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TIIE MOItNIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, APRFL 24, 1917. STRIKE THREATENS 42 ARE ENLISTED Ifi CITY BUILD Army Gets 100, Navy 30, and Marines 12 Recruits. Politics Seen in Attempt to Tie Up Auditorium Work -Through Union Claims. ;mt:y go to artillery Eastern Oregon "Bronco Busters' TERRAZZO WORK MEDIUM Enroll in Sea Service More Men Are Wanted for Warships. Portland Sends 134 Jackles. 3 'v- i gBJ'' , ' Suggestion Made That Delay Would Injure Mr. Baker's Standing and Opponent Then Could Rush In and Effect Compromise. Because men employed in terrazzo work on the Public Auditorium have no union and are not affiliated with a union, a strike of plasterers and ce ment finishers on the work has been threatened. N. A. Schanen, contrac tor for the marbie and terrazzo work, Informed City Commissioner Baker yesterday that the union men have riven notice of Intention to quit work today. Behind the proposition Is said by those watching the Auditorium work to bo some politics aimed at Commis sioner Baker, who Is a candidate for Mayor at the coming city election. It is said certain interests supporting the candidacy of another man for Mayor are doing everything in their power to cause a tie-up of the Auditorium work, hoping thereby to discredit Mr. Baker, who has charge of the building-. Two propositions have been men tioned along the political line. One Is to try to delay the building so as to discredit Mr. Baker in his eagerness to have the building completed in time for the National education convention and the other is said to be a plan whereby the other candidate in the case can rush gallantly to the front and settle the strike. It is declared that the question of terrazzo work being unionized has never been raised on buildings in which this class of labor has been en gaged. The work consists of the lay ing and polishing of floors made of chipped marble and cement. The con tractor, Mr. Schanen, says Italians are the only men in Portland knowing how to do the work and they are opposed to forming or joining a union. He tiays they do not want ' their work unionized. A force of six men is re quired for the Auditorium work. Un- unlonlzed men did the terrazzo work on the Courthouse, police station and other strictly union jobs, without any Question having been raised. Whether the plasterers and cement men will strike today is a matter of conjecture. Mr. Schanen says he has no intention of forcing the Italian workers to unionize and could not force them if he desired. He says the union people want the work turned over to cement finishers If the unioni zation demand is refused. Cement nn lshers, Mr. Schanen cays, could not do the work properly. The question of cost also has en tered Into the case. Mr. fachanen says he made his bid on the supposition that the Italians would do the work To have Inexperienced men do it along union lines with helpers, etc., would entail increased expense, he says, and would not be satisfactory. HI! I Y " 'it ' 'iff, ' " i X f ' " - ' 1 t . ; ... . I ROBBER SUSPECT IS TAKEN Fred Ramelow Accused of Theft From East Side Hardware Store. Fred Ramelow, an ex-convict with records in Oregon and Washington prisons, was arrested yesterday morn lng by City Detectives Leonard, La Salle, Moloney and Swennes on the charge of having robbed the store of K. Ij. Howard, a hardware dealer at 1927 East Glisan street. The Howard store was broken Into the previous evening and merchandise and money to the amount of $80 taken. When Ramelow was placed under ar rest, the detectives assert, some of the stolen property was found in his. pos session. In June, 1916, Ramelow was arrested for robbing a store in Portland and was sentenced to SO days in prison. On both occasions of his arrest by the Portland police he has been found car rying a heavy-caliber revolver. TODAY'S FILM FEATCRS. c Majestic Alice Joyce and Harry Morey, "Womanhood." Columbia Roseoe Arbuckle, Th Butcher Boy"; "The Bottle Imp." Sunset Douglas Fairbanks, "The . Good Bad Man." Peoples Ann Murdock and Shir ley Mason, "Etovjr." Star Mary Miles Minter, "The Gentle Intruder"; "Mystery of the Double Cross." Globe Mae Marsh, "Her Con doned Sin." Circle "The Stolen Melody." THE utilization of the singing pow ers of a prima donna appearing In B. Tnotlnn nlr.tui on or efrlfilran dumb, presents difficulties. World Pictures, however, intent on making a Philadelphia presentation of "Mothers of France," found a way