TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, "SATURDAY, SEPTE3IBER 2. 1922
LABOR .THREATENS
GENERAL WALKOUT
PRINCIPALS AND SETTING IN SAN FRANCISCO TRIANGLE SUIT.
You can sdvemoney on
The Best Kinds of
SCHOOL APPAREL
Federation Chiefs Aroused
by Injunction Suit.
OUTRAGE, SAYS GOMPERS
at The Bon
Marche J
Strike of- All Organized tabor in
Retaliation Against Govern
ment to Be Decided Soon. ' '
B? GRAFTOJf WILCOX.
(By Chicago Tribune leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, P. C. Sept. 1.
American organized labor threatens
a general strike in retaliation
against the government for its
course in obtaining a temporary in-r
junction at Chicago today against
the striking railroad shopmen and
their union officials.
With President Harding acknowl-
Ing that the Injunction is the most
sweeDine ever obtained in tnis coun
try and expressing a determination
not to stop at this if further steps
are necessary to maintain ranroaa
transportation, the American i eo
eratlon of Labor was arousen to in
nnint of "seeins red" and will con
aider the advisability of a general
strike call.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation or laDDr. ae
naunced the erovernment s course.
He declared the injunction to be in
violation of the law, and announced
tonight that the federation execu
tive council would meet in Wash
Ins-ton Saturday. September 9, to
consider the question of a- general
strike.
The conference of American labor
leaders will be held just two days
before the day set by the federal
ceuit in Chicago for a hearing on
the government's motion to make
tta temporary restraining order
against the shopmen permanent,
- Public Rights Asserted. '
The president, it was declared in
an authoritative quarter, is pre
pared to meet any consequences
political or economic that may
come from the government's action
The erovernment is determined to
keen the trains moving. It be
lieves that the injunction is fully
justified. The government, it was
declared, has done all that it could
to hrinz- the strike to an end. Me
dlation having "proved futile and
negotiations fruitless, the govern
ment will now proceed to perform
its full duty in protecting ' the
rights of the public and preventing
a break-down of transportation.
The American Federation of La
bor president was so aroused by the
governments move that he gum
moned the press to his office to
make a declaration bristling with
defiance and denunciation of the
order issued by Federal Judge
Wilkerson in response to Attorney
General Daugherty s petition.
Mr. Gompers called the injunc
tion "most outrageous." He broad
ly intimated that labor leaders
would ignore its provisions, which
he declared constituted a flagrant
violation of the labor sections of
the Clayton anti-trust law.
Never in his long career at the
head of the American Federation of
Labor, Mr. Gompers said, 'lias he
found such a widespread demand
for a general strike. He said that
,he received no less than 200 letters
and telegrams urging a nation
wide walkout of union labor. The
demands were so powerful, he de
clared, that he felt it his duty to
lay the, situation before the execu
tive council. He pointed out, how
ever, that neither he nor the execu
tive council had any authority to
call a general strike. Such action
would have to be indorsed by the
, various units that make up the
American Federation of Labor.
Council' Power Limited.
. The powers of the executive coun
cil are limited to recommendations
in this respect, but their recom
mendations usually carry great
weight in shaping the strike pol
icies of the various component parts
of the federation. The formal
meeting of the executive council
' for September 9 was not specially
called to deal with the present sit
uation, Mr. Gompers explained. The
date, was fixed several months ago.
Because that date is so close at
hand, it will be possible to bring
the injunction and the calling of a
general strike before the council
just about as promptly as would
have been possible if a special
meeting had been called.
The action of the government in
Chicago today, so carefully guarded
against premature publicity, fell
like a bomb into the headquarters
of the various big national and in
ternatlonal labor unions. W. H.
Johnston, president of the Interna
tional ' Association of Machinists,
was the first to speak. .He. declared
the injunction would have no effect
upon the continuance of the strike
and predicted traffic on many rail
roads would collapse within the
next 30 days.
Mr. Gompers announced that the
American Federation of Labor
would continue to give the striking
shopmen its whole-hearted support
and would appeal ta workers
throughout the nation to contribute
funds to aid them in maintaining
themselves and their families until
the strike issues are fought to a
finish.
Although, he did not openly ad
vise the strike leaders to disregard
the injunction, Mr. Gompers took
occasion to point out that the Amer
ican Federation of Labor at a recent
convention adopted a resolution
that injunctions which invaded the
- constitutional rights of American
workmen "should be treated as if
they had net been issued.''
