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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, AUGUST 13. 1917. 9 muNTANA 'S RULER IS TERROR TO K Governor Stewart Has Wealth of Experience in Handling Disorderly Element. BUTTE RIOTS RECALLED Broad-Minded, Big-Hearted Man In Portland Conferring With Other northwestern Governors, Sets Forth Plan or Action. One quiet June afternoon of three Tears ago word flashed out of Butte that the I. W. W.. temporarily In con 'trol of a dissatisfied Miners' Union, had begun a reign of terror in the world's greatest mining camp. A parade of miners was stormed with flashing guns end the spat of fire. The Miners' Union hall was dynamited. This lawless mob was led by one man "Muckie" McDonald a common Tnine mucker who had grasped a seri ous situation and proclaimed himself "King" of Butte. Martial Lair Proclaimed. Twenty-four hours after this out break of I. W. "W. ism a special train of khaki-elau youths wound about the mine-spotted hills overlooking Butte. Menacing machine guns were mounted on a flatcar. "Fighting Dan" Donahue, commander of the state troops, was. in charge. The troops marched down Into Butte. Martial law was proclaimed. Saloons were ordered closed indefinitely, and the task of restoring Butte to Its senses was started. The man responsible for this quick and direct action was Sam V. Stewart. Montana's law-and-order Governor. He did not want to send troops into Butte, but when the city's Socialist Mayor, Lewis J. Duncan, threw up his hands In despiar, as did some of the county authorities, the state's chief executive acted quickly. and eJTectviely. Stewart "o Long-Distance Fighter. During the weeks that it took to restore Butte to order Governor Stewart did not sit always at his executive office in Helena directing the work from a distance. Time after time he went into Butte unarmed and alone. And on one occasion' he thrust himself Into a meeting of these lawless I. W. W. and gave them a talk, straight from the shoulder, that some of them will never forget. This is the same broad-minded, big hearted man who was in Portland Sat urday and yesterday conferring with Governors of five other Northwestern states relative to the I. W. W. and other problems which have arisen since the war. His counsel about the conference table was thrice welcome. He had dealt with the I. W. W. and had stamped them out, and his experience was worth much to the other executives in pre paring to meet any internal disorders which might arise. He had "been through the mill." and his policy of meeting these direct actionists with direct action had proven to be the most effective method. Attempts at Conciliation Fatal. "It is fatal to attempt to conciliate this element," Is the advice of Mon tana's executive. "They glory in the publicity they receive and what strength they get lies in the fact that official dom Is slow In coping with them. Get them before they have a chance to start anything and put every mother's son of them away where they can tell their troubles to the warden and prison guards." This Is the advice of the man whose big, expansive smile fairly radiates the prosperity and good cheer of his treas ure state But beneath that smile there lurks a determination end force which bodes ill for those who shout In de fiance against law and order. BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS WHO WILL COME TO PORTLAND TO ENCOURAGE RECRUITING. EXPRESS RULING BENEFITS Discontinuance In Delivery Service Sundays Held Jnstified. SALEM, Or., Aug. 11. (Special.) I. Waring, superintendent of the Great Northern Express Company, with head quarters at Seattle, has written the Public Service Commission explaining the action of express companies in dis continuing the pick-up and delivery service on Sundays and on other days after 5 o'clock P. M. Superintendent Waring says that the action is to assist the Council of Na tional Defense in conserving men, time and resources and to improve the work ing conditions of employes. The move ment is Nation-wide and In Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane it is ef fective Monday, August 20. WOMEN OF SALEM RESPOND More Than Forty Organizations Link Together for Defense. SALEM, Or, Aug. 12. (Special.) Representatives of more than 40 wom en's organizations of Salem met at the Public Library Friday night and per