around the problem by inviting Kitty Gordon a"nd Alice Brady, two of their own artists. to render inspiring anthems at two of the showings of the picture recently. World Pictures recently loaned "Mothers of France" to the American Ambulance Field Service for four ex hibitions at the Metropolitan Opera- House, Philadelphia, as a help toward raising $135,000 for extending and maintaining the service along the French battlefront. The undertaking was in the hands of John II. McFadden, Jr., who, wishing to augment the in terest of the presentations, bethought himself of engaging a prominent so prano to sing the "Marseillaise" as a contribution to the musical setting dur ing the Philadelphia engagement. The outlay in money was prohibitive. however, and so Miss Gordon and Miss Brady, both prima donnas as well as screen stars, consented to enlist their aid. Each sang at one performance. In return members of the Alliance Francaise, composed of leading French residents of Philadelphia, learning that Alice Brady was the daughter of a French mother, insisted she partake of their hospitality. The English colony, not to be out done, invited their countrywoman, Kitty Gordon, to a supper and dance, arranging an entertainment on a lavish scale. Fame for Tearl White. The Pathe statistical department got busy last week and the figures result ing lead tne company 10 aeciare rem White, the leading box-oftice star oi the country, challenging the claims of Mutual that Helen Holmes occupies that dizzy height. The figures produced Indicate that the picture fans of America have paid 24. 570.000 to see Mlsa White in tne four serials in which she has been policeman on the studio beat saw slim, boyish individual, with face con cealed by a mask and Revolver in hand, climbing through an apartment-house window. Running up, he clubbed the feet of the 'disappearing stranger and then dragged him forth despite hi protests. On the ride to the station the truth came out, and the supposed criminal was released. In the mean time inside the apartment-house Di rector Parke and his camera man ware waiting for an actor who was to be filmed as he came through the win dow, but who had mysteriously disap peared. Screen Gossip. Hareld Lloyd and Bebe Daniels, who give so much zest to Pathe's "Luke' comedies, get their recreation after the Navy arduous labor of a week s work in the studio by taking in a cafe dansant. Here they have shown themselves so profi cient that they have already won three prize cups. It was a big day for recruiting of ficers yesterday, and the Portland re cruiting offices were kept busy by the rush of Young America to tne colors. From all sections of the Northwest they came 142 of them all eager to get a taste of fighting, if there is any to be done. The Army recruiting office in the Worcester building led all, with a total of 100 applicants. The Navy office, in the Dekum building, recruited 30, and the Marine Corps office. Fifth and Washington streets, took in 12 more. A large number of the boys enlisted yesterday came from the country towns of the Northwest. There was a de tachment from Burns and other East ern Oregon cities, none of whom had been any nearer the big drink than the "quarter deck of a bronco, yet all eager to join the Navy. Prairie City, in Malheur County, sent 12 men to join the Army, and there was also a group of eight from Klamath Falls for the same service. Many Go to Artillery. Captain . . J. Huebscher, in command of the Army station, reported that the larger number of the recruits taken in yesterday Blgned up for the artil lery. A good number wished to enter the aviation branch, there still being a demand for men in aviation. Twelve more days remain tor Lieu tenant-Commander Blackburn, of the Navy recruiting office, to complete his new quota of 500 men, and 69 of the 500 have been secured. This Is in au dition to the 800 secured by last Fri day, in accordance with instructions from the Navy Department. Commander Blackburn said that the recruiting at his office had rather slowed up, as the result of an-impres sion which had gained credence that the Portland office would recruit no more men when the first quota of 800 was made up. We will continue recruiting, he said yesterday, "no matter how many men we get. The programme of the Department contemplates in creasing the Navy to a total of 150,000 men, which mean ah addition of 63, 000 men." Portland FurnlMhe 134. Of the 800 men enlisted in the Navy in the campaign closing last