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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL. 17, 1915. LQGKOU ENGHiCAGO T MAKES 125,000 IDLE Building Contractors Retal iate for Strike Order Is sued by Carpenters. WAGE INCREASE IS ISSUE Jurisdictional Disputes of Unions Add Complications Violence , Koported After Employment of Nonunion Painters. CHICAGO, April 16. Governor Dunne ordered members of the State Board of Arbitration, today to offer their cervices to Chicago building trades workmen and their employers, in the interests of industrial peace. A call was Issued immediately for a meeting of the board Monday. The strike order issued by the car penters' district council, which became effective at the close of work yester day, was followed today by a retali tive measure In the form of a lockout directed at 16,000 carpenters engaged in construction work all over Cook County. 1200 Contractor Take Pledge. The lockout debarred tho union car penters from work on 4000 buildings which are being erected by 1200 con tractors, who are pledged and bonded to maintain their stand until every union in the structural trades comes to terms. The terms include an anti strike agreement covering a period of three years. The union leaders de clared tonight that the strike would not end until the demands of the men for an increase of wages of 5 cents an hour had been granted. It was estimated that 125,000 wage earners in Chicago were made jobless today, for the lockout and strike tied up operations on $12,000,000 worth of work. Besides the total of 60.000 unionists of various branches of the building trades, at least 60,000 more men and women in shops and mills that furnish material for buildings were laid off. I umber of Idle 'Will (iroir. Kmploying interests predicted today that the list of idle would grow un less an agreement to arbitrate is reached. The labor situation in Chi cago has been growing more tense each day since March 1, when the lathers went on strike. Three building trades unions that are confronted with the alternative of accepting the employers' association's terms or being locked out are: Bridge and structural ironworkers, cement finishers and marble setters. The structural ir.onworkers have been avoiding a settlement because of a Jurisdictional dispute with the build ing laborers' union, which has made a demand for the right to set reinforc ing steel in concrete. The ironwork ers say they have a prior claim on this work. Non-Union Painters Hired. The cement finishers are demanding 5 cents an hour for the first year, 67J,3 cents for the second and 70 cents for the third year. Settlement of the dispute between the marble setters union and the employers has been de layed by a jurisdictional fight with the bricklayers' union, which wants to ab sorb the marble setters. Kmploying painters, who had voted not to hire any of the 11,000 union painters in the Painters' District Coun cil, began employing: non-union paint ers today. Reports of violence which reached the employment headquarters resulted in precautions to protect the non-unionists from attacks. FRANCE YET DETERMINED Contlmied From First Page.") thicker than the Incense, a feeling of dramatic intensity like that which pre cedes a great moment in the theater. Candlea Are Perfect Symbols. My attention fixed Itself on those candles, perfect symbols of the precious lives out there on the great line. The leather curtains which guard the doors would open now and then as a new worshiper entered. The little draft of air would blow through the candles and I found myself straining my eyes tuixlously to see if any of them went out. They symbolized life in war. Left to themselves they would burn out in their appointed time and disappear into thin vapor and a few gatherings, which is like the normal course of human life. "War is the noxious breeze which blows them out while the shaft is still straight and clean and full of uses. All war stood revealed in that early mass at the Church of Notre Dame des yictoires. I left the Sacre Coeur yesterday with the feeling that, could I grasp this sorry scheme of things entire, I would find it in me to mold into the new world of heart's desire an old-fash loned, fiery, eternal hell not for hin who has murdered for sudden lust of hate nor for him who has yielded to the uncontrollable impurities with which he was born not for any of these vulgar sinners, but solely for that handful of men in Europe whose greed of power and hardness of heart and denial of human right have brought this universal suffering on E u rope. Latin Quarter Is DrKperatr. Possibly the oddest manifestation of war in Faris is the present condition of the Latin Quarter. The vouns Frenchman of the Quarter, whether he be really a worker In the arts or a mere poseur, wearing a beri and long hair for the