THE. OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, ' PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 18, J 1918.
CHRONIC IDLERS
WILL GET SHORT
I SHIFT IN ORE
N
. Portland Council Considering
Ordinance That Will Compel
' Drones to Leave the City.
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OTHER TOWNS. COOPERATING
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). W. Brewer, Federal Farm
' Help Specialist, Says Business
V Men Will Aid Harvest! Work.
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I Uncomfortable days are in Bight for
the chronlo idler in Portland and other
t.t)iMtrii communities, and the
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irdlnance under consideration by the
'ortland city-council is, a step that will
ccomplfch the desired purpose if all
ther centers, large and smalL put the
am restrictions upon loaiers. ncuuru
tn to J. W. Brewer, federal farm help
Fpeouiisu ; ,
Tu.t .now Mr. Brewer and his assist
Vntm wnrklnc UDon a solution of the
Krahlam of short harvest crewB, with
l view also to supplying labor demands
luring the enttre summer in all lines
it activity. He has advanced a cam
paign against the idler into Eastern
Oregon and the result is said to have
rea highly satisfactory.
Otter CItlei Will Cooperate
, i "Baker. Ontario, Wallowa, Canyon
TMtv. Prairie City. La Grande, Heppner,
Eondon and Moro have either promised
'J to met at next council meetings or have
' iklrudr made eomDtilsory labor laws
' ; Effective." Mr. Brewer said Saturday
I These measures force every many, not
' eSermanenUy engaged ln ome construe
' 2 Iva or productive line of work, to get
'Into action at once or suffer employ-
f Vnent by municipal governments wlth-
fi put pay.. Business men at various meet
Inn. nd as a result of personal con-
i i Serence, have voiced their sentiments
' - ' 7. rrn irlu In tavnr nf thitt mnvA nn f h
'tart' of city councils. AH council
rnemDers, police oiiicers aim niajuis
Jwlth whom we have talked have in
Horsed It with such earnestness and en
' husiasm. .
1 "The passage of such an act by Fort
. land would, in a great many instances,
end to drive the idler from Portland
o some other town. Concerted action
'. fcy atl Incorporated towns in the. North
' Sweat would either put the idler to work
' br drive him from the territory and
wouiq, not do compeuea to ieea
Im.
Batlrien Men Send Aid
"Through the efforts of this depart-
ent the spirit of cooperation and ex-
hange of labor among farmers and bet
ween business and farmers la develop-
ng a great many farm laborers both
or the planting season and for the
omlng harvest. Much encouragement
s round also in the fact that in all
ections of the- state women are,, offer
ng their services for nearly all lines
f work. Some of the pool halls about
he state have even agreed to close when
here is an urgent demand for labor.
barber shops in some towns will close
olunatrlly during the same season, ex-
ept two half days each week.
"Business men are being urged to re-
case able bodied male clerks and em-
loyes where such can be replaced tem-
rorarlly by women or older men. Mer
hants in agricultural districts promise
he lullest cooperation and when bar
rest time comes may be counted upon
o render every assistance possible in
aklng care of crops. There are many
ays, and many people, looking to the
ie real ooject unitedly, will solve the
rm labor .problem. Unless we have
free cooperation from all concerned
flirectly or otherwise, suffering in the
uture Is to be far more Intense than
fls today."
GRADUATE OF TRAINING
CAMP IS RECOMMENDED
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Edwin II. Meyer
Fdwln M. Meyer, who has been rec
ommended by the war department for
a commission as lieutenant In the in
fantry branch of the United States
army, from the officers' training- camp,
Camp Kearny, Cal. '
OUTSTANDING
UNPAD
FINES OF MUNICIPAL
IT
CUF
ORDERED
PAID
Judge Rossman Instructs That
Bench Warrants Be Issued for
Those Failing to Respond.
In a recent auditing tf the city's books
at the municipal court, it was. found
that 2800 was outstanding in unpaid
fines. The clerk of the court sought to
have the council cancel these fines, as
many of them were "Installment fines'
impossed by two former. Judges. The
council refused to do this, so notices
were- sent to the 250 who had unpaid
fines.
During the last two weeks the clerk
of the court has received 21 letters con
taining checks for the unpaid fines. The
total received Saturday night was. $147.