Friday, Portland furnished 134 men, according to figures given out yesterday by Com mander Blackburn. Good showings made by other towns in the Northwest follow: Spokane 37, Salem 28, Cor vallis 19, Sheridan 14, Gladstone 10, Klamath Falls 10, Oregon City 11. Stevenson (Wash.) 11. Sand Point (Idaho) 9, Kelso (Wash.) 8, Amity 9, Bend 7, Burns 7, Clatskanle 7. Carlton 7, Forest Grove 7, Prlnevllle 7, Pendle ton 7, St. Helens 6, Rldgefleld (Wash.) 7, Pullman (Wash.) 8. Since last Friday Burns has sent In an addition of 18 recruits for the Navy, making a total sent from there of 2a husky specimens. Lieutenant - Commander Blackburn spoke Sunday night In Salem before an audience of about 900 people. Satur day night he spoke at Corvallls. -seven deadly sins, wit it 4 Star, U m film .notion A 'vrym)oman' of Ihm mmving pitwr drmma." V.i. York World. "If th Stcmn DaJty Sin con Hnum to bo mad to mtlraeliv it u going lo bo difficult to toy. 'Cc( ihoo behind m.. " HARRIETTE UNDEPHTLL, firm York Tribmmo. Positively Only Today and Tomorrow Your Last Chances Ann Murdock, Shirley Mason and George Le Guere in "Envy" A complete 5-act drama of modern life; the first of a series not a serial of masterplays of today each complete in itself, entitled 6 even. Deadly Sins 9? The same super-programme includes a screamingly funny two-act comedy with Harold Lloyd, 46 Lonesome Luke's Lively Life Also our fascinating magazine of the screen an excellent offering. 31 PEOFL is? A ..4 Topping the World for Quality 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. Next Thursday: "The Bondage of Fear," with Ethel Clayton Second place In the contest was won by Pacific University at Forest Grove and third place by McMlnnvllle College. Max Llnder says he likes everything and everyone In the United States, In cluding Charlie Chaplin. Elliott Dexter is to play opposite Mary Pickford In "A Romance of the Redwoods." He is to appear as a bad man of the West. Mrs. Vernon Castle, star of "Patria." and one of the best-known women In America, has been signed to a long- term contract to appear in Pathe photo plays, fane will be presented in some literary and stage successes, as well as original stories. Astra will produce the Castle pictures, with George Fitz- maurice the leading director. ... . Shirley Mason, who Is to appear in every one of the McClure "Seven Deadly bins, made a hit on tour in the leading roie in "Tne poor Little Rich Girl.' George Le Guere, well-known juvenile who 13 her lover throughout the seven Deadlles," has supported such stage stars as uavia warrield, W alker White- side, Dorothy Donnelly and Gertrude Elliott. Gertrude McCoy is to be presented bv the Author's Film Company In a Dictuie version or "Jiiaaam Sherry." . j.ne neignt or sophistication was reached last week when one trade naoer reviewer described the scene between Adam and Eve in a certain Dictum oeing realistic. Conditional pardons have been recom- Chlcago feted Douglas Fairbanks and mended by the District Attorney s of Mary Pickford when they stopped off fice for Henry Oswalt and Jacob Mar in the Windv Citv en route to Califor- tin. convicted llreougs, wno nave man nia. When the two arrived in Los An- doned their appeal to the Supreme ARID FORCES TO MEET Oregon Ilrancli of Anti-Saloon Long no Will Continue Work. Trustees of the Oregon branch of the Anti-Saloon League will hold their semi-annual meeting in the Y. M. C. A. at noon today. One gratifying item of usiness that will demand their atten- on is receipt of a report from R. P. Hutton, state superintendent, that the debt of $4000 which confronted the or ganization two years ago has been wiped out. Although the saloons and the whisky usiness u ve been put completely out f business In Oregon, the league pro poses to continue actively in the field. working for National prohibition. FIREBUGS GET LENIEHGY HEXRY OSWALT ANIJ JACOB MARTIN TO SERVE NIGHT IN" PRISON. SEWING KITS ARE NEEDED Adjutant-General White Tells Wom en How to Help Soldiers. Women who are eager to assist the Government in some way. may render Men Abandon Supreme Court Appeal. Officials Believe Pair Have Been Well Punished Already. T0NG PEACE IS DOUBTFUL Karred- Her, Is the way the calcula- LIUU3 g yj Mayor Preparing to Wage War Compact Is Xot Closed. Although Chinese say they are- mak lng satisfactory progress wit., negotia tions for a permanent end of the tong war at tne conclusion of the 30 days armistice, April 30, Mayor Albee has in formation to the effect that there 1: