Morning Oregonian., September 06, 1917, Page 8, Image 8

1TIE MORNING OBEGONIAJT. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1917.
LABOR IS PLEDGED
TO SERVE NATION
CAVALRY PATROLS TERRORIZE
SLINKING I W. W. , IN WOODS
Troopers Return From Active Duty and Report That Sergeant's Warning
That 7 o'CIock Is Bedtime Proved Effective in Many Cases.
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Samuel Gompers Challenges
Pro-German - Societies to
Match Labor's Loyalty.
PACIFISTS AT SESSION
Alliance "Will Form Branches
Offset Activities of People's Coun
f ell In Slaking Impossible Dc
'i" mands on Government.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 5. Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Americati
Kederatlm of Labor, late today pledged
the united support of organized labor
to the Government in its prosecution
of the war, assailed peace propagan
dists and denounced the futile activities
of those -who would split labor's ranks
on the question of war.
He attacked the arguments of those
who declare the working masses want
peace and challenged pro-German so
cieties to step forth into the open and
match their disloyalty against labor'
loyalty.
It was the keynote speech of the
conference of the American Alliance
for Labor and Democracy, of which Mr.
Gompers had just been named per
manent chariman, and was punctuated
by applause from the 200 accredited
delegates labor leaders and former
leaders of the Socialist party assem
bled in the auditorium.
Time Not Ripe to Talk Peace. ..
John Spargo, former -member of the
executive committee- of the Socialist
party, was named vice-chairman. Frank
Morrison, secretary of the American
Federation of Labor, was elected sec
retary, and T. J. Mead, of Maryland, as
sistant secretary. Committees on per
manent organization and resolutions
were named.
Several members of the People's
Council of America for Democracy and
Peace, barred from meeting 1A Minne
sota and other states, were scattered
through the audience. There was no
attempt to remove them.
"To ask the Government to state Its
terms of peace now Is playing into the
hands of the enemy," said Mr.
Gompers, referring to one of the Peo
ple's Council demandr.
The alliance, which met here to off
set the work of such organizations as
the People's Council, "and to. more
completely Americanize labor" " will
establish local branches throughout the
wrantry.
Patriotism Sweeps Land.
"And," predicted Mr. Gompers, Frank
P. Walsh, of Kansas City, and other
speakers, "in three months the wave of
patriotism will have swept aside the
disloyalists and thrown their activi
ties open to the eyes of the world."
Mr. Gompers spoke before local busi
ness men this noon and tonight ad
dressed a mass meeti..g. Before his
late afternoon addreBs the newly or
ganized alliance made public; its dec
laration of principles. t f
"A moment's thought will decide
that, there never was in all the world
a great country that was so altruistic
in purpose and idealistic in its prac
tices as is the republic of the United
States." said Mr. Gompers. "With
thinking men and women I count my
self honored as one of the critics of
the shortcomings of our Government
andi our country. I am not given to
hide or to gloss over the wrongs
which are committed against our peo
ple.
Perfection Not Reached.
"Under all circumstances I have pro
tested against a wrong committed
against the meanest and humblest of
our people In the United States, and
have tried to be helpful so that th
wrong should be righted and the right
conceded and guaranteed because I re
alize that we in the United States have
not yet reached the acme of perfection
industrially, politically, judicially or
socially. Is that a reason why I should
befoul my own nest? Is that a reason
that I should lack in appreciation of
that which has been done and that
which has been accomplished?
"Take country for country, take the
countries at war against each other,
and see where liberty and a conscience
and freedom prevail, and beyond ques
tion it will be admitted by those who
are fair enough to see the right and
to dare to utter the right, that the
democracies of the world are now en
gaged in one great. Titanic struggle to
free the world from autocracy, imper
ialism and militarism with one fell
stroke." .....
Time Not tor Referendum.
Mr. Gompers said beliad not believed
the war possible, "and," he continued;
"I doubt if there were-many who were
so thoroughly shocked from center to
circumference as I was with the break
lng out of the European war. But it
had to come. 'And I have asked my
self, as I would ask those other men
who have not yet awakened from their
delusion, i3 it not the time to recog
nize when your' .country and Tour home
is being ravaged and overridden? Is it
not time to recognize that the red blood
in America demands that he shall safe
guard himself and his fellow men or
he ought to perish in the struggle?