fected permanent organization. Offi cers elected were: Chairman, Mrs. W. M. Hamilton; vice-chairman, Mrs. Ed mund F. Carlton; Secretary, Mrs. David "Wright; treasurer, Mrs. F. M. Brown. The plan of organization, as outlined in the call of the women's committee of the National Council of Defense, Is to link together all existing organiza tions of women for patriotic service. Cards will be sent to the women of the city for registration, and the Hoover food pledge will be sent out for signatures. -u--.r n 17 HI J, fx h - '' " i I t " 5 APPLE CROP UNHURT Hot Weather in Spokane Val ley Does Little Damage. BEAN CROP WILL BE SHORT Season Has Been Favorable, so Far as Diseases and Pests Are Con cerned Most of the Scab Has Been Killed. , SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) "The prospects for the apple crop in the Spokane Valley have not been influenced by the long period of lot weather," State Horticultural In-spector-at-Large H. W. Samson report ed today. "The crop was heavily dam aged at blossoming time by the cold rains, which cut the estimated total yield to somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 per cent. Since that time there has been no further Injury. "The bean crop, grown largely for the cannery, will be very Bhort, and the crop of tomatoes will also fall considerably below early estimates. There are fields of tomatoes, however, which will probably give exceptionally good yields. "Reports from Garfield, Farmlngton and Pullman show that the dry land orchards are badly in need of rain. This season has been "favorable so far as diseases and pests are concerned. Most of the scab has been killed by the hot weather, and only a small percentage of codling moth Infection is show ing up." structlon Corporation shipyard here. The hold loft was completed in the afternoon, a fine smooth floor being laid on which the plans for the ships to be built will be drawn and painted, and on this floor, which was large enough for 1000 to dance at one time, the great throng tripped the light fan tastic until midnight, the Elks band furnishing the music The hall was decorated with bunting and In the center of the hall hung the flags of the United States and all of her allies. Vancouver Chamber to Pay Debt. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) After hanging over the Van couver Chamber of Commerce for a number of years, a debt of several hun dred dollars will be paid off at a big meeting to be held in the clubrooms Friday evening, August 17. After the note Is officially burned and a get-together meeting held refreshments will be served by James McSparren, stew ard of the club. GOOD YODEUG HEARD VIOLINIST AXD IRISH SIXGER ALSO PLEASE AT STRAND. Jack Gilbert's Gymnastics and Boyd's Warbling Are Gives Higa Praise. Dixie Earl Southard Gets Year in Jail. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) Earl Southard, arrested recent ly near Eugene, and returned here for trial charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, at Ridgefield, has been sentenced to one year in the county jail, and to pay a fine of $250. Southard worked in a shingle mill at Ridgefield, but had returned to his family near Eugene, when arrested. Insects dislike violet rays. Real Alpine vodelinsr. elear as a bell and lilting with happiness, Is the coti-J" trlbution of Phil Bennett to the netRC win wxuuii openea yesiera&y me Strand. Dressed In Tyrolean costume, he sang several songs of romance, with the indescribable but thrlllingly sweet refrains which are the highest art of the master yodeler. Wllhelm and Lhereux, premier violin ist and feminine Chauncey Olcott, scored with prolonged applause. The one has a way with a violin that hakes It sigh and sing, and the other knows and interprets all the witchery that is in the songs of Erin. The audience was apathetic when Jack Gilbert essayed to sing. But when he jokingly abandoned this role and became the sure-nerved and agile gym nast they were with him to the last hand-clap. In difficult contortions, Gil bert dances to the various bugle calls. and bounds blindfolded into barrels with an easy accuracy that elicits gasps from the spectators, and does both in a way that Is charm ingly her own. Is given unqualified approval. Dixie warbles a ditty on "dad's" advice to his son that Is rich with laughter. The Butterfly photo-drama, "Follow