TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, . SEPTEMBER 15, 1917.
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ROOT SAYS PACIFIST
JOST PLAIN TRAITOR
Bayonets on Guard at Chicago
Rally Where Gompers Gives
Labor's Pledge to Fight.
WAR NOT NOW DEBATABLE
'SO LONG LETTY'S CONFIDENCE
VIOLATED FOR PUBLICS BENEFIT
Charming Actress and Wife Tells, as Secret, Story of Her First Appear
ance on Stage.
FLOOR SOPPLY Oil
WAY TO MARKETS
Tatrlotlc Meeting Called to Show
That City Is Jfot as - German
as Intimated and Applause
Is Often Deafening.
CHICAGO. Sept. 14. Treason to
America in the wor a war was defined
by Elihu F.oot and labor was pledged
by Samuel Gompers to fight until world
terrorism had been overthrown, at a
patriotic rally here tonight staged by
the National Security League for the
announced purpose of vindicating Chi
cago against alleged intimations of un
patriotism. "The men who are speaking, writing
and printing arguments against the
war now and against everything that is
being done to carry on the war are ren
dering more effective service to Ger
many than they ever coTd render in
the field with arms in their hands," de
clared the ex-Secretary of State amidst
cheers.
Many at Heart Are Traitors.
"It is impossible to resist the con
clusion that the greater part of them
ere at heart traitors to the United
Etates.
"As time goes on and the character
of these acts becomes more and more
clearly manifest, all who continue to
associate with them must come under
the same condemnation. There are
come who doubtless do not understand
What this struggle really is."
At this point the speaker was inter
rupted by cries of "Hello, Bill," and
departed from the text of his speech
lcng enough to declare: "I don't think
be understands it. But I think he wll,'
some time."
Teutons Host Be Driven Back.
Declaring that General Grant said,
'Let us have peace" only "after" Lee
bad surrendered, Mr. Gompers asserted
that "after kalserism had surrendered,
then we, too, will have peace.
"There can be no peace," he con
tinued, "not while there is a Teuton on
the soil of France. There must be no
peace until they are driven from out
raged Belgium."
The president of the American Feder
ation of labor was interrupted fre
quently by applause when he detailed
the plans laid by the -Government for
war insurance for soldiers and sailors
and its attempts to make t ure that the
standard of American home life shall
not be lowered.
Judge Jacob M. Dickinson presided as
chairman in the absence of Governor
Frank O. Lowden.
Fronted by a hedge of glistening
Bayonets, carried by a detachment of
National Guardsmen, the speakers ad
dressed a crowd which rivaled any
National convention throng that ever
filled th Coliseum, both in size and
vociferous enthusiasm.
In defining the attitude of citizens
toward the conduct of the war and In
cidentally what constituted being a
traitor, Elihu Root said:
"The declaration of war between the
United States and Germany completely
changed the relations ot all the inhabi
tants of the country to the subject of
peace and war.
Question No Loaser Open.
"Before the declaration, everybody
bad a right to discuss In private and
In public the question whether the
United States should carry on war
against Germany.
"But the question of peace or war
has now been decided by the President
and Congress, the sole authorities
which had a right to decide. The ques
tion no longer remains open. It has
been determined, and the United States
Is at war with Germany.
"The decision was made by over
whelming majorities of both houses of
Congress. When such a decision, has
been made the duties and therefore
the rights of all the people of the
country immediately change. It be
comes their duty to stop discussion
upon the question decided, and to act,
to proceed immediately to do every
thing In their power to enable the Gov
ernment of their country to succeed in
the war upon which the country has
entered.
Many Really Traitors.
"It is beyond doubt that many of the
Jirofessed pacifists, the opponents of
the war after the war has been en
tered upon, the men who are trying
to stir up resistance to the draft, the
men who are inciting strikes in the
particular branches of production
which are necessary for the supply of
arms and munitions of war, are inten
tionally seeking to aid Germany and
defeat the United States.
"There are doubtless some who do
not understand what this struggle
really is. Some who were born here
resent interference with their comfort
and prosperity and the demands for
sacrifice which seem to them unneces
sary, and they fail to see that the time
has come when, if Americans are to
keep the independence and liberty
which their fathers won by suffering
end sacrifice, they, in their turn, must
fight again for the preservation of
that independence and that liberty.
Others False to Their Oaths.