"Now there are some people who
have aid that this question of th
declaration of war should have gone
to a referendum vote. I wonder if
there would be a band of a dozen or
more men who would endeavor to sur
round the home in which you live and
then demand your surrender or your
property, and in the meantime, while
you are considering the subject, dis-i
charge their revolvers, killing your
wire and your children whether you
would call a meeting for the delibera
tion of the subject and a vote as to
whether you should defend yourself?
The speaker detailed the causes of
the war and said:
"The United States has declared that
she can no longer live in safety when
there is stalking throughout the earth
this thunderous machine - of murder.
She has cast her lot with the allied
countries fighting against the greatest
military machine ever erected in the
history of tho world.
"We want peace. To ask the Govern
ment of the United States now to SDe-
cifically state the terms of peace is to
play, consciously or unconsciously, into
the hands of the enemy. At this time
the military machine of Germany and
-Austria Is upon soil foreign to them,
The military machine is in Serbia, is i
Belgium outraged Belgium and gal
lant t rance. A peace at this time mus
necessarily be predicated in part
least upon Germany's conquest of these
countries and territories."
BY WILL G. MAC RAE.
ITII THE THIRD ' (BEAVER)
REGIMENT, Oregon . Infantry,
Sept. 5. (Special.) While Troop
A, Captain Cicero F. Hogan command
ing, did not have an extended chance
to perform much of the hero stuff
while the troop was on detached duty
at St. Helens, the detachment patroled
about 60 miles of tho timbered section
in Washington County, arrested and
convicted one L W. W.. gathered evi
dence against about 16 others and
struck terror to the hearts of others
who were plotting disturbances.
Captain Hogan, while non-committal
about conditions in and around
St. Helens, says he regretted being
called in Just at this time. Had he
had a few more days there would have
been a treneral clean up of the trouble
some gentry In that neighborhood.
The troopers that have returned have
amusing stories to telL In one In
stance martial law was declared over
a gang of I. W. W. The eergeant
in charge of the X. W. W. declared
himself Just once. It teems he an
nounced calmly that 7 o'clock was
the bed hour of I. W. W. He backed
up the statements with another. "Get
me?" he said; "7 o'clock is the time. If
I catch any of you hombre's out of
the hay after 7. I'll shoot the first
man." The threat was enough.
Ten o'clock was a lively time in camp
today. Both the squadron and bat
tery -commanders allowed all but those
on guard to say farewell to the home
folks and the men were off from 8
o'clock last night until- 10 o'clock this
morning. In consequence the big red
jitney -which runs from camp to Port
land did a land office business. Major
Arthur Edwards was on the pay Job
and the men of the two organizations
that are to move on Charlotte, N. C,
will start on their long journey with
money in their pockets.
By taking time by the proverbial
forelock, the squadron and batteries
are packed and ready to entrain. To
quote Colonel C. E. Dentler, they are
the pick of the manhood of the state
of Oregon. They are physically fit or
they would not have been chosen.
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Mrs. Walter L. Spauldlng, of Salem,
wife of Lieutenant Spaulding of the
Supply Company, has presented to each
member of the Supply Company a sol-
ier's kit bag. The spare pockets on
the inside of the bag contained a
box of cigarettes, chewing gum, a writ
ing tablet and stamped envelopes and
other much-needed articles.
The bags were made by the wife and
the mother of Lieutenant Spaulding,
and are all hand-made. On the inside
of the bag are a number of pockets,
each pocket having a flap which but
tons so that when the- articles are
Moro Aids Sumpter.
MORO, Or., Sept. 5. (Special.) The
Sherman County Court, in sesssion to
day, voted J100 for the Sumpter fire
relief funds. The resignation of W. L.
wallan as County Treasurer was ac
cepted, and George B. Bourhill, ex
County Judge, appointed. Wallan ha
also resigned as cashier of the Bank
Moro. He bought land near Lewiston
ana win jro back to farming. -
placed In them the pockets can be
buttoned and prevent the contents be
ing Jumbled together.
Chaplain Gilbert and a firing squad
were detailed to the funeral of Private
John Rardin, of Company M.' Private
Rardin was buried at Centralia, Wash.
He became ill while Company M was
on duty at La Grande. When the order
came fetching the company back to
camp Private Rardin was well enough
to accompany his company. -A relapse
followed his arrival and he was sent
to the Vancouver Barracks Hospital,
where he died.
Sergeant Arthur L. Mitchell, Privates
Lloyd E. Davis. Edward O. McCroskey,
Orrin J. Michaud and Charles E. King,
Company C, who have been having
dental work done, have been ordered
to return to their command.