the Girl," in which appears Ruth Stonehouse as the Swedish emigrant girl, Hilda, is an engrossing story of adventure, intrigue and humor. How Hilda finds, her way to a Western ranch house, and to the heart of Its proprietor, pursued by an international plot and various Mexican desperadoes, provides a splendidly human and vivid route of action. BENTON FARMER PASSES John Whittaker, Pioneer of 1853, Dies at Age of 74 Tears. CORVALLIS, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) John Whittaker, one of Benton Coun ty's prominent citizens, a pioneer of 1853, died at his residence In this city Thursday. He married September 26, 1872, Mary E. Zierolf, who survives him, together with three sons. J. O. Whittaker, of Crook County; Peter and Frank, of Benton County, and three daughters, Mrs. Agnes McFadden, Mrs. Margaret Rickard and Mrs. Maud Ire land. .Tfthn WhittftUftr war born Mav 13. 1843, at Liverpool, O. In the trip across thA nTolna tils mothflr died. rvhe e nut-thatch, niaCK-cappea, Diue- Dixie Boyd, who smiles and sings, gray and white, does not rest its tail. LEFT TO RIGHT COLOSEI. MURRAY, BRIGADIER-GENERAL WHITE, LIEUTENANT WHITE. APPEAL IS TO LOYAL Distinguished Officers of Brit ish Army to Visit Here. RECRUITS ARE LOOKED FOR SHERIDAN MEN FIGHT FIRE Forest Ablaze North of Town. Extin guished With Slight loss. SHERIDAN. Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) Residents of Sheridan fought a forest fire in Gopher Valley, eight miles north of here, today, and extinguished the blaze after 80 acres had been burned over. The loss was slight. The fire started from slashings ad jacent to the timber, and for a time threatened the Ryan lumber mill with destruction. 4 Klickitat Pioneer Is Bead. GOLD END ALE, Wash.. Aug. 12. (Special.) Edwin W. Oldham, a Klicki tat pioneer, died at his residence in Goldendale yesterday, after a lingering Illness of several months. Mr. Oldham was born in Jackson County, Missouri. In 1850, and crossed the plains by the overland route, coming direct to the Klickitat Valley. He is survived by his widow and five children: Carl and John Oldham, of Portland; Sylvester Oldham, of Stafford. Or.; Mrs. Eva Van hoy. Portland, and Bud Oldham, poldendale. Wash. Patriotic Citizens of Great Empire Residing In Portland Are to Have Opportunity to Enlist in War Against Germany. Portland will be host this week to a distinguished group of officers of the British army. They include Brigadier-General W. A. White, one of the ranking officers of the British forces on the American con tinent; his son. Lieutenant C. J. White, and Lieutenant-Colonel C. D. Murray, a distinguished Scotch lawyer, who has volunteered his services to his country. The visit of these officers will pre cede the establishment of a British re cruiting station in Portland, which will make its appeal to the hundreds of British subjects living in Oregon. The establishment of this office will be a part of the campaign to get the maxi mum number of patriotic Britishers residing in the United States to volun teer for service. Similar stations are to be established in New York, 'Chi cago, Boston, Spokane, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Atlanta. Mayor Will Welcome Visitors. The party will arrive in Portland on the Shasta Limited from the north at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, and will be greeted at the Union station by a big committee of Portland people. They will be taken to the City Hall, where Mayor Baker will extend an official welcome on behalf of the city, thence to the Portland Hotel, where they will have their headquarters during their stay here. Wednesday evening an Informal ban quet will afford an opportunity of giv ing a typical Portland welcome to the visitors. As the capacity of the dining room is limited, it will be necessary to make table reservations at once. Tick ets can be procured at the Portland Hotel, the Owl drug store, Aronson's Jewelry store or at the Army recruiting office, 106 Fifth street. Escort to Be Provided. A military escort and band from Vancouver Barracks will Join in the welcoming demonstration to General White and his party when they arrive They will precede the line of carriages in which the visitors will ride to the City Hall and the hotel. Thursday morning the visitors will take a drive over the Columbia River Highway. They will