"There are some born abroad who
bave come to this land for greater free
dom and broader privileges and have
sought and received the privileges of
American citizenship. All these nat-
uralized citizens who are taking part
in obstruction to the Government in the
conduct of the war are false to their
oaths, are forfeiting their rights of
citizenship and are repudiating their
honorable obligations. We must be
lieve that in many cases this is done
because of failure to understand what
this war really is.
"This is a war of defense. It is per
fectly described In the words of the
Constitution which established this Na
tion: "To provide for the common de
fense' and 'to secare the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity.'
War Entered as Last Resort.
"The National defense demands not
merely force, but intelligence. By en
tering this war in April, the United
States availed itself of the very last
opportunity to defend itself against
subjection to German power before it
was too late to defend itself success
fully. "For many years we have pursued
our peaceful course of internal devel
opment, protected in a variety of ways.
"All thete protections were swept
away by the war which began in 1914.
From that date until the present time,
in a war waged by Germany with a re
volting barbarity unequalled since the
conquests of Genghis Khan, Germany
has violated every rule agreed upon by
civilized nations in modern times to
mitigate the barbarities of war or to
protect the rights of non-combatants
and neutrals.
International Law Violated.
"Plainly, If the power of the German
government is to continue America can
no longer look for protection to the law
f nations or the faith, of treaties or the
BT LEONE CASS BAER.
THE story of Denman Thompson
Greenwood's first appearance on
the stage has never been em
balmed in type and when she told it to
me in greatest confidence, in a my-dear-J
if-you'll-never-breathe-a-word-of-this -to-a-soul
manner I promptly decided
that a bit of choice modern history
would be wholly lost to the world if I
didn't gallop right back to the office
and get it into print.
Denman Thompson Greenwood, you
know, is Charlotte Greenwood, and
Charlotte Greenwood is Mrs. Cyril Ring.
She's prouder of being Mrs. Ring than
either of the others, for they're one of
the stage, pairs where the matrimony
virus took.
Cyril Ring manages the "So Long,
Letty" Company, of which Miss Green
wood Is the star, and off stage they
manage each other, playing It fifty
fifty. They're eligible for the list I've
started of happy stage couples. When
I get five mere pairs I'll have a half
dozen to start with.
Happiness Za In Air.
T always feel like dropping to my
knees, or offering up Incense or some
thing when I run across a -pair of pals
like the Ring-Greenwood two. They
don't throw their happiness at you in
chunks, they don't even talk about it.
It's Just in the air while you're with
'em.
She's mighty sweet and wholesome,
that Greenwood girl, and lots prettier
than her stage appearance would sug
gest. Her coloring is lovely and she's
fine and womanly and has the nicest
things to tell you about their home in
New Jersey she and Mr. Rint, have, and
a -out her mother, who is there keeping
the hearth bright till their returning,
and of the flock of little Rings she
wants some day to round out her hap
piness. Her title of Denman Thompson
Greenwood was wished on her because
her unbroken two solid years of "So
Long, Letty" is beginning to rival Mr.
Thompson's years in "The Old Home
stead." Not a night off has she had
in two years, nor a matinee, save for a
fortnight when Mr. Ring was seriously
ill, and you can't call that a vacation
for any wife.
Career Begun at Fourteen.
Let's see I wanted you to know how
she begun her career. It was In Phila
delphia, her home village, and she
wasn't quite 14, and since she is only
25 now you can figure out how few
years ago it was. Well, she became
the breadwinner for a sweetie little
mother and herself and embarked In
one of Ned Wayburn's famous choruses.
"I had on all my clothes, of course,
when I was engaged," she says, "and
even then I was a weird mess. I was
as thin as a straw and as tall as I am
now. I hadn't learned what to do with
my hands and feet, and when a kindly
soul wh er.w me in all my vivid youth
and beauty in the chorus dressing
room, suggested that I go to a theatri
cal ii rm and purchase a pair of sym
metrlcals I embraced her and took $9
from my modest tin bank and Invested.
"Symmetrical" Described.
Tou know what they are, like long
wooiy tights, all padded in the places
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Alarmist Reports "of Famine in
East Discredited.