VALEKT1NQ FIGHT BEGUN
(Continued From First Page.)
with the $1,000,000 profits 1'ara
mount already has netted from "The
Sheik." his first starring vehicle,
and twice that amount, which, he
.asserts, his current picture will
earn. He declares he wanted to
renege on the J1200 a week con
tract when it first was offered, but
that Famous Playera-Lasky prom
ised extraordinary publicity in lieu
of greater monetary compensation.
This publicity, he says, has not
been provided.
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SCALPEBS HUE FDUGHTj f ' '
TICKET PROTECTIVE i' f " f '
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KAIL
Ar,resf, of Three Men Is Cansed
in Iios Angeles in Start of ,
Big Campaign.
LOS ANGELES,' Sept. 1. A cam
paign to end ticket scalping in los
Angeles and vicinity has been start
ed by Henry A. Koach of Chicago,
representative of the railway ticket
protective bureau.
As a start, he caused the arrest
of three men on charges of violating
the state law which makes it a mis
demeanor for . a ticket scalper to
operate and a felony for a person
to- buy and use non-transferable
tickets, as, in the, latter ' case, for
gery of the name of, the original
purchaser is Involved, unless he had
dated the ticket before selling it.
Koach said that vigilance against
scalped tickets would be redoubled
on railroads, all tickets suspected
taken up and passengers offering
them forced to pay full fare to their
destination. ,
"Ticket scalpers flourish better in
California than any other place,"
said Koach, "because of the large
number of people who come here on
visits, decide to stay and" want to
realize something on their return
tickets to the east. The sellers may
be in ignorance ef the state law
against this practice and also of the
possibility of prosecution for viola
tion of the Interstate commerce act.
HANDS OFF ROADS, EDICT
(Continued From First Pawe.)
ting wages, he said, have '-repudi
ated the labor board and its author
ity and holds the labor board and
the government of the United States
n contempt '
Calling attention to the declara
tion of the president before con
gress that "the government can
have no chart for its course except
the law,'' the attorney-general con
tinued:
"There are statutes forbidding
conspiracy to hinder interstate com
merce. There are laws to assure
he highest possible safety to rail
way service. It is my purpose to
nvoke these laws, civil and crim
nal, against all offenders alike."
Legal safeguarding against such
menace in the future, he said, must
be, worked out when a chance has
been given to appraise the entire
situation. - r
i Government Is Supreme.
We must reassert the doctrine
that in this republic the first obli
gation and the first duty ef every
citizen, nigh or iow, is to his gov-
rnment," Mr. daugherty said, "and
to nold that government as the just
an! unchallenged sponsor for .public
weuare and the liberty, security and
rights of all its citizens. No matter
what closds may gather, no matter
what storms may ensue, no matter
what hardships may attend, or what
lop. left Home of Mm. Kdltb Spreokcls "Wakefield In Snusallto. Right
Mr. Nellie Kendrlek, who says Mrs, Spreckels wanted to rent lser hus
band from he,r Middle Rodney Kendrlok, the husband. Below Mrs.
Kdith Spreckels Wakefield. 'v - - ...
One of the strahfeest of love " triangles 'tame to " light last week
When Mrs. Nellie Kemlrick is said to have charged that Mrs. Edith' Hun
ington Spr-eckels Wakefield, wealthy' divorcee of Sausalito, Cal., and
former wife of the late John X. Spreekels Jr.; had offered her an annuity
of $100 a month if she would release her husband, Rodney Kendrick, a
newspaper artist, by divorce proceedings that iie might wed Mrs. Wake
field. ' ' . " ' - ' M - "
WHAT CONGRESS DID AS
. ITS DAY'S WORK.
Senate.
Debated legislation to pre
vent profiteering in. coal with
out making any progress.
Agreed to consider a corrupt
practices act tomorrow morn
ing. . .
Bill introduced by, King,
democrat, Utah, appropriat
ing J150.000 for the improve-
raent of locomotiye boiler inr
spection. " ' : l.-- .
Placed Daugherty's com
plaint in the. rail injunction
case in the recorS. -.