Others have written -stating that they
will pay their fine "the first of the
month" or when pay day comes. One
letter was received from Canada in
which the writer promised to pay within their principal
COUP OF LLOYD
GEORGE BRACES
GENERAL F
H
Defeat of Certain Militarists
Adds to Effectiveness of Unity
of Command of Allies.
TEUTON DIVERS BALKED
Port Blockade Will Force Ger
mans to Move Base Allies
Recover Lost Ground.-
TOR SAYINGS STAMPS
ISfUTD BY THE ;
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
By I. W. T. Mason
New York, May 11. (U. P.) The
effectiveness of the allies unity of
command under General Foch was
greatly strengthened thin week by Pre
mier Lloyd George's victory in the house
of commons over certain militarists out
side parliament, who tried to overthrow
his ministry- '
Major General Maurice's belated -accusation
of lying brought against- the
British government followed, Maurice's
removal from office for having criticised
General Foch's sparing, use of French
reserves during the German assaults
against the British front in Flanders. It
was undoubtedly this disciplinary act
Imposed by Lloyd George that brought
about the sudden crisis in the house of
commons. .Those military leaders wno
desire exclusive control of the British
empire's , destiny ' were decisively de-
f eated. and the complete- authority of
the civilian government was vindicated, j
George's Prestlga SeiUred, ,
' The incident has served to restore
Lloyd George's prestige at a time when
his popularity wa beginning to de
cline. There are not likely to be further
reports of his enforced retirement from
the premiership at this time. The pos
sibility that he might have been de
feated over the Maurice charges caused
a general survey to be made of those
who could have succeeded him. The
result of that examination has been a
better understanding of Lloyd George's
value to the cause of the allies. '
His downfall might have been Inter
preted by the Germans as a wavering in
the resolve of the world's democracies
to press the war to a full decision
against Prussian militarism. Lloyd
George's continuation in office will un-'
doubtedly cause disappointment in
Berlin.
A daring operation against Ostend
this week by the British navy sealed
that port against fts further unlimited
use by the Germans as a base for sub
marines.
Must More Direr Bases
Following the blocking of Zeebrugge
harbor by a similar adventure last
month, the closing, of the channel at
Ostend will force the Germans to move
submarine bases 300
Don't forget the free exhibit of Port
land public school children's War Sav
ings Stamps posters at the Art Maseum,
Fifth and Taylor streets. Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday. May IS. 1 and 15,
from noon until S o'clock.
It wM be worth your while.
A. O. Hollinmworth. secretary of -the
Crown Willamette Paper company War
Savings society. West Linn, submits the
following -report of war stamp salea for
the month of April: Number of mem
bers. 49 : War Savings Stamps sold.
I8J70: Thrift Stamps, 1JI9.50; total.
$6754.50.
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. H. S.. Ostein, of the department of
mathematics at the State N6rmal school.
Monmouth, reports that up to May 1.
faculty and students at the school had
purchased war stamps to the value
$1754.60.
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Mrs. C. H. Kvale. of Vlento. Hood
River county, reports that sales in her
district, sparsely populated, amount , to
$100.75. Mrs. Kvale says that tne mem
bers of the section gang-, and the mem
bers .of : the highway survey gang are
10O per cent iot w. u. b.
' -WSS-
Every dollar loaned the government
helps save the lives of your- hoys at the
front. Buy War Savings stamps.
STORY OF RETREAT OF
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Mantell Appearance
Ends Successfully
treses tat Ion of Shakespearean Plays by
Famous, Actor Beat Treat for Lovers
of Classlral In Drains,
With a performance of "Romeo and
Tullef Saturday afternoon and "Richard
311" Saturday night. Robert Mantell con
cludes his successful Portland engage-
lens.
In these plays Mr. Mantell was seen
is "Romeo" and the "Duke of Gloster."
respectively, and each production was
larked by the splendid histrionics ana
narked attention to detail character
Btlo of the Mantell offerings.
Mr. Mantell's appearance was a treat
for the lovers of the classical and ro
mantic in drama, a feast particularly
for those who remark a decadence of
lold established theatrical standards In
Ithe popular melodramas and chorus
uhows of the present age, and for stu-
Idents of Shakespeare and the theatre as
tit was in its glory of the past
f From Portland Mr. Mantell goes to Se
lartle for a six nights Btand : at the
Metropolitan. , " '
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a lew weeks.