MILLS ARE IN OPERATION
where nature neglected you. Well. I
got the moet padded ones they had in
stock and put them on, filling out all
the hollows with bits of flannel cut out
to fit. For hours I workel, adding
pounds of apparently solid flesh where
there wasn't any, and when I finished
to my own satisfaction Lillian Russell
in her palmiest days was a comic valen
tine beside my alluring shapely curves.
"As I danced in the opening number
I saw the manager in the wings looking
at me and he never took his eyes off
me until the number was over. I knew
I was slated for promotion, if not to be
a star, at least to lead the choius.
"The manager gave me one look.
'From the waist down you've got Venus
lashed to the mast, and from th; waist
up you're a mess,' he shrieked. Tou've
got legs like an artist's model and the
body of a 12-year-old schoolgirl. Tour
arms and neck and chest should have
symmetricals, too. Tomorrow you go
in the Japanese specialty wearing a
kimono.'
Inspiration Comes Later.
"I wept tears of blood that night and
the next night didn't even p t my de
spised and scorned curves on. I romped
around in the back row all done up in
a wild kimono and all you could see
of me my face and finger tips. But
that little incident developed in me a
sense of humor, and a big desire to
make good with the assets I had.
"If my rangy legs and long arms
could be laughed at for nothing, why
couldn't they be laughed at for some
thing?" She asked me the question. I didn't
have to answer it. jier tremendous,
ide sweeping success, her own un
spoiled big-hearted sweetness and the
good things that have come to her out
of her big desire are answer enough.
New York Receipts 13,0 00 Barrels
in Excess of Needs Changes
Effected by Federal Orders
Equalize Frodnctlon.
NEW YORK. Sept. 14. Alarmist re
ports of the possibility of a flour fam
ine In the East are without foundation,
according to statements made here to
day by Julius II. Barnes, president of
the food administration grain corpora
tion, and James F. Bell, general chair
man of the milling division of the food
administration. Mills at Minneapolis
are running now at almost full capa
city, Mr. Barnes said, while mills draw
ing supplies from the Northwest by
way of the great lakes will get their
full quota after this week. Mills in
the Southeast and Central West are
operating on a normal basis, he declared.
"The tide of flour Is turning to the
East and will soon be upon us, Mr.
Barnes said. "Total receipts in New
York yesterday were 38,000 barrels and
It requires only some 38,000 barrels of
supply this city. The rood aaministra
tion has 70.000 barrels in New York
for sale to local bakers, therefore there
will be no flour famine in New loMc.
Mr. Bell declared no reports have
been received which would indicate an
alarming condition so far as wheat
supplies are concerned.
"The latest available reports of mill
ing activity in the United States show
an average of 68 per cent, he said,
as compared with the maximum pos
sible output. This is only four per
cent less than for the corresponding
period in 1916.
"The changes effected In the method
of trade tend to equalize production and
eliminate the varying degrees of
activity formerly experienced in the
milling trade. This means a steady
flow of supplies to consuming markets
and eliminates the periodic glut and
shortage frequently experienced."
Instincts of humanity or the restric
tions t ' modern civilization. If Amer
ica had stayed out of the war and Ger
many had won, could we have defended
the Monroe doctrine? Could we have
maintained our independent - .
"If America had stayed out of the
great war and Germany had won, Amer
ica would forthwith be required to de
fend herself.
"The instinct of the American democ
racy which led it to act when it did
arose from a long-delayed and reluctant
consciousness, still vague and half ex
pressed, that this Is no ordinary war
which the world is waging.
Two Principles nt War.
"It Is a mighty and all-embracing
struggle between two conflicting prin
ciples of human right and human duty.
It is a conflict between the divine right
of kings to govern mankind through
armies and nobles and the right of the
peoples of the earth who toil and en
dure and aspire to govern themselves
by law in the freedom of individual
manhood. It is the climax of the su
preme struggle between autocracy and
democracy.
"No nation can stand aside and be
free from its effects. The two systems
cannot endure together In the same
world.
"To this great conflict for human
rights and human liberty America has
committed herself. There can be no
backward step. There must be either
humiliating and degrading submission
or glorious victory."
WOMAN AND BABY HURT
MRS. WILLIS MILLER INJURED
WHEN MACHINES COLLIDE.
PBOOF STILL LACKING
CHRIS LUNSTEDT FAILS TO MAKE
GOOD CHARGES AGAINST PATROL.
Investigation Will Be Continued by
Captain Speler and Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Ryan.