hitch in negotiations. Accordingly he is preparing an anti-tong war crusade to be launched May 1 unless the Chinese tongs show a signed permanent peace pact before that date. The Mayor's information is that the Chinese are in a fuss now over the question of settling certain cases in The Dalles. The hitch Is said to be se rious. Th Mayor in conference with po lice officials has arranged to destroy some of the tongmen's quarters throughout Chinatown on May 1 unless the required showing is made. R0SEBURG VISIT PLANNED Portland Delegation to Strawberry Festival to Be Arranged. One of the first moves on the part of the presidents of the local civic clubs in their capacity as members of the new advisory committee to the pub licity and convention bureau of th Chamber of Commerce will be to assist in the organization of a Portland dele gation to attend the Strawberry Carni val at Roseburg May 19. Flans for this were considered at the meeting yesterday of the committee, and the club presidents will take it up at once with their various organiza tions and try to arrange as large representation from here as possible. TODAY OXE DAY OJfLX THE STOLEN MELODY," Beautiful Broncho Drama, Also Reel Life and "Preparedness," timely Metro comedy. CIRCLE THEATER The Big Home Movie. FOURTH AT WASHINGTON. Continuous Performance. Weekday A. M. to 11 P. M. Sundays 12tlS to 11 P. M. PROGRAMME CHANGED . DAILY Every Mght at 8 o Clock (Except Saturday and Sunday) T. and T. Come and See. ADMISSION FIVE CENTS. Miss White played the lead In the longest serial made. The Exploits of Elaine," which ran for 36 consecutive weeks. Pathe issued 150 prints or tnis serial for the American market. Fig uring that each print worked 90 days in two years, and that an average of only 400 saw each episode each time it was shown, each print of each epi sode showed to approximately 36,000 persons. On this basis, with 150 prints, each epteode showed to 5,400,000. And there were 36 episodes, so the total at tendance is figured as 194,400,000. Tak ing as the average price the absolute minimum of 5 cents, the public paid $9,720,000 to see "The Exploits of Elaine." Miss White's other serials are stated to have been equally successful. Using the same figuring basis, the results are: 'The Perils of Pauline" in 20 epi sodes drew $5,400,000; "The Iron Claw," 20 episodes, $5,400,000, and "Pearl of the Army" 15 episodes $4,050,000. Grand total for the four serials, $24, 570,000, and these statistics are com piled according to the Pathe claim. Melgnan Vaudeville Manager. Finding that the camera did not oc cupy all his time, 'rnomaa aieignan. now playing opposite Pauline Fred erick in Famous Players productions. has branched out as impresario. He will shortly present Frances Ring and William Mack In a vaudeville sketch 'Back Fires," written by Willard Mack. The playlet has already been favor ably received by Yonkers, Newark and other "try-it-on-the-dog towns. "as the atrical parlance has it, and Thomas Is trusting Broadway will be kind to It. geles they were tendered an ovation. Negroes rioted In Cleveland when The Birth of a Nation" was screened. Most of the beautiful Interiors are built In the studio workshops and set up on the stages. The walls are built in sections, painted, papered, decorated and put together so skillfully that even the camera is fooled, and when you fool the camera, you re going some. w Ann Pennington, the Zlegfeld Follies girl. Is to return to the screen in a pic- ture called "The Boy Scout." Tom Ince Is working on a naval train ing film to be given to the United States Government. The picture will show In detail Just what Uncle Sam does when he tr.kes a young American in civilian clothes from his civilian en- Bronson-Howard With Fox. ' George Bronson-Howard. the well known author and playwright has taken charge of the scenario department of the William Fox Film Corporation. Al ready Mr. Bronson-Howard has dis tinguished himself as a playwright, novelist, short-story writer, musical comedy librettist, dramatic critic, war correspondent in the Ruseo-Japanese Wax, Captain In the Chinese army and inspector in both the Chinese and Philippines customs. He also has been a reporter on a dozen newspapers, from San Francisco to London and a mem ber of the editorial staffs of half i dozen magazines. Arrested "Masked Stranger." 