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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. JUNE 11, 1918. SUPPORT OF LABOR PLEDGED TO WAR mssm !MHIlllil!li!liijlillll!l!iillHillllll!lllll Toilers Ready to Give All for Country, Nothing for Profit, Declares Gompers. UNTIRING SERVICESOUGHT -American federation in Annual Ses sion Hears Address by Presi dent and Report by Kx ecutive Council. 'ST. PAUL,, June 10. Workingmen of .he United States will be satisfied only fwith a peace brought about by the com plete overthrow of the German military tnachine, according to President Samuel Uompers. who ma.de the principal ad dress today at the opening session of the annual convention of th,e American federation of Labor. Calling upon delegates to be prepared to make untiring sacrifices and urging maximum production of war materials. President Gompers declared that suc cess of the allied cause was imperative to preserve the freedom, justice and liberty of the world. "The struggle means so much for the vfworld that if we should lose, the lights ; xf freedom in the world will go out," he 'ald. ' "Men and women of labor are heart m.nd soul in this struggle, making com ;,Bion cause with the people of the allied "countries." Support for Nation Promised. After pledging labor's support that .jithe cause of freedom, justice and happi ness may be maintained, the speaker 'declared : "For the republic of the United States '.end her cause we are ready to give everything, but for profit, nothing. "Now is the time that tries men's ouls. If we be eraven or fail to do our iwhole duty, our boys 'over there' will lose courage because men cannot fight 4n such circumstances. Knowing the enemy that we have to deal with, we may well repeat, 'let us have liberty or let us have death. " "Autocracy, militarism, and its most dangerous supporting weapon, irre sponsible diplomacy, must perish, dem ocracy, justice, freedom and absolute confidence between governments and peoples must be established and tri umph," is the verdict of American labor upon the war as expressed in the an nual report of President Samuel Gom .pers and the executive council. Insist ing that just labor policies govern war production, the report declared: Labor Policies to Govern. "Those contributing to production should have a part in its control. "Every worker has a rignt to be freed from all avoidable uncertainties of em ployment, both from those arising through poor labor administration and from mismanagement in production and he efforts of speculation in raw mate rials or finished pcoducts. "In looking toward the future we feel keenly that the nature of social development will depend largely upon the principles which .workers shall de mand as the basis for relationships. "We are each day building labor's house of tomorrow. If that structure Is to endure the test it must be founded upon the bedrock, principles of equality and democracy in relations between men." In addition to its presentation of ab stract principles, much of the annual Report was taken up with recent history of the federation's' activities as they lhad to do with the conversion of In dustrial establishments to war service, particularly citing the insistence of its officials for the eight-hour day. Con siderable time was devoted to the war labor board creation and to railroad labor policies. Compulaory Law Dtscuaaed. It expressed anxiety that the idle ness banned by the compulsory labor laws should not include "that resulting because of differences between em ployers and their employes." Anticipating the spread of such leg islation, the report defines the federa tion's position as not hostile if "due guarantees for the protection of the rights of workers are incorporated." The report announced also that tiie executive council, in accordance with ,he instructions of the last convention, tli ad adopted a resolution recommend ing to affiliated unions that no in dividuals be admitted to union mem bership unless they were citizens of the United States. "The American labor movement faces the difficult problems of the future with an organization numerically stronger and more effectively united than ever before," the council's state ment concluded. Besides President Gompers, Daniel J. Tobin, treasurer; frank Morrison, sec retary, and the eight vice-presidents of . the federation, James Duncan, James O'Connell, J. F. Valentine, John R. Al pine, H. B. Perhani, Frank Duffy, Will lam Green and W. D. Mahon signed the report. A resolution introduced by H. B. Ferham, of St. Louis, president of the . Order of Railway Telegraphers, asking President Wilson to take over contrbl of the Western Union and Postal Tele graph companies was tabled when other delegates objected that it was premature. The report of the executive council included a statement by Secretary j- ranK