Charges against Patrolman Love and
Glesner, of the Harbor Patrol, pre
ferred by Chris Lunstedt of confiscat
ing a large amount of liquor from the
steamer Breakwater on the night of
September 2, will probably be dis
missed, according to Deputy District
Attorney Ryan.
Lunstedt has been unable to furnish
conclusive evidence against the -patrolmen.
He represented that he could
produce a number of witnesses to the
alleged raid, but only one man so
far has testified the officers were
present
Lunstedt is held under $250 bail as
the material witness. Should further
Investigation prove that he has per
jured himself he will be prosecuted.
Captain Speler, of the Harbor Patrol,
has . announced his intention to sift
the case to the bottom and says no
matter who is found to blame they
will be prosecuted either for confiscat
ing the liquor and not reporting it,
or for perjury.
It is thought the investigation will
aot be completed for several days.
Vista House Claim Allowed.
On recommendation of Roadmaster
Yeon, the County Commissioners next
week will allow a claim of $1000 In
favor of E. M. Lazarus, architect for
the Vista House at Crown Point, on the
Columbia Highway. When this claim
is allowed all but $500 of the $3500
which the county agreed to pay for this
work will have been allowed. Mr. Laz
arus presented a claim for $1500, but
$500 will be withheld until the Vista
House has been completed.
General Exemption Rule Made.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Employes of
railroad, telegraph, telephone and ex
press companies will be exempted from
draft in cases where it is shown their
services are necessary to the prompt
dispatch of business, according to a
ruling from the provost marshal-general's
office announced to the district
board of appeals by Charles E. Hughes,
the chairman.
Bead The Oregonian classified ads.
Car Driven by J. B. Holman Said to
Em Attempted to Pass on
Left of Streetcar.
Mrs. Willis Miller, of C8S Irving
street, and her baby granddaughter.
Corlne Senn, 1 year and 3 months old,
were seriously hurt In an automobile
collision at Sixteenth and Jefferson
streets last night.
Mrs. Miller sustained a severe gash
on the head, with a possibility that
the skull is fractured. The child was
hurt internally, it is feared.
Willis Miller, vice-president of the
jj. c Warren Motor Car Company, hus
band of Mrs. Miller, was driving south
in Sixteenth street. As he reached Jef
ferson an automobile driven by J. B.
Holman, of 689 Commercial street.
crashed into his automobile.
The police were informed that Mr.
Holman had been driving east in Jef
ferson street, behind a Jefferson-street
electric car. The streetcar stopped at
Sixteenth. Mr. Holman drove past it
on the left, striking Mr. Miller's automobile.
Mrs. Miller was in the rear seat with
her daughter, Mrs. Helen Miller Senn,
of 1011 Westover Terrace. Mrs. Senn's
twin daughters, Corlnne and Helene,
were with them. Mrs. Miller was hold
ing Corlnne and Helene was in the seat
between the two women.
The force of the collision threw Mrs.
Miller upward. Her Mad apparently
struck a bolt on the top of the car.
Little Corlnne was thrown out into
the street.
Mrs. Senn and the other child, Helen,
were only bruised. Mrs. Miller and
Corlnne were taken to Mrs. Senn's
home.
GIRL CHARGES DEFAMATION
Miss Elsie Zosel Asks $1000 From
Mrs. Edward Thompson.
Mrs. Edward Thompson, 503 East
Twentieth street North, was charged
with defamation of character in a suit
filed yesterday in the Circuit Court by
Elsie Zosel, a milliner of Salem and
Portland. Miss Zosel claims $1000 in
damages.
The complaint alleges that while the
plaintiff was employed by Mrs. Thomp
son, September 5, last, the latter called
her & "dirty thief" and "bad girl" in
the presence of other persons. These
statements, she avers, have Injured her
reputation and business.
WIFE LEFT 22 YEARS SUES
Mrs. M. E. Harwood Charges De
sertion In 1895.
Mrs. M. E. Harwood has not lived
with her husband for 22 years, but it
was only yesterday that she decided to
secure a divorce. They were married in
1890 and she alleges her husband de
serted her in 1895.
Anna Stiger wants a divorce from
Frank Stiger, to whom she was mar
ried last year. Cruelty and failure to
provide are alleged.
A. F. Stevens wants a divorce from
Marie Stevens on grounds of desertion.
