 4 o'clock today. R. L. Adams, the chairman, says the present plans contemplate giving toys, dolls and goodies to several thousand young sters. All the members of the women Elks' auxiliary will assist. - f-t p K - .iX' V rr-i. ..f- :i-V- "-"' ": i BAKER PLAY ALL FUN "Ready Money" Full to Over flowing With Laughs. PLOT AROUND BAD BILLS Display of Counterfeit Paper Saves Hero From Ruin Company Most Capable In Depicting Holes of Rollicking Comedy. READY. MOITEY." CAST. Jackson Ives Robert Gleekler SteDhen Balrd William H. Powell William Stewart Walter Gilbert Sidney Rosenthal. .. .Clarke BUvernall Sam welch Walter Siegfried Sumner Holbrook.. .Mason Wellington James E3 Morgan. John H. Tyler.... Captain West Hammond Qulnn Flyn-i Xelll Reddv John Adam ..Charles Halton . .Brandon Evans ...James Morrell J. H. McCoy ..James Du Sang . ..Charles Trojan ..Charles Trojan Mrs. John Tyler Florence Roberts Ida Tyler Mary Edgett Baker Margaret Elliott Eileen Wilson Graco Tyler Irene Oahier BY LEONE CASS BAER. People may be howling that coin of the realm is scarce, and it's true that no one is tossing it carelessly away even Carnegie hasn't given anybody a library for a week or so but there Is lots of "Ready Money" at the Baker Theater, a whole afternoon or evening full. Balrd, the young miner in "Ready Money," is broke in New York. In Oallop, Ariz., his . partner is working half-heartedly to . strike gold and In two days the mine must go because Balrd cannot meet a note for $20,000. Baird tries to sell stock, but all his friends laugh at his belief that the mine is a good one. When he is down to his last quarter and has confided his financial ruin to the holder of his note, a really exciting adventure begins. Jackson Ives, a man-about-to wn, gives Baird 50,000 in $1000 bills. He tells Balrd he is a counterfeiter ."and has spent 20 years making similar bills. "To him that hath shall be given," quotes Ives, "when your friends be lieve you have money they'll make more for you. You won't have to spend it they'll spend theirs if they think you've got- a lot." His theory works. Once Baird's friends catch a sight of his "ready money" they buy stock in bales. The inspiration is sent on to the partner in Arizona, who puts on a night shift and he, himself, works with redoubled hope. . Baird tries to persuade his friends not to buy what he feels now is worth less stock, but they think he is trying to renig on letting them In on a ground-floor scheme and fairly shower him with their money. Then a sleuth, who has followed Ives over all the world, trails him and asso ciates Baird's sudden success in selling stocks to his friendship with Ives. An arrest follows and by one of the clev erest of turns Balrd defeats the police and aaves his friend. In this Baird's fiancee, innocently helps. Later when her name is going to be dragged into the promised scandal, Ives destroys the counterfeit money. Then the Arizona partner strikes It rich and everyone has "ready money" to burn. Two Baker Players vie for leading honors Robert Gleekler and William F. Powell. Mr. Gleekler Is Ives, a role he plays with conservative griraness and powerful dignity with quaint flashes of humor. Mr. Powell gets right under the skin of the young miner Baird, and thinks the part as well as acts It. Brandon Evans, as the alert keen eyed detective. played splendidly; Charles Halton. as the hen-pecked father of Baird's financee, gave a gem in spineless resistance, and a trio of artists, Walter Gilbert, Clarke Silver nail and Walter Selgfrled did excellent work in comedy and almost dramatics as the sometime skeptical, sometime believing friends of Baird. Irene Oshier made a lot out of the role of Baird's fiancee, and played it simply and with charm. Mary Edgett Baker and Eileen Wil son were girlish in girlish roles as near fiancees of men in the play, and Florence Roberts was a delightfully fussy wife to the hen-pecked Halton role. Fully a dozen extra men were called upon for Important roles. It all went with a zip-bang and registered a real hit. BISHOP FACES PROBLEMS Rev. Mr. Ramsey Tells of Work Ahead for Episcopal Leader. That Bishop W. T. Sumner must come to Oregon equipped with that faith that upheld Bishop Scott, Bishop Morris and Bishop Scadding in ther struggle to establish firmly the Episcopalian Church in Oregon, was the contention of Rev. H. M. Ramsey, Dean of St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, in his sermon last night. In the course of his remarks the rector spoke of the peculiar conditions I! NEW PLAYHOUSE. that have confronted the church of his faith In the Northwest and sketched the history, briefly, of the diocese of Oregon. The growth of the Episcopalian Church in Oregon has been retarded, he said, by many things. One was that the church in Oregon never has had the support of the Eastern churches of Episcopalian faith that it should have had, declared Dean Ramsey. A second Important reason spoken of last night was that the population of Oregon has been recruited mainly from the Middle West, where the Episcopalian Church never has been strong, rather than from the states further East. Some of Oregon's settlers had never even heard of the Episcopalian Church and it was a thing apart