Saturday afternoon Judge Rossmah or
dered bench warrants issued for those
who did not reply pr-pay their outstand
ing, fines, and Chief of Police Johnson
has ordered a motorcycle officer to serve
these warrants" trport all who still reside
in the city. As sotm as the warrants
are served and the' possible fines col-
miles further north into home waters.
This will mean much less operating ef
ficiency and a more limited range of
piracy because of ; the greater distance
that must be traveled through an aera
highly dangerous to the submarines.
The British admiralty has announced
that the mined area in the North Sea
has been extended. This step Is an of
leeted the court will turn the matter over I fensive move to counteract "the reported
again to the council for further recom
mendation.'- n , . .
Fines totaling $7171 were paid Into the
city treasury last montlu Of this amount
$565 was forfeitures of bail money.
Alleged Evader and
Father Are Killed
Magdalena, N. M.. May 11. (U. P.)
C. C. Cooper, rancher, and his son.
Bruce, were killed and ; Homer Cooper
and Deputy United States Marshal Sim
mons wounded during a battle between
the Cooper family- and two deputy
United States marshals at the Cooper
ranch, 80 miles west of here, Saturday.
According to the authorities. Simmons
and Deputy Marshal Carajo went to the
Cooper ranch : to" arrest Bruce 'Cooper,
who, they , charge, attempted to evade
theadraft. . : ..-
The rather ana his two sons are said by the German western offensive.
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Lalior Association
Buys Building .Site
The deal for the Peters property at
Tthe southeast corner or Jefferson and
Fourth street has been completed, and
the quarter block Is now the property
lot the Portland Labor Temple associa
tion. The consideration paid was 126.'
Swu. uuo k. uartwig, chairman of the
Labor temple committee for the Central
ILabor council, paid the first installment
jor 7uuu Saturday morning, and the re
Imatnder will be paid as cash comes In
Uia 150.000 or aubao.rlntlnna n t,
Ifund and the mortgages resting on the
I 'property come due.
The Labor Temola mmclaiinn ho.
4 intention or placing a iirst class stru&
ture on tne property, work to begin
jiwiiiun m next tnree montns. An ef-
i .rort wiu be made to raise a total of
S1Z&.U0U ror tne building.
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adoption of German ports as bases for
the submarines. Further immunity to
merchantmen . should become very
quickly evident as the result of the
sealing of the Belgian harbors and the
more extensive mining of the North Sea
from the German coast southward.
Military operations along the west
front were purely local during the week.
German Gains Won Bark
The Germans made an effort to ad
vance southwest of Ypres, but the slight
gains they secured were won back, by
the allies In later operations. West of
Amiens new positions of tactical ad
vantage were secured by British and
French pressure. It Is apparent Gen
eral Foch's purpose to continue in the
Amiens area the concentration of his
principal forces, in anticipation of new
major efforts by von Hlndenburg to
elze Amiens and advance toward Bou
logne
Secretary Baker's announcement this
week that there are over half a million
American troops in France means that
the United States is now well able more
than -to make good allied losses caused
Von
Hlndenburg has no such new source to
turn to. to replace his slaughtered Ger
man manpower. AuBtro-Huneary will
not respond to the sacrificial call from
Berlin and it is evident that the' kaiser's
efforts to persuade Bulgaria to fight
along the west front have been in vain.
To the German people this week's news
ot the rapid arrival of America's great
army in- t rance must . bring despair.
Tne maniacal militarists who keep prat
tling of a strong German peace, desoite
America's approaching major activities
in. France are but leading, to irretrieva
ble rum. t
Ernest Swigert Is
Slightly Injured
HOSPITAL
UNITS
AND
PEASANTS IS RELATED
Mrs. Robert Treat Piatt Receives
Letter From French. Com
missionaire. " "
SOLDIERS
WILL BE
GUESTS AVMEET A
IT" PARTY
FRIEND
NG
Salem Cherrians to Give Minstrel
Show at Heilig Program
Wednesday.
If Dull Care and Old. Man Gloom
have been trifling with the boys In
uniform over at Vancouver military
post, the shady duo are due for knock-:
oout punches next Wednesday evening.
If there is a soldier at the barracks
who feels that the only horns folks
there are are those left at his home, hs
a new tmprs lew coming at' the
"Meet a Friend Night, which Is being"
arranged by tba Portland Y. M. C A.
for next Wednesday evening.