Houm,"
Sept the bonus bill to con
ference. Representative Longworth,
republican, Ohio, declared new
tariff rates on wool would be
less than emergency --tariff
rates and therefore . bring
down price of clothing. .
State Building to lie Remodeled.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. I.-(Spe?
cial.) Award of a contract to re
model the Garfield building at the
Washington state soldiers' home at
Orting to E. G. Walker of Tacoma
was announced today by the de
partment of business control. Six
contractors made tenders. Walker's
bid being $7664.14.
& ac H. green stamp Tor caaK
Helman Fuel Co.. coal and wood,
.Broadway S53; 669-21,-Adv,
sacrifice may bs -necessary, govern
ment by law must and will be sus
tained."
Expressing his resolve to use all
power of the government to main
tain transportation and uphold the
right of men to work, the attorney
general said he did not appear as a
representative of the roads but as
representing the people of .the
United States. Expressing the gov
ernment's f rierdliness .toward all
labor, he continued:
' The government of the United
States 's not opposed to labor unions
if they perform such- functions as
can be performed in lawful America.
Never while the labor unions limit
thoir activities to legitimate -acts
and lawful pursuits, not Injurious to
society, at least while I. speak and
to the extent that I cam speak' for
the government of the United States,
shall a blow ba struck at them.
Open Shop Must Stand.
"But it may be understood that so
long and to the extent that I can
speak for the government of the
United States I will use the power
of the government of the United
States within ray control to prevent
the labor unions of the country from
destroying the open shop. When a
man -n this country is net permit- proceeding was given.
ted to engage In. lawful toil. Whether
he belongs to a union or, not, with
full protection and without inter
ruption, the death knell to liberty
will be sounded : and anarchy will
supersede organized government,"
Unions, the attorneyrgenral con
tinued, should not be destroyed, but
they - should be corrected and re
strained, i "If the acts of violence
and murder are Inspired by the
unions," he sa'd, "then it is time for
the government to call a halt. No
organization, no matter how well
organized or how powerful it may
be, can hold its constitution or its
laws supreme over the government,
the constitution' and the laws of the
United States of America. No union
or combination of unions can, under
our laws, dictate to the American
union." . : '
Rlcht to Work Sacred.
No organization or association -Jf
organizations, he said, will he per
mitted to "laugh in-the frozen faces
of a ' .famishing people without
prompt prosecution and proper pun
ishment." After citing authority
under which he said the court could
enter the restraining order, the ati
torney-general continued:
"The right to work in this coun
try is as sacred as the right not
to be compelled to work IS a man
is not disposed to do so, and every
man must be made equally secure
of his choice."
. . He said the time had not yet come
for taking over the roads by the
government. He asserted that the
defendants could do no wiser thing
for organized labor, than to consent
to making the restraining order
permanent. .
"The dispute between the env
ployers and the employes is not in
volved in this proceeding," he said.
"We have passed beyond that point
A governmental body entitled ' to
recognition and obedience ohas de
cided that dispute. I am not taking
sides between the disputants at this
time as an advocate of either. It so
happens in this ifistanoe- that the
railroads are willing to render the
service the government requires, they
shall render. They are trying, to
serve the American people. They
are trying to observe the law. They
are endeavoring to, furnish trans
portation. On the other hand the
defendants are preventing transpor
tation and are offending.agalnst the
law, as alleged in khis bill, and by
acts of violence are antagonizing
and opposing the government of the
United States. .
Action Comes Like Bomb.
"Shall the American people suf;
fer?" Mr. Daugherty asked. "Shall
property be destroyed? ' Shall com-;
merce be destroyed? Shall laws be
broken? Shall society tie disorgan
ized? Shall prosperity and all labor
'cease and the poor be in want , be
cause employers ana employes en
gaged in interstate, commerce, obli
gated to the government :and to
the people of the United States, be
cause of a dispute between them,
refuse to b.bey the law? No. - The
answer is by the government, that
if they cannot agree others will be
giyen the privilege and protection
for performing this service who will
agree with the government and
obey the laws of the government." v
The action of the federal gov
ernment came like a bomb in Judge
Wilkerson's court and Jeft attaches.
spectators and court officials in a
whirl of excitement such as vet
erans in the serviee had never
known.
Following a short- recess of court.
Judge Wilkerson entered the room
from his chambers and a few sec
onds later the representatives of
the department of justice filed
through another door,' led by United
States District Attorney Clyne,.with.