6ay "Masked Stranger" to a certain Individual in the "Mystery of the Double Cross" company at the Pathe studio In Jersey City and you 11 get 1 black, look, iters the answer: A new Court since being found guilty of arson last October. Governor Wlthycombe has signified his intention of extending executive clemency after the men have been recorded at the penitentiary and have served one night behind the bars. In the opinion of Deputy District Attorney Collier, whose recommenda tlon for parole was supported by Or cuit Judge Davis, trial magistrate in their case, both have been well pun ished already,- financially, and their families are certain to suffer If they are committed for their three to seven- year terms. The men are brothers-ln-law. Mar tin set fire to Oswalt's home In St. Johns after sprinkling many gallons of gasoline about. The gasoline ploded, blowing the front of the house into the street and burning Martin so severely about the face and hands that he spent several months In the hospital. Oswalt had to turn over his property vlronment, and turns him lyto an able to a mortgagor. Martin lost about $400 seaman and first-class fighting man. ln a leal mixUD concerning attorney's fees, and both have paid out about $200 ln preparing to appeal their case. Both have families, Oswalt a wife and five children, and Martin became a father since his indictment. Two important bits of news from the Fox studios are that William Farnum has been presented with an ancient Bible and that June Caprice, nursing a hatred for publicity, as is the way with all players, goes to see her pictures incog. Florence Reed is soon to be presented ln "Today," a plcturlzatlon of the suc cessful play of that name. Frank Mills win be her leading man. Florence will be remembered for her work in "At Bay," "New York," etc., for Pathe. Ralph Ince is the director. "The Submarine Eye" is the name of Williamson Brothers' first sub-sea spec tacle. They are the chaps accountable for the wonderful under-water effects in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," a picture now owned ln the Northwest by Gus Metzger. With 6000 people ln the street below. Pearl White did her "bit" last week by riding a steel beam to the 20th story of a New York skyscraper, unfurling an American flag, and scattering scores of tiny flags to the crowd below. She also made a navy-enlistment appeal upon descending. H. B. Warner, now a Sellg Star, is planning to enlist. Then after he has done his "bit" he is going to return to the Sellg Polyscope Company to appear ln a series of feature dramas which may Include "Brown of Harvard." "Bob Hampton, of Placer," and others. Mr. Warner has Just finished the Sellg pro duction, "The Danger Trail." "The Danger Trail" was written by James Oliver Curwood and Mr. Warner Is sup ported in the story of the Canadian Northwest by Violet Homing and W. Lawaon Butt. Y. M. C. A. TO RAISE $60,000 Needs of Oregon and Idaho Soldiers Are Discussed. Plans for the carrying forward of Y. M. C. A. work among the boya of Ore gon and Idaho who have been called to the colors were discussed and an asso ciation was formed to carry forward this work at a luncheon held at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday. The sum of $60 000 will be raised for this work, it was announced. This amount Is the apportionment of the two states of Idaho and Oregon out of a total of $3,000,000 which la to be raised to support the Army Y. M, C. A. work. Of the $60,000 it is planned to raise $25,000 ln Multnomah and Clackamas counties. SALEM GIRL WINS HONOR Margaret Garrison, of Willamette University, First ln Oratory. Miss Margaret Garrison, of Salem, member of the junior class of Wlllam ette University, won first place - th state intercollegiate prohibition ora torlcal ConteBt held at McMlnnvllle Sat' urda-v night Miss Garrison, who represented Wil lamette University ln the contest, com peted with representatives of other ool leges and universities of the state. efficient service by making "house wives" for the soldiers, according to Adjutant-General White. These are small kits containing shears and materials for sewing and mending. Models can be seen by applying to the Information officer at National .Guard headquarters, 640 Morgan build ing. The Government furnishes every fifth man with one of these handy sets, but If anything happens to that man the others are greatly inconvenienced. I ' CALIFORNIA JOBBERS AID Klamath Falls Hallway Committee Bleets With Success. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 23. (Special.) The committee of citizens headed by W. 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