from the lives of many, he said. Another reason that the Episcopalian Church did not grow taster In Ore gon, according to Dean Ramsey, was that it receives no large inheritances. Speaking of the late Bishop Scad ding, Mr. Ramsey said: "Bishop Scadding came when the diocese was not thriving. I need not sketch the enthusiasm he brought to us. His enthusiasm for the cause was dear and near to him. There was no sparing of .himself. His success was remarkable. Receiving no help from the outside. Bishop Scadding taught us a lesson which has not yet been well learned, that we cannot be pauperized by the outside." PIONEER OF 1844 DIES REV. THOMAS M. RAMSDCLL PASSES AT AGE OF 93 YEARS. Death Removes Laust Member of State's! First Military Organisation, the Ore son Hangers Funeral Tuesday. Rev. Thomas M. Iiamsdell, pioneer of 1844 and sole survivor of Oregon's first military organization, the Oregon Rangers, died yesterday morning at the Rev. Thomn M. Ramad ell. Ore- t . Sunday, J uroai Pioneer Who Died A (fed 83. home of his daughter, Mrs. Anna An derson, 266 East Twenty-fourth street, aged 93. Death was due to old age and a stroke of paralysis" sustained last September. Mr. Ramwiell was born In Rutland, Vt, October 17, 1821, and was educated In New York. In 1343 ha joined an ox traln of 150 wagons, which left St. Joseph, Mo., for the Oregon country. Arriving at The Dalles Young Rams dell, with two others, drove the oxen overland down the Columbia River, while the others of the company came by water to Vancouver. Mr. Ramsdell first settled on French Prairie and then moved to the Salem Mission, where he Joined the Oregon Rangers and was in the battle wtih the Indians six miles from Salem. Catch ing the gold fever he went to Califor nia in 1849, but returned to the Wil lamette Valley In 1860. He became boss carpenter for the Oregon Steam Navigation Company In 1366. remaining in that capacity for some time. Later he engaged in preaching In different sections of Oregon. He married Miss Lcrella Colwell July 28. 1847. and to them were born 12 chil dren, of whom the following survive: Mrs. Mary E. Dickson, Mrs. Anna An derson, John P. Ramsdell. Portland. Or.; Mm. A. C. Michael, Newport. Or.; Thomas Ramsdell. Salem; David Rams dell, Elk City, Or. He was a member of Multnomah Camp, Indian War Vet erans. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 11 A. M. from Centenary Methodist Church. Six grandsons will be the pallbearers. DETECTIVE HAS SPRINT SHAFER ESCAPES AFTER ARREST A.D "BI RX8 GROUND" FOR MILE. Several Saota Fired at Kusjltlve' and Others Join Purs nit Trail of Bad Checks Is Alleged. "That was a bard run to get away from a bad $12 check," remarked De tective Howell Saturday night after Tom Shafer had led him for nearly a mile on an exciting chase in the course of which at least half a dozen revolver shots were fired at the fleeing man. Yesterday on further investigation a reason for Shafer's mad desire for liberty was suggetsed. Five other checks for varying amounts, alleged to have been written and passed by Shafer, were presented to the detectives. The statement was made at -headquarters that stl'I more checks probably would be uncovered today. The detectives also are' investigating a report that Shafer is wanted else where on a somewhat similar charge. It was the attempt of Detective Howell to serve a warrant, sworn to by Thomas Farrell, Shafer's former employer, that caused the exciting chase through the business section of Portland Saturday night. When the detective arrested the man at First and Salmon streets. Shafer bolted. For more than a dozen "blocks he sprinted like a demon, cutting around corners to elude his pursuers. Detective Howell fired in the air to attract a crowd, and the shot was successful. Someone else appeared from a saloon door and fired several shots at the fleeing man, but this did not stop him. He was cornered finally at Front and Morrison streets. Jackson Indebtedness $1,031,583. ASHLAND, Or., Nov. 29. (Special.) A Jackson County financial report for the fiscal period ending September 30. 1914, shows the total Indebtedness to have been $1,031,583.46. Less the amount on hand In various funds, the net debt was $590,235.91. The debt Is represented by $500,000 lr road bonds and outstanding warrants to the amount -of $472,451.92. The amount on hand in the various funds was $441.. 347.55, the largest Item In which was a credit to the general road fund of $23S,035.24. right and Early Morning Shoppers Will Throng the Store at Meier & -Frank's FOR THESE BARGAINS 9 to 1 2 o'Clock Only! WOMEN'S $2.50 LONG WHITE KID GLOVES PAIR, $1.45 Imported lambskin, 16-button length. White only, All sizes. First Floor. 6th-st. Building. WOMEN'S NEW NECKWEAR HALF PRICE 300 pieces samples. Very newest styles in Vestees, Collars and sets. First Floor. 6th-st. Building. WOMEN'S 20c HANDKERCHIEFS 14c 6 FOR 70c 600 dozen in the lot. Embroidered, lace-trimmed, wide hems, etc. First Floor. 6th-st. Building. 10c FLANNELETTES, ' YARD, 7c Choice of plain white and light and dark stripes. Third Floor, 6th-st. Building. 50c STRIPED ALBATROSS, YARD, 25c Quantity limited. Shop early! Third Floor, 6th-st. 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