Assistant Solicitor-General Esterline
and Attorney-General Daugherty
next -in line. r '
- Clyne Announces mission.
As the attorney-general entered
the courtroom an audible .tremor of
surprise filled the marble hall and
the fact of the magnitude of the
It had not
been known by fndre - than a few
assistants that Mr. Daugherty was
In Chicago.
- District Attorney Clyne walked
directly to the bench and announced,
almost simultaneously- with the for-:
mal convening of eourt by the
clerk, that he sought to bring action
!of the United States of America
against "the railway employes' de
partment of the American Federa
tion of Labor . . . " '
, Wth ,the sentence yet unfinished,
tW room was alive with activity.
."Newspaper - meii ran empty-handed
for telephones, court officials moved
f rantitiajly to . restore order and
waiting attorneys and witnesses
leaned forward in the benches they
had" for" hours- occupied in monoto
nous indifference.
As the reading of the bill of com
plaint" continued, the crowd grew
and the eager interest of the gathi
ering advanced to dramatio ex
citement and -'expectancy, sustained
to the climax which came in the
concluding sentence of Attorney
General Daugh-erty's plea, '
- Conspiracy IsChn jged.
Fifty-one typed pages making up
the petition were read by- Solicitor
Esterline, following which the at
torney-general took his.position be
fore the judge to make his plea.
. Th.e bill of complaint, after, set?
ting out the purpose of the trans
portation acU- establishing the
United States railroad labor board,
sets out the - circumstances of the
hearing befofe the board which re
suited in the handing down of de
cision No. 1036, reducing the wages
and salaries of members. -of the fed
erated shop crafts.
The bill then charges that the der
fendants "conspired, combined and
confederated together and agreed
with each otheF and among them
selves to repudiate, ignore, violate,
disobey and refuse to acceDt or be
bound by the decision and to qui
in a body and, abandon the service
of the railway companies at one
and the same.. time, all as an objec
tion to, or as a, protest against and
contempt for decision No. 1036 and
as a protest against and contempt
for the railroad labor board, and
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All sorts" of smart coats extremely sim
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' Another style at $22.50 has fur collar,
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DRESSES .
For girls to 8 are of ' navy serge, with
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For girls 10 and 12 years there are
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Gingham dresses for girls from 4 to' 12
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School
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It is a real problem to find
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All sorts of simple, good
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with higher priced dress
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Come in and see them today.
as" a protest against and contempt
Sot the United States and the gov
ernment thereof."
FEDERAL OFFICERS PUZZIiED
Jurisdiction of Judge Declared
to Be Restricted to District.
Local : federal officials are some
what puzzled by the news stories
sent out from . Chicago regarding
Federal Judge Wilkerson's injunc
tion restraining union officials from
carrying on the strike. No official
notification of the blanket Injunc
tion, said to affect the entire na
tion, was received here yesterday,
Local officials said that it is an
established fact that federal judges
have authority only in the districts
in which they serve and that they
know of no instance where a judge
could issue an injunction applying
to the entire country. In the ab
sence of definite information, all
local, representatives of the govern
ment refused officially to discuss
the ease. -
It was pointed out that the in
junction could, prevent the leaders
of the various unions, now in Illi
nois, from directing the strike pro-
gramma from any point in that
State. " .
OPEflATION IS MMZ1NC
SEWING SCISSORS AND DARN
ING NEEDLE ARE USED.
Hazelwood
Orchestra
J. F. N. ColburnJHrector -.
TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME
6 to 8 'and 9:30" to 11:30 .
1. "ir.Tou Like Me. Like I
Like You." fox trot
- .... L. Wolfe Gilbert'
2.' "Artist's Life,"- waltz....
.,.,..'...,,...,.... .Strauss .
,3. "'.'Naughty Marietta,'" se
lection. .... Victor Herbert
4.., "Out of the Shadows". . .
, Kahn and Blaufuss
5.
6.
7.
8.
Ave Maria"
..Schubert
'Wabash Blues," fox trot
. . . ..... .Ringle and Meinksen
"After Vespers"..Neil Moret
'The Pieadore," march . . . .
. . : J. Philip Sousa
Washington St.