They were married in 1913.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
Washington State Fair
NORTH YAKIMA
Sept. 17-22, 1917
Big Sbeep Sale Feature of Week.
Two Concerts Qaily hy .White Hnssar
singing Band.
Redaccd Rates on All Railroads,
Mallcarriers to Meet in Louisville.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 16. Louisville
Ky., was selected as the city for the
next convention of the National Rural
Getting
the Boys
off to School
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It's more easily and more quickly
done when they have new, well-fitting
clothes to wear, and they go with
better grace and lighter heart, too.
There's a wonderfully good assemblage
of clothes in my boys' shop on the second
lloor. fathers and mothers of growing
boys will appreciate the quality as well as the immense variety
offered.
1 "mm
Boys' Norfolk Suits
With Extra Knickers
Here are stacks upon stacks of sturdy, cleverly tailored Nor
folk suits that make a boy's eyes glisten with anticipation.
Here is every fabric that you can think of, suitable for a boy
to wear. If you will bring your boys today, I'll guarantee
you'll be prouder of them than ever, after they have been fitted
in these smart, manly-looking suits.
$5, $6.50, $8.50, $10, $12.50, $15, $16.50,
$18, $20
Second Floor Elevator
Mall Carriers Association, which closed
its meeting here today.
Carrier Now Is Corporal.
Another Oregonian boy is making
good with the soldiers. He is Morgan
Stanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. C E. Stan
ton, 1247 Williams avenue, and former
ly a carrier of The Oregonian. He has
just been promoted to corporal in the
machine gun company of the Third
Oregon. He went to the border with
the boys last year. He was attending
Jefferson High School when he first
went Into the Army.
"Onward With God!" Cries ICaiser
While Hungry Austria Clamors
For Peace
Will Russia or Austria be'the first'to collapse under the. hammering of the enemy
legions without and the discord' of quarreling forces within? Some editors even think
the reply to this question will decide the war. While Russia staggers under the-loss of.
Riga, .the demoralization of her armies, and the desperate confusion of her internal
affairs, Austria recoils before Italy inexorable offensive and her . hungry people clamor
for an early peace.
If Germany can force Russia into a separate peace, she opens for herself a vast
reservoir of desperately needed supplies, doubles the number of men available for her
Western battle-lines, and increases tremendously the difficulty of the task to which America
is pledged. On the other hand, if Italy brings Austria .to her 'knees, Germany is cut off
from Turkey and Bulgaria, her Pan-Germanic dream is shattered and peace with victory
is brought immeasurably nearer for the United States and her Allies.
The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST for September 15th, shows these
two uppermost phases of the war in all its lights. Other articles .that willbesure to
interest the public in this number of. "The Digest" are:
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The New "Soldiers of Freedom"
filar dung Hosts Comprising the New National -Army Enter Training Camps to Prepare For the Battlefields in' France
Where Loyal Labor Stands
Will the Price of Bread Come Down?
Hunger in Hungary
What Bulgaria Wants
A New Source of Aeroplanes
Garbage As a Food-Waste Index
To Create a New Niagara Falls ?
Etiquette of the Flag
Red Cross Work For School Girls
John. Calvin Reversed.
A Striking Selection of Illustrations
The Pacifist Pilgrims
The President Stirs Teutonic Ire
Germany's Peace Offer to Russia
The Birthplace of the Battle-Tank
Politeness in War Times
"Egg Savers" That Do Not Save
"A Son of the Middle Border"
The Foolish Cult of the Japanese Print
Moral Pronhvlaxis in the Armv
Personal Glimpses, and Financial News
The Digest" Breaks Down Antiquated Barriers
It is only by learning to understand one another
that men or nations can achieve a real peace. All
wars, national, social, or personal, spring from
lack of comprehension. The man or woman
who strives to see things as they look to the other
side is, in his or her small way. helping to hasten
the coming day when all resort to violence- may
be as obsolete as the dodo. -The leading pioneer
in this direction among current periodicals is THE
LITERARY DIGEST, published not exclusively
for the rich ' man or the poor man, not for the
militarist or the pacifist, not for the idealist or the
practical plodder, not for the alien or the native
born, but for all of these alike. It strives to. present
all view-points upon- the great questions of our time
without bias. It quotes from all periodicals freely
and impartially. Read it and learn to understand
your fellow man.
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