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" Major M. B. Marcellus. of the regi
mental hospital, la exhibiting two
handsome hospital guidons for the mo
tor ambulance, which Is expected to ar
rive almost any day. The flags were
donated by the Honor Guard girls of
Oregon City. The young ladies are
now at work on a new regimental hos
pital flag.
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Private Philip French, Company H,
has - been discharge I by the Western
Department because of fraudulent en
listment, f
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Private Walter S. Badger, Company
L, has been transferred by the Western
Department to the Fifth California
regiment.
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John H. Hayes, Battery A, has been
discharged because of dependency In
his family.
, Private Steele Evans, Company K,
has been chosen to go to Fort Sill,
Ok la., for aviation Instruction. ' Pri
vate Evans is a native of Wisconsin.
He has a sister, Mrs. Fred L. Dallett,
who lives at Falls City, Or. He en
listed in the Third Oregon April 7.
1917.
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Private Charles Lawrence, Company
E, has been transferred to Company K.
Privates Marshall C. Fisher, John. W.
Eastburn and Claude A. Martin, who
have been attached to the casual de
tachment, have been assigned to com
panies. Private Fisher goes to Com
pany K and Privates Eastburn and
Martin to Company D.
Private George W. Manning, of the
sanitary troops, has been assigned to
Lieutenant Kettle's medical staff, at
Camp Fremont, Menlo Park, California.
; Private Harry L. Kuck. Company L,
has been made a Corporal.
BOND BILL DELAYED
Republicans Direct Many Fu
tile Attacks at Measure.
LARGE POWERS FEARED
Mr. Kitchin Declares Secretary Con
vinced Committee Loans Had
Seen Handled Wisely and
Not One Dollar Wasted.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Prolonged
though futile Republican attacks in the
House today on provisions of the $11,-
538,945,460. war bond and . certificate
bill, giving wide discretionary powers
to the Secretary of the Treasury in
making allied loans, upset plans for
passage of the measure before night.
Debate under the five-minute speech
rule proceeded during the afternoon,
with Indications that the bill would
pass tomorrow without material
change.
In rapid succession the House, sit
ting as the committee of the whole,
defeated or sidetracked proposals em
bracing virtually every Republican ob
jection to the bill. Among these were
three war expenditure committee pro
posals, offered by Represetativcs Gll-
lett of Massachusetts, Moore of Penn
sylvania and- Stafford of Wisconsin, all
thrown out on points of order. Others
defeated by overwhelming votes, were
by Representative Morgan of Oklahoma
and Representative Sloan of Nebraska
to make the Interest rate on the bonds
3 -instead of 4 per cent and to make
them non-convertible.
Large Powers Are Feared.
Further efforts will be .made to add
one of the war expenditures commit
tee amendments to the bill, but those
leading the fight have little hope of
success. - -
Almost the entire day was consumed
ty Republicans insisting that no Sec
retary of the Treasury should be al
lowed to control the tremendous sums
now being appropriated for allied loans,
as the bill proposes. .
"I think Congress certainly should
keep control over this new 4, 000,000,-
000 that it is proposed to lend to the
allies," said Representative Gillett,
acting Republican leader. "Absolute
control of this money, such as this bill
would trive Secretary McAdooj -is too
much power for any one man. I do
not wish to embarrass the Administra
tion, but. I do think that Congress,
through a small committee, should have
power to control these. loans.
Cannon Wanta Supervision.
Representative Stafford proposed
that three other members of . the" Cab
inet, the secretaries of state, commerce
and interior and the chairman of the
Federal Reserve Board, advise with the
Secretary "of the Treasury .. regarding
leans. Representative Cannon' and
others spoke for the plan, even after
it had been ruled out of order.
Constant reiteration of the Repub
lican argument on secretarial powers
caused Democratic Leader Kitchin to
declare that Secretary McAdoo's state
ment before the ways and means com
mittee convinced members that he was
using the utmost care in making for
eign loans.
Note Signed by Runxia.
""The Secretary, in his testimony," he
said, "impressed every man that every
dollar of loan made was a most wise
one. I venture the assertion that after
hearing this statement there was not a
member of' the committee but would
have made the. loans as did the Secre
tary and the President." .
Repeated questions about the Bus
sian loan drew guarded statements
from the Administration leaders. Re
plying once to Representative Cooper
of Wisconsin, Mr. Kitchin said the loan
had been made on the signing of a
note by the accredited representative
of the iverensky government.