Morrison, showing the federa tion ad a balance on hand of $165,320 Of this amount, $148,072 is in the de fense fund and can be used onlv in case of strikes or lockouts,, the report eaid. The balance, $17,248, is available Xor general expenses. The federation adopted a resolution which took issue with published re ports of declarations by Newcomb Carl ton, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, who was Quoted recently as declaring there had not been any complaint by operators re garding Hours or working conditions. The resolution as adopted said that the statements credited to Mr. Carlton "were false. ra iiiuii i iiiiihiiiii E j!itiliil!!iiii!ili!i MGTUR !!!!!! A H I VTk n lit WB&tBW i - -V ir 1 f Y" US 1 i: 9&r flrvl alt- C 1 "111 Will & ' ' ill TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Majestic Theda Bara, "Cleo patra." Peoples Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey, "Over the Top." Columbia Wallace Reid, "Believe , Me, Xantippe." , Star Mary Pickford. "The Little ' Princess"; Fatty Arbuckle, "The ' Farmyard Romeo." ' Sunset "Doug" Fairbanks, "The Matrimaniacs"; Bill Hart, "The Primal Lure." , Liberty U. S. Marine photoplay, "The Unbeliever." Globe Blanche Sweet and Thorn- ' as Meighan, "The Silent Part- ' ner." Everyone Writes Photoplays. THE fact that talent for scenario branch of motion picture produc tion Is draftted from almost every walk of life was proved by Douglas Fairbanks last week when he closed a contract with Ted Reed, who was at the head of an auto machine shop in De troi't. The meeting came about during Fairbanks' recent liberty loan tour. When -speaking in Detroit, Reed was in charge of arrangements, as cheer leader and guide. At lunch that day he suggested some-new ideas for pic tures that appealed to Fairbanks. Douglas asked the Government to al low him to carry Reed for the rest of his tour. The unexpected happened, for Ted closed up his machine shop and Journeyed westward with the actor producer. Thousands Make "Clco." In addUion to the 30,000 people who appear on the screen in William Fox's massive spectacle, "Cleopatra," in which Theda Bara portrays the color ful life of the ancient Egyptian siren, there were more than 2000 men and women active in the work of produc ing this great spectacle. These in cluded carpenters, masons, painters, hostlers, shipbuilders, seamstresses and the like. Theda wears 50 distinctively different costumes. Before and during the production of "Cleopatra." 10 seam stresses were constantly working on Miss Bara's costumes. ECKMAtfS VALUABLE FOR COLDS t taken in time this Calcium compound lessens th risk of chronic throat or lunf; trouble. All the remedial and tonlo qual ities ar combined in this Calcium cora- IKMind. No harmful drugs. Try them to- nay. 50 cents a box, including war tax For sale by U draKKiBts tetania laboratory, Philadelphia! WHEN CHILDREN CRY OUT And are feverish and don't sleep well. ar constipated and have symptoms of worms, mothers will find quick relief In Mother Oray's Sweet Powders for Children, the. standard remedy for 30 years. They are easy to give and children like them. They cleanse the stomach, act- gntly on the bow els and oreak up colds. Relieve headaches and teething disorders. We have 10.000 tes timonials. Ask your druggist and be sura to get Mother Gray'a 6 eel Powdera Xor Hill Shuns Briny Deep. Anyone desiring to sell a scenario to Bill Hart had best refrain from send ing anything that involves a sea trip. Bill has just completed "Shark Mon roe," an ocean story. In the course of which he very nearly lost his life, being dashed against the side of the ship when he leaped In the ocean to rescue Katherine MacDonald. the same being a part of the story. Bill didn't mind the wetness or the narrow escape, however, anywhere near so much as he did the pangs of seasickness. He was stricken with mal de mer the minute he set foot on the boat and vows he'll never go to Europe till they build a bridge. He thought a man who could ride all day on the Jouncing back of a pinto ought to be able to stand any thing, but found out much to his sor row that such was not the ca.se. . Mary Furnishes Music. All Camp Kearny, with its Sunshine Division of something like 40,000 khaki-clad volunteer fighters, now looks upon Mary Pickford as the camp's patron saint, for every unit of troops Btationed there is getting Its daily, and nightly, music through her generosity and activity. Just before leaving on her liberty bond tour. Miss Pickford bought and sent to Camp Kearny a number of Vio- trolas, nine of them In all, one for each of the eight .Y. M. C. A. huts and another for the Knights of Columbus clubhouse. In addition to the nine machines there was an assortment of new records for each, all of the sets comprisng different selections, so that they could be circulated from one to the other. Not content with this, Miss Pickford, through the salvage bureau of the Red Cross, of which she is an official, made a general appeal for records. "If you have tired of the record, give it to the Red Cross," was her request, and as a resuti me salvage bureau has sent sev eral hundred records to the camp. Screen Gossip. Raymond McKee, who is the" marine hero of "The Unbeliever," is. in private life, Sergeant Raymond McKee, United btates Army, somewhere in-America, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Radcliffe, parents or violet Kadcline. 