Hazelwood
CONFECTIONERY AND
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388 Washington Street,
Near Tenth
: Bridge Being Replaced.' ""
CoVALLIS, Or.. Sept. 1. (Spe
cial. )-The wooden bridge on the
Albany-Corvallis road at the Stewt
art hill, about two miles north of
Corvallis, Is being replaced with a
donorete structure". Consequently the
road from Corvallis to Granger is
closed for about S) days. All north-
bound traffic is being routed to
Ninth street and out to Lewisburg,
where Albany traffic cart cross over
to the main road. About 7000 yards
of dirt is to be moved at the Stewart
hiU.
Peacock Rock Springs coal. Dia
mond Coal Co.. Bdwy, 3037. Adv.
Door of Cabin Provides Table for
Doctors Who Operate on
,' Mate at Sea.
.TACOMA, Wash.; Sept, 1. fas-sane-era
of the Admiral liner, the
Ruth Alexander, brought here today
the story of a remarkable surgical
operation performed on W. F.
Hoare, third mate of the vessel.
Hoare became violently 111
Wednesday when the Ruth Alexan
der was 18 miles from Astoria, or
80 hours from Seattle, her destina
tion, which she reached today on
her regular trip from San Fran
cisco. Drs. E. H. Hall.'Vancouver,
B. C, and J. A. Ghent, Seattle, pas
sengers, on tha ship, diagnosed the
illness as acute appendicitis.
A cabin. door was used for an
operating table and the doctors per
formed the operation with a pair
of sewing scissors, two pairs of
forceps and a darning needle. The
incision was sewed up with em
broidery silk and catgut. ' The
operation consumed only 14 min
utes. A Miss Anderson of Spokane,
a student at Stanford university.
was pressed into service as a nurse
Hoare was taken to a Seattle hos
Dital when the Ruth Alexander
reached there, and is rapidly re
covering. .
spots in and about Astoria and to
preserve the data regarding the
early history of this section, were
taken at a meeting held last night.
Judge J. Q. A. Bowlby was elected
temporary chairman and J. A
Buchanan was named temporary
secretary.
lam Hart, tho moving -picture star la
Hollywood.
Detective Craddnck is on a still
hunt for the double of "Bill" Hart.
BILL HART HAS DOUBLE
Woman Says Missing Ilusbaiid
Looks Like Movie Actor.
If the Portland police don't locate
James Dunn, it will not be the fault
of Mrs. Gladys Dunn, 6533 Klder
street, Los Angeles, his wife, whose
description of her missing husband,
as telegraphed to Portland yester
day,' is as follows:
iear Sir Please look up my husband,
James Dunn, in Portland, aa thera wa
a mis-understanding between us and he
always wore a red tie, went by name
MoOarty. black suit, black hat and has
dark brown hair and sandy complexion
and medium height and walks flat-footed
and skinny and has worked in a bis
store In Portland. Or., and he is about
VI ysars old and looks a littl" like Will-
CLOUD BURSTS HIT ROADS
Forest Fire Put Out, but IMgli
waysAre Destroyed.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Spt. 1. (Spe
cial.) Cloudbursts have ended the
bad forest fire situation In th
northeastern part of the state, but
have created another serlmm condi
tion, according to a telegram re
ceived by State Forester F. K. Pap
today from Assistant State Forester
Ted Goodyear.
Kittitas, Okanogan and Chelan
counties have been drenched by
heavy downpours that have washed
out ail roads, according to the tele
gram. Mr. Goodyear, who went to
eastern Washington to direct the
assessment of forest areas 'for fire
fighting funds for the present sea
son, is held up at Wenatchee until
the ronds are cleared.
A Co-operative Business
75 STOCKHOLDERS
Historical Society Forms.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 1. (Special.)
The preliminary steps toward the
organiaation of- the Clatsop County
Historical society, the. aim of which
will be to mark all the historical
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Oregon Peaches
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We are serving them in pies, cob
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CORNER BROADWAY and WASHINGTON
FOUR ENTRANCES
TO SEASIDE AND RETURN
SUNDAY OR LABOR DAY
Return Limit the Date -of Sale.
The finest and most interesting one-day outing.
A delightful trip along the wonderful Lower Columbia Rfver and
all afternoon at the ocean.
Limited train leaves North Bank Station 8:15 A. M, arrive
Seaside 12:35, noon. Returning, leaves Seaside 6:20 P. M.
arrives Portland 10:30.
' Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
I