leave Thursday afternoon for California. The Portland recruiting station probably will be conducted on a plan similar to that already in effect in Eastern cities, where. It is reported, nearly 50 volunteers are being obtained every, day. The British recruiting offi cers accept none but British subjects. COAST MEN COMMISSIONED Fort Sheridan and Plattsbnrg Grad uate Western Students. WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. Commis sions awarded to the students In the eleventh provisional training regiment at Fort Sheridan announced today by the adjutant general, include: Provisional Second Lieutenant Coast Artillery Corps: Manly B. Gibson, Aberdeen, Wash. At the Plattsburg camp, Ralph McAbee, of Seattle, was commissioned as secrnd lieutenant. Refunds on Pamphlet Slade. SALEM. Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) Refunds amounting to $155.64 on ex cess deposits for arguments on election measures printed in the voters' pam phlet for the special election of June 4 were made today by Secretary of State Oloott. Approximately $900 was depos Ited for this purpose by those Inter ested in the measures. PENDLETON'S CRACK CAVALRY TROOP JOINS CAMP SQUADRON Demands for Fire Fighters by Clackamas County Farmers Results in Show of Efficiency That Is Gratifying. BT WILL G. MAC RAE. WITH THE THIRD (BEAVER) REGIMENT. OREGON INFAN TRY, Aug. 12. (Special.) Now that Troop D, Pendleton's crack cavalry troop. Captain Lee Caldwell command ing, is on the ground, the Oregon cav alry squadron Is together for the first time. Between carrying 6ut the weekly schedule of drill, the sending Of flying detachments of soldier fire-fighters and the arrival of the new units, the camp has been more than active. It has also had a demonstration of efficiency. If in need of proof of this statement, ask the Clackamas County farmers whose lives and homes have been threatened by forest fires. On these occasions, when the telephone messages reached Colonel May, he ordered out the Ma chine Gun Company, and under Lieu tenant Louis H. Compton, acting Cap tain, the Ford cars and the motor cycles have carried fire-fighting sol diers to the danger point quickly. In responding to any one of the calls for fire-fighters, It has never taken the Machine Gun Company more than 10 minutes to be on its way to the scene of the forest fires, armed With buckets, sacks, shovels and other fire-fighting tools. Late yesterday afternoon, in re sponding to the call to the fire which started on the property of R..S. Ram sey, came another test of the efficiency f the regiment. Saturday is a day of passes. Every soldier that can be spared is allowed to go home or to town. The camp looked like a deserted tent city when Colonel May received a call for help. At first It did not look as If a corporal's guard could be rounded up, but by the time the call for a detail was passed along the company streets, the motor drivers of the Machine Gun Company had their cars tuned up. In just eight minutes from the time ,the orderly hit the Machine Gun Com pany street the detachment was raisin ir great clouds of dust on Its way to the nre. Just to make sure that the fire, which had been extinguished once be fore, would not again be fanned Into life, the detachment got their blankets ana Slept on the Job. Without doubt tne presence of the motorcycle and sid cars has been the means of saving not only lives, but thousands of dollars of property. Only a few of the 1918 members of Troop A have not gone up. The troop has been "stripped to the bone" in order to make non-commissioned offi cers for Troops B and C. The laBt to be made since August 5 are First Sergeant Hyde Clarke, First Duty Sergeant John J. Dunn, Sergeant Edward Marr and Mess Sergeant Alfred L. Stone. The Corporals are Arthur D. Hicks and Archie E. McCrea. The following transfers have been or dered: Private Frank W. Gilbert, Company I to Company F. Private Benjamin Garner, Company G to Company D. Private Arthur F. Wilson, Company D to Company o. Firat Serseant Harry Hensen and Ser geant Joseph O. Reddick, returned from re serve officers' training camp, will report for duty. Private Claude Gray. Company D, will re port to Lieutenant Feldman as telegraph operator. Private Robert Shockler. Company Q, to Supply Company. Corporal Clarence Elklng. Company L; Privates Roy Hill, Company EJ; John Thom