6-year-old filmstar being unable satisfactorily to handle tne domestic situation, wish 4o be sepa. raaed one from the other, matrimonial ly speaking. This, it seems, can easily oe arranged, out ine question of 'the control of Violette. who earns $75. per week, is something else again, and the judge wants time to think it over. In the meanwhile the court retains cus tody of Violette and also supervises the disbursement of the 75. Between film censors who think President Wilson has appointed them to put a sugar coating on official war pictures and school teachers who feel motion pictures are a wanton extrava gance, the motion picture is having a nara time aoing its duty to the people and the Government. Louise Huff is to be a World Pic tures star hereafter. She left Para- ing a vacation In New York. Louise has been co-starring with Jack Pick ford for a year. Marion Davies, who has been promi nently featured in "Chin Chin." "2leg feld's Follies," "Oh, Boy" and "The Century Girl." is now a Select star. She will maxe six pictures for Select, star ring on a programme which includes Norma Talmadge, Clara Kimball Young, Constance Talmadge and Alice Brady. If the ruling forcing men of draft age to engage in war industries or tight is enforced strictly, every branch of motion picture activity, including theater managers, exchange managers and motion picture operators, will be affected. Fred Niblo, former Broadway star and new husband of Enid Bennett, is now a film player, supporting his wife in her latest Ince-Paramount picture. Merl La Voy, famous war camera correspondent, is to accompany Burton Holmes on a tour of the battle lines. This will be La Voy's third tour of the battle fields. Here's a housekeeping note: Elliott Dexter and Owen Moore will take a bungalow at Playa De Ray, Southern California, for the Summer. Pauline Curley is to be "Doug" Fair banks' next leading woman. Pauline appeared with Harold Lockwood In several pictures. Louis J. "Vance, popular novelist, is associated with Ralph Ince In a new picture-making enterprise as produc tion analyst. - "Doug" Fairbanks is a newspaper reporter in his next picture, "Say, Young Fellow." - Universal Is going to star Priscilla Dean. - Pretty tough on the German come dians of stage and screen. They have been forced to adopt different makeup. This strikes us as about the maxi mum amount of entertainment ever of fered for a dime: Marguerite Clarke and Madge Kennedy in person and Jack and the Bean Stalk and Charlie Chaplin on the screen. A New York theater offers this at a ohlldren's matinee. Jack Sherrtll is another of those handsome young leading men who is a benedict. He met, wooed, proposed and wedded Lillian Forbes, a Toronto girl, all in the space of 36 hours. Major Funkhouser, the objectionable Chicago film censojr, has lost his job, as has Fred McClure. Kansas City cen sor. Funkhouser slashed- "Hearts of the World." which. Is an official British production made by Griffith, and "My Four Years m Germany," wnicn pic tures Ambassador Girard's experiences In the land of the Hun. Maryland censors have banned "War Brides," Nazimova's first picture, made nearly two years ago, because it tends to discourage recruiting. Doris Kenyon Is now a film treasurer. She, countersigns all checks of De Luxe Pictures, inc. COUNCIL TO GIVE PRIZE IXTERET EVIXCED IN CAMP LEWIS HORSE SHOW. Event Will Be Military Affair and Teat of Efficiency of Animal-K quipped Organization. Through personal donations by Mayor Baker and members of the City Council, a suitable prize will be offered for one of the events at the Military Horse Show at Camp- Lewis, Sunday. May 16 The nature of the gift has not yet been determined, but it -will be some thing acceptable to a soldier. The show will be primarily a military horse show and. will be a test of the efficiency of the animal-equipped organization at Camp Lewis. Commanding General Greene and staff will review the show and it will afford the first opportunity to see the various organizations under actual test. The show will be held under the aus pices of the Auxiliary Remount Depot, No. 331, under direction of Captain J. N. Jackson, commander of the remount station. Much Interest is being shown in the affair by all the organization command