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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1918)
THE 3IORNIXC OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918. " SOCIALIST PARTY IS BRANDED PHD GERMAN Ex-National Committeeman Is Quoted at Trial. ACTS HELD ANTI-AMERICAN Adolph Germer and Others in Chi cago Court Charged With Vio lation of Espionage Act. CHICAGO. Dec. 19. Letters from John Spargo in which he declared that the attitude of the Socialist party since the beginning of the war had been "un neutral, anti-American and pro-German." were read to the jury today by counsel for the Government during the cross-examination of Adolph Germer, general secretary of the National So cialist party, at the trial of five So cialist leaders for alleged violation of the espionage act. Spargo in one letter said that the call for the St. Louis convention of the party held in April, 1917, at which the proclamation and war programme plat form were adopted, read as if it might liave been written in the German For eign Office. He protested against the convention's being held in St. Louis, one of the largest German cities of the Vnited States." Spargo was a member of the executive committee of the Na tional Socialist party, but resigned in .May, 1917, and later was sent abroad as a member of a labor commission by 1'resident AVilson. Germer on Witness Stand. Adolph Germer, a defendant, was on the witness stand all day, and was still under cross-examination when court adjourned. He admitted that millions of copies of pamphlets, declared by the Government as seditious, had been dis tributed by thu Socialist party. Germer testified that no copies of the leaflet. "Horrors of War." were sent out after April, 1917, but admitted that other pamphlets suppressed by the Government had been distributed for several months after the Federal officials had condemned them. Germer, in his direct examination, denied ever having received any money from German sources to oppose war. He said every dollar expended was contributed by the membership of the Socialist party. He denied responsibility for alleged anti-war articles published in the American Socialist, although admitting he was business manager of the paper. He said the conduct of the editorial policy of the paper was directed by the executive committee of the party and J. Louis Engdahl, the editor. Conspiracy Charges Denied. Germer said he never advised anyone not to register under the selective draft and denied ever having conspired with any of the other defendants to violate the espionage law. Questioned in regard to the 6peech he delivered in Chicago, August 10, 1917, which resulted in his arrest, Germer denied every statement attributed to him by witnesses for the Government. "I read from a signed article by Theodore Roosevelt in which he denied that the Kaiser was responsible for the war and said it would be a calamity if the German nation was crushed as a result of the conflict," said Germer. "Roosevelt said the German "people were responsible for the war. I com mented on this statement and said that if a Socialist had made such a state ment he would be arrested. I charged the Government officials with perse cuting the Socialists and discriminating against them and pointed out that our paper had been suppressed for reprint ing an article from a Washington paper. I also read extracts from Presi dent Wilson's addresses defining peace without victory and said that I ap proved the statement. GREEK STARTS $50,000 SUIT Shipyard Superintendent Alleged to Have Called Thomas Gekas Spy. Trial of the $50,000 damage suit of Thomas Gekas, a Greek, against the Willamette Iron & Steel Works and Stephen E. Westover, superintendent of the plant, was started yesterday be fore a jury in Circuit Judge Ganten bein's court. Gekas demands heavy damages for Injury done his reputation when, it is said, he was called a German spy by Mr. Westover. The plaintiff says he was called a Gorman spy in the presence of many other employes of the plant and further charges that Mr. Westover told him he believed the union had sent him'down to the shipbuilding plant to blow it up. The jury was selected late yesterday afternoon and the taking of testimony will begin this morning. The case probably will not reach the jury until tomorrow noon. HUSBAND SEEN0N SCREEN Sirs. Earl AVuvzweiler Makes Iden tification in Official War Review. To meet her husband face to face and have him look laughingly into her eyes, when in reality' he is in far away France, was the happy experience of Mrs. Earl C. Wuvzweiler, of 349 Multnomah street. when the latest allied nations official war review was flashed before her on the Majestic Theater screen Wednesday night. Mrs. Wuvzweiler thought she saw her husband in the midst of a squad of Yanks. She sat through a second show and then hurried home to inform rela tives of her discovery. Manager Frank Lacey ordered the reels run through the projection ma chine very slowly until the identifica tion was complete. fK'if '!'M! II! 1IU IJSffii lllliil!nlliHiliHlil!l 1 41 - . f - f 5? 