tourist to see, has gone to the front. Of 1400 students at the Kcole des Beaux Arts, 1300 went out at the first call, and three-fourths of those who survive are in the trenches. They left behind only a few cripples ani loreigners, sucn as -Kussians. na tives of the Balkans and occasional Americans and Englishmen. There were also a few Italians up the last month but most of these have been called to their own colors. However, they did leave all the wo men who depend for their lives in one way or another upon the activities of the Quarter. The war bears hard upon tnem. few of them are married, there fore they do not receive even the al lowance of a franc and a quarter a day which the republic doles out to women whose husbands are serving. Since art is proceeding at about one tenth its normal speed, there is little work for the models, and their con dition has become almost desperate. Studio Turned Into 'Canteen.' The Quarter takes care of Its girls by philanthropic methods of its own loose, unsystematic, but thoroughly tactful. One woman cubist painter has turned her studio into a "canteen" to provide dinners for needy habitants of the Quarter. One dines there, plainly. but sufficiently, for 60 centimes, or 12 cents. The canteen has grown into an institution. The guests linger after dinner; other guests drop in; there is as usual much talk of art and even a little music. The canteen has become a kind of salon of the Quarter; when one has nothing else to do. he drops in after dinner. Last night we were entertained by a young Russian pianist, who played Debussy and other advanced music with an approach to genius. He carries more hair with him than any other human being I ever saw. Beside him, Pader ewskl looks like a crop-headed convict. One mass of this shock I shall not be little it by calling it a lock droops, when in a state of inanition, clear to his chin. When he comes down hard on a forte passage, it rises and bobs up and down in the breeze. We were to have a famous cafe chantant singer also; but, as the concierge explained it to us, he met friends and dined too well. Lame Poet Does His Share. One of the poets of the Quarter writes his poetry by night and works in an office for a small salary by day. Being lame, he could not go with the colors. He has taken it upon himself to look after five girls, either models or sweethearts of his soldier friends. Every evening he rounds up his flock and takes them to a certain cafe where Bohemian persons most resort. Per haps the girls will get invited to din ner! If that happens, well and good He excuses nimself and leaves them. If there is no invitation, he buys their dinner himself. So he is seeing them through. An American friend of this poet re ceived a louis (which is $4) from an unexpected source. He remarked that he should like to give It away. ' Then for the Lord s sake, said the poet, "give it to me. I'll find some tactful way of getting it to one of the models. They're in a dreadful way for clothes. She'll get herself a new suit, a hat, a waist, shoes and a pair of gloves. How she'll do it on a louis I don't know, but she will!" Still another resident of the quarter, a foreign art student, has an allowance. He ha calculated his own minimum of weekly expenses to a nicety. With what he finds left over on Saturday night, he buys sacks of coal and carries them himself to' the models for this Is a cold Spring. DIRECTED VERDICT DENIED MR. WEST Court Says Overthrow of Civil Government Not Idea in Grant of Powers. JURY WARNED OF -CLAMOR MONTANA Ml CHOSEN 11. A. DAVEE, PIIESIDEXT OF INLAND EMPIRE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. Dr. Foster, of Reed College, Is Vice President, and Salem Educator ' On Executive Committee. SPOKANE, Wash., April 16. (Spe cial) H. A. Davee, State Superintend ent of Public Instruction for the State of Montana, by unanimous vote today was elected president of the Inland Empire Teachers' Association for the ensuing year, to succeed President George H. Black, of the Lewiston Normal School. C. W. Tenney, supervisor of rural schools for the State of Montana, mentioned as the probable choice of the association, sent word to the nomi nating committee that he was not a candidate. J. A. Burke, secretary of the asso ciation, by previous arrangement, was continued as secretary for the ensuing year without opposition. Secretary Burke is principal of the Logan School of Spokane. One other Spokane person was elected to office, Miss Ida M. Pattce, principal of the Sheridan School, being named for a place on the executive committee. Alias Bernice McCoy, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction for the State of Idaho, was unanimously elected first vice-president. Dr. W. T. Foster, president of Reed College, Portland, and chairman of Simplified Spelling Commission of the