ers, who are naturally anxious to have their units make a good showing be fore the commanding General. In ad dition to 'taking up the outstanding in debtedness of the division athletic de partment, the funds secured through the show will be devoted to an overseas athletic fund so that the division may be assured of necessary athletic equip ment while in France, where it is ex pected the division shortly will go. Chehalls Has New City Engineer. CHEHALIS. Wash.. June 10. (Spe cial.) Burwell Bantz. former Island County engineer, has been named city engineer and water superintendent for Chehalis, succeeding W. G. Peters, who goes to accept a position at Los Aog&leM CaV- , - Wherever Well-Dressed Men Congregate You Will Find Mathis Clothes New Models New Fabrics New Patterns $20 to $57a maim men's wear Corbett Bldg., Fifth and Morrison. fvlYERS CUM PATRIOTIC TWENTY MEMBERS OP FAMILY IN SERVICE OF COUNTRY. Flag Bearing Stars for All With Colors Dedicated at Reunion Held in Oregon City. OREGON CITY. Or., June 10. (Spe cial.) Dedication of a aervice flag with stars representing 20 members of the family in the service of their country was the feature of the annual reunion of the Myera clan, held In Knapp's Hall Sunday. About half of the boys are In military aervice and already in France, accord ing to reports read at the meeting. They are scattered in practically every branch of the service, some la the Navy and others la tht Army. Three of Vie boys attended the re union Norman Myers. Sr., Robert W. Myers and Robert F. Myers. The last named is stationed at Camp Lewis in the artillery. Norman Myera, with hia son, Robert W., is with the 69th Regi ment of Artillery at Fort Stevens. He has another son in the service. Nor man Myers, Jr., who is In training at an Eastern cantonment. Approximately 100 members of the organization attended the meeting. Ar rangements for the reunion were made by Mrs. Helen Warren, of Portland, sec retary of the organization, and Colonel Robert Miller presided. Rev. A. J. Ware, W. W. Myers and other prom inent members gave short talks. The following were elected officera for the ensuing year: Rev. A. J Wace, president; W. W. Myers. Mrs. Mary Wright, Joseph 1. Myers, vice-presidents; Mrs. Helen Warren, secretary; Dr. Katherine Myers, assistant secre tary; Mrs. Norman Myers, treasurer, and Miss Mable Green, historian. The members of the organization In their country's service are as follows: Norman Myers, Sr., Robert W. Myera, Norman Myers, Jr., Robert F. (Mike) Myers. Charles Myers, T,homas J. All dredge, Robert Beatie, Charles Beatle, Robert Green, Evert Green, Clyde Green, Max Rands, Robert Lynn, Walter Hick ox, Earle Green, Holt Guerin. Henry CLay Hamilton, F. F. Hamilton, Joseph Hamilton and E. J. Hamilton. cial.) Sweeping investigation of the draft classifications of Clackamas County will be started Immediately, ac cording to advices received by Govern ment Appeal Agent Gilbert L. Hedges Monday. Clackamas County has an even 100 class 1 men, who have been granted deferred classification on ac count of shipyards work, and there Is considerable criticism over this fact. WORKER FALLS TO DEATH E. Birnsohoner Plunges Into Hold of Unfinished Vessel. When E. Birnsohoner. 35, a pipe fitter, fell through the hatch a distance of 15 feet into the hold of a vessel under construction by the Foundation Company yesterday, he sustained in juries which resulted In death. The injured man was rushed to the plant emergency hospital, but expired before aid could be given. The accident oc curred at 5:15 P. M. His home is at Gresham, Or., where bis wife resides. County Coroner Earl Smith received no notification of the death until called by the undertakers who took charge of tne Doay. rie took occasion to warn those who .knew of the fatality that such cases must be reported promptly to his office. The Coroner made a per sonal investigation after receiving no tice at about 7 o'clock. Clackamas to Reclassify Men. OREGON CITY. Or. June 10. (Spe- WIFE SEEKS EMANCIPATION Russell E. Cobberly Is Accused of Tyrannous Conduct. In addition to being refused per mission to attend shows, dances and card parties and meet with her friends as she had been accustomed to and being required to remain in her room every night. Jewel Cobberly in a divorce suit filed yesterday against Russell E. Cobberly alleges that the defendant borrowed money from her which he dissipated in gambling. Desertion Is charged by Eva Lincoln against H. A. Lincoln. They were mar ried at Medford May 19, 1917. The same charge la made by G. J. Kammerer against Grace Kammerer, whom he married at Vancouver, Wash., March 26, 1915. Cruel and inhuman treat ment is alleged in a divorce suit filed by Ida M. Berwick against Robert H. Berwick, to whom she was married in this city May 2. 