Representative Lemore, referring to
Secretary McAdoo's general statement
before the committee, remarked that,
while eomo of the committeemen would
have sympathized with these loans,
they probably would have been more
particular in making investigations of
them. Representative Fordney of
Michigan, ranking Republican member
of the committee, said Mr. McAdoo had
made all the Inquiry that any "hon
orable man would make."
MILL ADOPTS 8-HOUR DAY
Addison-Hill Company May Have to
' Add Shift to Get Out Orders.
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 6. (Special.)
The Addison-Hill Lumber Company,
of South Tacoma, went on an eight
hour basis yesterday. The employes of
the mill now are getting 10 hours' pay
for eight hours' work. The plant has
been shut down since the Btreetcar
strike in July.
Edward C. Hill, vice-president of the
company, said that the mill will oper
ate on an eight-hour schedule here
after, and that a night shift may have
to be put on to keep pace with orders.
Fifty-two men aro employed by the
company and it employs 35 men In the
woods, but logging will not commence
for a week or more.
APPLE WASTE TO BE USED
Factory Started to Convert Refuse
Into Good Stock Food.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Sept. B. (Bpe
cial.) Ground, has been broken for a
new factory which will convert the
refuse from the plant of the Hood River
Apple Vinegar Company into stock
food.
The factory is being erected by Rich
ard H. Ulrich, of Seattle, who declares
that he has -perfected a new process
for treating the refuse that turns it
into palatable and nutritious food for
livestock. Heretofore the apple pomace
has gone to waste.
Work will be rushed on the new
building. '
OREGON'S RELICS MOVED
Historical Society Soon to Be in New
- . Home in Auditorium.
Within ten days the Oregon His
torical Society will be in its new home
at the Public Auditorium. Moving of
the relics from the historical building
at Second and Taylor streets to the
new home was started yesterday.
The job of moving is a big one, ac
cording to George H. Himes, assistant
secretary or the Bociety. The collec
tion of relics included tons of ol:
newspapers. magazines and other
paper material.
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I. W. W. THREATEN JUDGE
Municipal Jurist Gets Letter Tha
Tells of Coming Violence.
That Municipal Judge Rossman v,a
become unpopular with the I. W. W. the
past 30 days was made evident yester
day, when he received a letter in which
ne was tnreatenea with violence.
The letter read: "Judce Rnssmnn
You are a scab. We are going to gang
up on you ia the near future." The
letter was signed "I. W. W."
Judge Rossman said yesterday that
the letter had failed to intimidate him.
LAND PRODUCTS SHOW UP
Meeting to Be Held Toniglit to
Formulate Plans.
Managing committees of the Indus
tries and Manufactures . Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet to
night in room 215, Oregon building, at
9 o'clock, to discuss plans for the
aianuiactures and Land Products Show
and for the proposed show to be given
by the Oregon Retail Merchants. John
Tait, chairman of the bureau, will out
line the plans as they now stand and
tho matter will be considered carefully
in all of its phases.
Ic is planned to swing the strength
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the hunt for a Violet Diamond, stolen in Arabia and worshipped
by a strange sect. The heroine, impersonated by Pearl White,
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of the retail merchants behind the
show throughout tho state and to make
their participation, if possible, a bis
feature in ' it.
Americans Wounded in France.
OTTAWA. Sept. . B. The following
American are named in . today's Ca
nadian casualty list: Wounded, F. J.
Keating, Monroe, Wash.; Acting Ser
geant K. S. Drake, Seattle.
France Lists Fats and Oils.
PARIS. Sept. 6. The Official Journal
publishes a decree under the civil
requisition law ordering every pro
ducer, owner and holder of any kind
of oily sn. fruit, vprflbie and
animal fats, glycerine matter, soaps
and candles in quantities of 2000 pounds
to make a declaration thereof by Sep
tember 16.
Mr. Richardson's Body on Way.
ROSEBCRG, Or., 6ept. B. (Special.)
The body of B. F. Richardsan, who
was killed in an automobile accident
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on Roberts' Mountain Tuesday, waa
taken tonight to Portland by It. C.
Belt, office manager for the Firestone
Tire & Rubber Company. Funeral ar
rangements will not be completed until
the body reaches Portland, according
to Mr- Bcltz. Cards found in Mr. Rich
ardson's pockets showed that he re
sided at S30 .East Forty-ninth street,
Portland. .