association, was elected second vice- presiuent. C. R. Frazier. superintendent of the Everett city schools, was chosen third vice-president. By this combination each of the four Northwestern states affiliated with the association is given ofticial representation. O. C. Elliott, Superintendent of Schools at Salem, Or., was named chair man of the executive committee, with President Davee as chairman, ex-officio. Irk addition to Miss Pattee, of Spokane, on the committee, Robert Clark, head of the psychology department of the Montana State Normal at Dillon, was named. MRS. C. E. BEACH ELECTED Washington Parents and Teachers Xante Officers for Year. SPOKANE, April 16. The Washing ton branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa tions, which are holding the annual meeting here this week, today elected Mrs. C. E. Beach, of Olympia. presi dent, and decided to meet at Centralla next year. ; Other officers elected follow: A. H. Verrall. Spokane, vice-president; Mrs. Fred W. Bert. Jr., Seattle, second vice president: Mrs. Beeson, Centralla, third vice-president; Mrs. J. C. Todd, Tacoma, treasurer; Mrs. Charles O'Donnell, Se attle, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Goldie Punk. Olympia. recording secre tary; Mrs. C. Arthur Varney, North Yakima, auditor; Mrs. Alexander Coutts, Tacoma, historian. Xampa lias Tonsllitis Epidemic. NAMPA. Idaho. April 16. (Special.) There is a tonsilitis epidemic in Nampa. Three hundred pupils are ab sent from school and a great number of adults are in bed as a result of the affliction. Among the sick are sev eral doctors and the local hospital force. The sudden change of weather is ascribed as the cause, it having been unusually warm for the past three weeks up to the first of this week, which was a decided reverse. Aberdeen Guardsmen to Visit fair. ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 16. (Spe cial.) Members of Company G. Na tional Guard of Washington, have voted to spend the $1200 which they will receive as pay for attending the state encampment at American Lake to paying their passage to and from the San Francisco exposition. The company will leave for San Francisco August 13 and spend 10 days on the fair grounds where everything will be open to them free of charge. About 50 men and three officers will make the trip. AVenatchee Growers Sleet Monday. WENATCHEE, Wash., April IS. (Special.) The trustees of the We natchee-North Central Washington Growers' League have been called to meet in the Commercial Club Monday by C. T. Haskell, chairman, to adopt by-laws and to act upon other busi ness matters. The delegates are re- quested to bring information as to the progress of the organization in each precinct. $25,000 Will Filed In Ccntralia.. CENTRALIA, Wash.. April IS. (Sue cial.) In the Lewis County Superior court yesterday the will of Joseph Rob inson, a Centralia pioneer mill man. who died last week, was admitted to prooate. v. ii Brown, C. D. Cunning ham and Herman Young are named as executors. The estate Is valued at about $25,000. Judge Anderson Holds Cause for Wliich Goods May Be Taken Xot Matter for Executive, hut "for Jury to Decide. BAKER, Or., April IS. (Special.) Ex-Governor West todav lost an imnor tant point in the damage suit brought against him by William Wieeand. Cop perfield saloonkeeper, who is suing the ex-uovernor for damages alleered to have been caused when Governor West confiscated hisl iquor and saloon fix tures when martial law was declared follow Miss Fern Hobbs' visit to Cop- perfield in January, 1914. Circuit Judge Anderson denied the motion of Mr. West's attorneys for a directed verdict. The courtroom was again jammed today, members of the local W. C. T. U., wearing white rib bons, being conspicuous as on previous days. Many spectators brought their luncheons, some arriving an hour be fore court opened, to procure a seat. Mr. West May Defend Self. Mr. West js expected to make an argument before the Jury tomorrow and it is now believed that the case will go to the jury soon after he finishes. Judge Anderson in his ruling said. in part: "The principle of this case involves a most vital principle in our govern ment, the preservation of our rights as individuals. The same principles were Involved In the Wiegand vs. West in junction proceedings, at the time the court acted on the complain of William Wiegand, that the defendant had threatened to Invade Copperfield and run over property rights by the force of arms. At that time a temporary in junction, was granted and an order is sued requesting the defendant to ap pear and show cause why the injunc tion should not be made permanent. It is needless to review what transpired In that case. Jury "Warned Against Clamor. "It is sufficient to say that tho de fendant filed an answer, a demurrer was filed to that answer. A hearing