as. Company X; William Losue. Troop A, and Carl Mack, Company , have been dis charged from hospital. The following Sanitary Troop men are assigned to Companies as designated below: Sergeant Guy W. Bailey and Private 1st CI. Harry White, to Company E : Pri vate Earl L. Anderson to Company O; Pri vate Ira Kewsom to Coropany F; Private Ralph Hum to Company H; Private Andreas Bracker and Private Arthur Carlson to Com pany D, Private Alfred Hargreavea to Com pany 1; Private Clyde O. Hubbard and Pri vate Earl C. Goble to Company K; Private Howard W., Green to Company M. VARIETY SPICES BILL DIVERSE FEATURES WEEK'S OF. FERIXG AT HIPPODROME. Songs, Dances, Animals and Make Believe Animals Cause Audience to Forget Weather Is Warm. A variety bill Is in vogue at the Hip podrome this half of the week. It is headlined by E. Merians' Swiss Canine Actors and actors they are. They take part in a sketch entitled "The Terri torials Quartered" in three scenes, in which nearly 60 appropriatetly garbed dogs take part. Jack Case, who goes under the alias of "The Gleeful Gloom Dispenser," lives up to his name and made the audience forget the heat during his act. He sings several live comedy songs and tells a few "stiu.bs" as he says, be tween them, which made the people want more. Woodard and Morrissey, late of Oliver Morosco's "Tik Tok Man of Oz," featuring "Hank," the mule, enacted by Fred Woodard, notable as an animal Impersonator, is one of the features of the bill. The comical antics of "Hank" kept everyone In an uproad throughout the act, while Morrissey, a delightful bit of femininity, helps with songs and serves as "Hank's" playmate. Leo Filller, the Roumanian violinist, proved to be a violinist par excellence, and received much applause by his well-rendered selections. The Four Juvenile Kings, comedy character singers, delighted with songs and solos. There are three girls and one boy in the troupe, and all are ex. cellent singers and actors. Kane and Wagner, who class them selves as the "Dippy Harmonists," open the splendid bill, and did their bit to put the well - filled house In good humor. The photoplay feature was the third episode of "Do Children Count?" en titled "Steps to Somewhere," starring little Mary McAllister, the child screen actor. GOVERNORS' TALK ENDS EXECUTIVES CONFER INFORMALLY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, Belief Is Expressed By All That Problems Confronting States Have Been Overestimated. The conference of six Governors of Western states, held in Portland on Saturday tor the discussion of wartime problems common to all, was unoffi cially prolonged yesterday while mem bers of the party were awaiting train time. Governor Withycombe, of Oregon, and Governor Alexander, of Idaho, left at the conclusion of the conference on Saturday, but Governor Boyle, of Ne vada, Governor Bamberger, of Utah, Governor Stewart, of Montana, and Governor Lister, of Washington, with S. J. Lubln, representative of Governor Stephens, of California, remained un til yesterday. They departed on after noon and evening trains. At yesterday's discussion, details of which were not made public because of their unofficial . nature, it Is under stood that the remaining members of the conference reviewed the course of action outlined toward I. W. W. and alien disorders at the previous session. One reassuring feature of the con ference was the expressed belief of all that the problems confronting their states, while grave, have been some what overestimated. The conference Indorsed the establishment of state constabulary forces to meet any future L W. W. disorders of magnitude, and practically pledged the states repre sented to co-operation In matters of policy pertaining to wartime disorder. 13 CLARKE MEN IN NAVY Youths Join Naval Militia and Go to Seattle. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) At least 13 of the 200 young men drawn to Join the Oregon Naval Mili tia were from Clarke County, and they left Friday morning for Seattle. Those from this county were Winfield Eberle, Elmer Webber, Frank Elmgren, James Rooney, Edward Cook, Andrew Carlson, David Brice, Frank Charrington, Jo seph Reisch, Joseph Nagle, J. R. An drews, W. E. Andrews and Fred Bur gess. Chester C. Pike went at th first call, being a pharmacist. SHIPYARD DANCE IS HELD G. 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