1 'a & 1 i , "i & I V. IV a had been taken over by the British. , A seagoing tug was chartered and rushed out of New York to pick up the messenger as the Adriatic neared port, and the negative was taken without a atop out to the laboratories. The first prints were off a few hours after the arrival of the negative and the spec tacle of the great surrender was being watched in New York before any of the dispatches excepting, of course, the cable accounts bad reached this side. w ! , ! FIT- - --" - 'r? TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. . Columbia Enid Bennett. "Fuss and Feathers." Peoples Vivian Martin, "Jane Goes a-Wooing." Majestic Rex Beach's "Laughing Bill Hyde." Star Bryant Washburn, "His Nineteenth Proposal." Sunset Douglas Fairbanks, "The Good Bad Man." Liberty "The Squaw Man." Globe P auline Frederick, "Zaza." Charles Ray, "The Hired Man." , Copyrigfht, Central News Photo Service. General Pernhlng. One of the Dominant Fismren tn the Official Government Picture, ''America's Ann-tver," Which Opens an Kngagement Tomorrow at the Sunset Theater. from Elliott Dexter, who brilliantly plays the hero role, to such big-time minor-role folks as Tully Marshall, Ed win Stevens and Jack Holt. Ann Lit tle. Theodore Roberts, Thurston Hall. Herbert Standing and Katherine Mac- Donald are other well-known players In the cast. Burton Holmes Travelogue and funny Mutt and Jeff cartoon comedy are in cluded on the programme. Liberty. TTTHEN Cecil B. DeMille became a W motion picture director his first production was "The Squaw Man," with Dustin Farnum as the star of the filmation of the highly success ful play. Now, five years later, the same director, who ranks as one of the leaders in this great field of industry offers the screen world another produc tion of The Squaw Man. In all respects, even down to the happy ending which has been tacked on as a diversion from the original the new DeMille picture surpasses the old. A comparison of the two enables one to appreciate the progress made by the cinema during the half decade. "The Squaw Man" ever made excellent entertainment. Its atmosphere is West ern. its characters :-re enmeshed in a plot involving the baring of primitive passions, the bark of guns, the clash of men in mortal conflict, romance, and much pathos. The cast is surely an all-star one Screen Gossip. "They say" Douglas Fairbanks was offered a commission to represent a well-known newspaper syndicate at the peace conference. No mention was made of his qualifications for euch a job. William Faversham has Just complet ed a screen version of "The Silver King." the stage melodrama famous in the old world and the new. m m Charlie Ray's next picture is called "String Beans." Better title for Slim Suramerville, Victor Potel or some of the elongated chaps. m Marc McDermott is now with Fox. He's an old favorite of the Edison and Biograph days. Frank Keenan, as an Independent actor and producer is going to make eight pictures for Pathe. "The Wild Cat," which appeared in story form in the Saturday Evening Post, from the pen of Albert Payson Terhune, will be the first production. Charlie Chaplin wanted to be exceed ingly nice to his bride, Mildred Harris, so he eaid of her that in many respects she is a better actress than he is an actor. Then follows a story that ehe has suggested in amy little fine points of acting for the use of Charlie in forth coming productions. e Frank Mclntyre is the star of the pic turization of Rex Beach's Too Fat to Fight." Frank made "The Traveling Salesman" for Paramount some time ago. Thomas H. Ince is going to move his stars into the new 250,000 Ince studios on Christmas. Stevenson Calls for Xurses. STEVENSOX. Wash., Dec. 19. (Spe cial.) There have been two deaths dur ing the past week here from the "flu," Andy Allinger, son of J. Allinger. of this city, and the other a young man who has been working in the Wind River Lumber Company's camp. ' back of Carson, were the victims. Steven son has been calling on Portland for nurses and the Red Cross of that city Merchandise of Merit Only for Men' and Young Men Hart Schaffner' & Marx Suits and Overcoats $25 and Up Stetson Hats $6 and Up "Multnomah" Hats $3 Interwoven Hose 40 and Up Manhattan Shirts $2.50 and Up Beautiful Neckwear 50 to $4 If in Doubt Buy a Merchandise Bond for $1j00 and Up It Solves the Gift Problem. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Store for Quality and Service Gasco Bldg. fifth and Alder are trying to assist in relieving the situation. Aberdeen Naval Men Return. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Dec. 19. (Spe cial.) Four Grays Harbor boys who served on the warship South Dakota during the entire period of the war, being of the local Naval Militia, called the day after the declaration of war, have been mustered out and have re turned home. The boys are Guy Mor gan, university student: Ralph. AVest, Cecil Turk and J. B. rhillips, Aber deen high school students. These are the first of the Aberdeen naval con tinent to arrive. Star. Do you recall Bryant Washburn, of 'Skinner" fame? Well, vou may see this same clian at the rstar Theater to day, where he is making his debut as a paramount star in "His Nineteentn Proposal." or "The Gypsy Trail." Washburn plays one of those appeal ing love roles. He's a tried and true lover, a bit backward, but winning in the end against a formidable rival in the person of a rover with the Instincts of a vagabond, but who appeals might ily for a time to the girl in the story. Wanda Hawley, beautiful blonde, who was one of Bill Hart's latest lead ing women, is with Washburn in his rollicking comedy. i Getting a New Scoop. A dash to put over a "scoop" in mo tion pictures, ,which rivals the romance of . some of the old newspaper scoop stories, was the handling of the sur render of the German grand fleet to the British. Taking no chances for a moment's delay, the Universal Film Company, which got off with a "flying start" on the filming of the event, started a spe cial messenger across the Atlantic with the negative almost before the last ship Peru Names Minister to Belgium. PARIS. Dec. 19. (Havas.) Francisco Garcia Calderon. who has been First Secretary of the Peruvian legation here, has been named Minister for his government in Belgium. He was the guest of diplomatic representatives of Latin-America at a banquet last night. 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