on the demurrer was concluded by a decree overruling tho demurrer in this court and the case went to the Supreme Court. "This is the type of case that in the past has resulted from overthrow of law and order. Sometimes judges wav er at the clamor and pressure brought to bear by the public, and sometimes jurors are prevailed on to swerve from the duty which they would perform If they acted coolly and deliberately. We must be guided by1 the , Constitution in this matter. -- "It may be argued that the property in question, liquor,' is worse than use less, but we must treat the case as if any other form of property were in volved, as long as the United States Government recognizes it as such. Military Power Defined. "In the previous case of this kind in this court I examined many of the cases which counsel for both plaintiff and defendant have cited as precedent, and at first it might appear that there is a hopeless conflict. There is a differ ence of opinion as to the length which an executive may go in enforcing the law. The Governor is invested with the power of discretion in declaring mili tary law, but to overthrow the civil government is not contemplated by the law. "This court must uphold the law and interpret it and the jury must decide as to facts. The question in this trial is the taking and removing of property. Judicial Authority Denied. "The opinion of this court Is that the executive is not vested with 'judi cial power to declare cause for which goods may be taken. The -jury must say if these causes existed. For these reasons I must deny the motion of the defendant's attorneys for a directed verdict." To eliminate useless, arguing before the jury, Judge Anderson gave his opinion as to the element of conversion entering into the case, deciding that the defendant had taken the property of the plaintiff and exercised dominion over it. The fact that a tender of the property had been made, he said, might be used to mitigate damages. ALLEGATIONS ARE DENIED J. V. Beach Says Inference in Suit Against Judge Unfounded. In reply to the allegations made in the slander suit recently filed by Henry Conlin against Judge Gantenbein, J. V. Beach, Portland attorney and member of the School Board, yesterday declared that his conference with Judge Gan tenbein, referred to in Mr. Conlin's com plaint, had no bearing whatever upon the subsequent utterances by the judge to which Mr. Conlin takes exception. In his complaint Mr. Conlin, who is a San Francisco attorney, alleged that Don't itch! use Resinol The moment that Resinol Oint ment touches itching skin the itch ing' stops and healing begins. That is why doctors hare prescribed it successfully for twenty years in even the severest cases of eczema, ring worm, rashes, and many other tor menting, disfiguring skin diseases Aided by warm baths with Resinol Soap, Resinol Ointment makes a sick skin or scalp perfectly healthy, quickly, easily and at little cost. Reanol contains nothinc rf a Htrch or inforioos sanx and ran fee used freely erea on the tenderest or most Irritated surface. KTery drusgisC sells Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap. 7or trial free, writs to lspc. 1-S. Kesinnl. Baltimore. Md. Judge Gantenbein made slanderous re marks against him from the bench, and set forth that just before those re marks were made the Judge held a con ference in his chambers with Mr. Beach, who was one of the witnesses in the case being tried at the time. 0RPHEUM RUMOR DENIED Xo Intention of Stopping Vaude ville, Declares Manager. Manager Conlon. of the Orpheum Theater, last night conclusively denied the rumors that have been afloat that the theater might close its vaudeville during the Summer season and be turned into a feature motion-picture house. There is no foundation for the ru mors," he said. "I had a telephone con versation with Mr. Considine today, which would confirm me in this state ment if there were any need of con firmation. 'The visit of Mr. Landburg, our at- torpey, to Portland, which was one of the causes for the rumor starting, was on business of his own, and had noth ing to do with the plans of the Or pheum. He did not go on to Seattle, as was reported, but returned to San Francisco. MISS FRANCESG0RE DIES Sister of Sherwood Woman, Aged 47, Buried at Winona Cemetery. SHERWOOD, Or.. April 16. (Special.) The death of Miss Prances Gore oc curred at the homo of her sister, Mrs. Helen Jennings yesterday. She was the daughter of the late Captain George Gore, who at one time had charge of the railroad ferry that piled between Kalama and Goble. The funeral services were held at the family residence at 2 o'clock this after noon, and interment made in the Wi nona Cemetery. The Grange had charge of the services at the cemetery, Miss Gore having been identified promi nently with the Grange for many years. Miss