1916. FISH CONSUMPTION GROWS Mrs. J. D. Spencer Reported Doing Cood Work in Washington. The task of making fish popular with the masses i.i being accomplished by Mis. J. D. Spencer, formerly in the employ of the city but now working under the direction of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. Mrs. Spencer now Is conducting a seris of lectures and demonstrations on tbe preparation of fish In cities in the state of Washing ton. In Everett. Wash., following one of Mrs. Spencer's lectures In a small fish store, $:o worth of scrap fish was sold. Prior to the lecture the store had never disposed of J20 worth of any kind of fish in one day. Shad will take another drop at the municipal fish market today, when a large supply of the fresh fish will be sold at five cents a pound. ROTARIANS TO TALK SHOES Members to Hear About "High Cost of Walking" at Meeting. Rotary Club members are to learn all about Ehoes at their weekly session this noon at the Benson Hotel. "Shoes and aeroplanes," says the club bulletin, "are two things that It takes to win the war. All shoe men agree that the prices are up in the air, and perhaps we will learn why at this meeting." Speakers announced are Otto Brey man, president and manager of the Breyman Leather Company; Paul De Haas, secretary of the Fithian-Barker Shoe Company, and Will A. Knight, president of the Knight Shoe Company. Church Barns Mortgage. The Alberta United Brethren Church, of which Rev. Clinton C. Bell is pastor, burned the mortgage last Sunday aralnst Its property, and with all obll- HUNGER THE BEST SAUCE Sauce is used to create an appetite or relish for the food. The right way is to look to the digestion. When you have good digestion you are certain to relish your food. Chamberlain's Tablets im prove the digestion and create a healthy appetite. " . HIS Anericzis fommosf CkW CAPACITY! From 11 A. M. to 11 P.' 31. The playgoing people of Port land flocked in droves on Sunday and yesterday to see the sensation of the screen, the great picture of "OUR BOYS OVER THERE" the U. S. Marines (themselves) in "The Unbeliever" And hear the great Murtagh at the Wurlitzer. POSITIVELY THIS WEEK ONLY Loges may be re served by phone for any perform ance Main 70. u. s. Marines want recruits to back up their men on the Marne join them. W a ....I. wummwrn n i i. .... . . , u, , ., . gations now paid Is ready to send the pastor to conference, to which he will make for this church his fifth annual report. The year Just closing has been one of splendid spiritual and financial progress, and the members of the church are heartily Joining In a re quest to the conference for the return f their pastor for another year. HORSES MAY BE CANNED Stockxalsers Anxious (o Dispose of Cayuscs to liaise More Cattle. The newest thing in food conserva tion has come to Portland. From Col ville. Wash., comes (he call to can horse meat and eave beef. Forest Ranger C. C. Reid, of the Col vllle Forest, writes to the district for ester in Portland telling him that there are plenty of horses in his section of the country and that stockratsers are anxious to get rid of them so that they can turn their attention to the raising of beef cattle, 'in one forest alone the Malheur there are 2500 horaea which may be obtained at a reasonable price. The Toroda Cattle and Horse Raisers' Association writes that it desires to know the address of two or three horse meat canneries. "A canning factory could get a full carload of good fat horses by July 1 at about one-half beef prices," writes James Lynch, secretary of the association. Ousted Governor Again. Candidate. WACO. Texas. June 10. Former Governor James E. Ferguson, who was removed from office in 1917 on Im peachment proceedings, today was se lected as a candidate for nomination for governor by the Democratic state executive committee by a vote of 26 to 3. s. - WAjgJ j,lA q is what he said, and Ann, the Sheriffs daughter, got the "drop on him." It's the $10,000 Harvard Prize Comedy, with Wal lace Reid, now showing for the first time in screen form at the UaS Swept by Arctic Breezes LMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllj: 1 Maxwell Automobiles for Sale S Bids are Invited on any or all of four Maxwell automobiles, all more S or less damaged by water ex. PS. "Burma Maru." These automobiles now at Balfour Guthrie Dock, Tacoma, where they may be Inspected EE upon application to the undersigned. Sjj Sealed bids marked "Bids for Maxwell Automobiles" must be In the hands of Johnson & Higgins of Washington. 602 Colman Building, EE Seattle, by 3 P. M. Friday, June 14th, 1918. EE Certified check for 25 per cent of amount mu4 accompany bids. S EE Right is reserved to reject any and all bids. Further particulars may be obtained from Johnson & Higgins of Washington. EE illUUUUIMUIlUnilUHlUlllMllUMlUUIIIIUlllllllllllllirilllJIIlllllllllllllIlllllllllIUUin G2 106.2