Gore was born in Detroit, Mich., but came West at an early age and was 47 years of age. WORK ON MAIN TO START Water Shortage la Xortheastern Part of City to Be Relieved. The water shortage problem in the northeastern part of the city will be solved by the completion of a 30-inch trunk water main, the construction of which will be started next week by the city water bureau. Pipe has been distributed and everything Is in readi ness. The main will be extended northward a half mile from Kast Fifty-ninth street and Fremont. There it will turn and run two miles westward to the Vernon standpipe, making a total length of 2 miles. The line will cost about $110,000 and will furnish work to about 50 men, who will be selected from the civil service eligible list. Aberdeen Wants Aeronautic Corps. ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 16. (Spe cial.) A petition asking that an aero nautic corps be located here has been filed with the Navy Department by Lieutenant Bradner. of the Fourth Di vision, Naval Militia of Washington, according to an announcement made by him this morning. If organized the corps will have four officers and 12 men. Two hydro-aeroplanes would be sent here for the use of the command. Only one aeronautic corps- is allowed in each state having a naval militia and Lieutenant Bradner believes that since Aberdeen has made the first ap plication this city will have the best chance. James passed his plate for the fourth time, saying: "Not enough boy." Have You Dined in the nemly enlarged and improved m Imperial Hotel Grill lately? If not, you have a rare treat in store. Come tomor row and enjoy one of our excellent Sunday Chicken Dinners for 50c or our table d'hote for 75c from 5:30 to 9 o'clock. Same on IV eefydays Weekday Lunch from 11:30 to 2 40c and 50c After-Theater Supper Parties Carefully Served Pleasing Vocal and Instrumental Music from 6 to 8 and 10 to 12 P. M. New Direct Entrance From Broadway 'Two Entrances From Hotel Interior Saturday Specials at Ben Selling's $4.95 My 'regular $6 Norfolk Suits for boys; nobby tweeds, cheviots, and fancy mixtures. Each suit has two pairs of full-lined knickers. All sizes; your choice, S4.95. Boys' Norfolk Suits $6.50 to $25 Boys' $1.50 Corduroy Knee Pants, 98c. 50c Rompers and All-Over Suits, '39c. Youth's $1.00 and $1.50 Shirts, 69c. $1 and $1.50 Straw Hats, 50c Boys' 25c Collar and Tie to Match, 15c; 2 for 25c. --Second Floor BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER Morrison Street at Fourth AIRMAN RAIDS KENT England Experiences Third At tack in 48 Hours. SEVERAL TOWNS VISITED German Sails .Xear British Xaval 1-lying Establishment I'ew Per sons Are Cut by Glass Loss to Property Is Small. LONDON, April 16. England today experienced its third hostile air raid within 48 hours, but the last, like those immediately preceding, resulted in no loss of life, and no serious damage to property. Taking- advantage of fine flying weather, which enabled a Zeppelin air ship to visit the vicinity of the Tyne Wednesday night and the coasts of Suf folk and Kssex early yesterday, a Oer man aeroplane having: crossed the North Sea yesterday, flew over the County of Kent, dropping; bombs. In all four mis siles were dropped In the vicinity of the towns of Kaversham and Sitting Bourne, the latter just across the BuKle from the Isle of Sheppey. which is the birthplace of the British royal naval flying corps. All the bombs fell in fields. Raider May Have Loit Way. From Sitting: Bourne the aeroplane flew over the Isle of Kheppey, and it is thought probable the raider mistook the towns attacked for tiheerness, the British naval base, which is on the other side of the island. On his way the airman passed over Canterbury and other towns in Kent, but did not loose any explosive projectiles on or near them. ZeppelinH. for It is believed there were two of them, which visited EhkI Anslia luriii(? the early hours of the mornintr, dropped 25 incendiary and , explosive bombs on Lowestoft, South Wold, Maldon, Hurnrmni-on-the-Crourh. HeybrldRe and TillinKham. but like the raid of the previous nicht on the Tync moulh district, only property damage, and little at that, was done, although several persons had narrow escapes. In Lowestoft a bomb dropped in a Har den and shattered a row of small houses, and persons sleeping In them were cut by broken glass. RlK Towns At nlded. TMiriii!? the three raids at least 50 bombs were suit down by the Uer muns. The airmen seem to have kept awav from the lurrpr t r w n n wher. they might have been Iiscovered by searchlights and come under fire from the land. There is an Inclination in London to consider the raid only in the nature of reconnaissances, tor except In the case of aeroplane bases, points of military Importance were avoided. 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