"Meet-a Friand Night" la to be an
event of such Importance that the UelUg
theatre has been engaged for the occa
sion. . Eleven hundred soldiers will
meet an4 become friends with 1109
Portland people. A nnlqus plan has
been evolved to make sure that the ac
quaintances formed will be mora than
mere introductions. Each soldier's seat
has been reserved. Between each sol
dier will sit a ctrrillan. The "home per
son" met by the soldier on his right or
his left may be a father or mother with
a boy In some ether cantonment or at
the front, or It may be a charming
young lady. "Get acquainted stunts
will break the Ice of all constraint.
The program of theventng will for
bid the attendance of any homesickness
or lonesomensssv
The Cherrians of SMm will put on
one of the most elaborate minstrel
shows ever seen In the state. Given in
their own city, the performance proved
to be on of the most applauded theatri
cal events over given there. Dr. U. C.
Epley ts ' Interlocutor : John W. Todd,
musical director: Charles E Kaowtaad.
Leslie Springer. H. R. Wblte and Billy
Larch are end men. while the chorus
consists of William Gilchrist Sr, Frank
DeWltt. A. R. Miller. H. C Epley. Daa
Langenberg. A. A. Oueffroy, Albert H.
GUe, C E. Albln. J. D. Humphrey.
Frank Durbla. Frank Hughes, John W.
Todd. Oscar B. Gingrich. A. L. Wallace,
0. A. Macy, ' John Traeger. Charles
Piper. Frank Barton. Ivan H. Martin,
H. W. Bros and Elmer Dane.
J. IL McCoy of the T. M. C A. service
department, who Is la charge of ar
rangements, . explained yesterday how
the attendance Is being provided for.
Lieutenant Hay den. at Vancouver mili
tary post, has selected the soldiers hav
ing the highest ratings, "the "class A"
men, whose merit marks warrant their
being permitted to attend. Invitations
In the first Instance have been Issued
to 1100 subscriber to the T. M. C. A.
war work fund. If these do not con
firm their reservations by Tuesday at
t p. m.. the first ones applying at the
T. M. C A. will get the tickets.
Bed Cross Auction"'
Campaign Feature
One of the big features of the Rel
Cross campaign week wUI be the auc-
Uon. la which will be aecjjoned off a
number of unique privilege.
Among these will be the right to hang
er bum an effigy of the kaiser In a pub
lic place, a Unltad State senatorshlp.
governorship and so forth, while the
postof flee, city hall and other "Red.
Cross property" will be suctioned off to
the highest bidder.
In addition to the suction, the suction
committee, headed by Horaee E. Thomas
and composed of C B. Waters. Dr. O. II.
Douglas. J. A. Henry. J- L. Wrutht and
Walter L. Whiting, all of whom are of
ficers of the Rotary club, may operate a
great wheel.
The committee asks for bu ingestions,
which should be eddreiised to It. care of
Liberty Temple. Moreover, the auction
committee will not decline donations, no
matter what they may be.
Telling of the retreat of the hospital
units and the French peasants before
the German offensive of this spring a
letter from Anne Dike, commissionaire
of the French army, has been received
by Mrs. Robert Treat Piatt of the Port
land committee on the relief of de
vastated France.
. ."On Wednesday night at 10' o'clock
we heard , the barrage within a few
miles. For several days we had had
fog night and . morning, but clear at
noon. Undoubtedly the Germans made
their observations at noon and brought
their guns and men up in the evenings
and mornings.
"Parents asked us to care for their
children, leaving them in our hands.
"The Red Cross was doing all It
could to give us transportation but the
tension of waiting was awful. French
army "camions" arrived v on . evening
and at midnight came the Red Cross
automobiles. ' We rapidly put into them
some of the valuable stores such as
sugar, soup, milk, flour' and blankets
and mattresses. We did not know what
to expect. The Germans were reported
coming fast were the French and Eng
lish holding?.
"Then came a suddetf'call from heafl-
quarters ordering the last two members
Of our unit to move farther back, but
assuring us that the German advance
had been stemmed.
"We managed to bring back two small
grocery stores and the sight of potted
meat, cheese and wine kept our spirits
up wonderfully. We served chocolate
The people had had coffee, an Indif
ferent brown liquid, for so ' long that
they exclaimed like children upon tast
Ing the chocolate."
to have fired on the "officers. During
ths fight Cooper and - his son were
killed instantly. : :. -
Varnish OoatsWitli ,
FeatherS'Are Given
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Raton. K. It; May, UiWup.WFour
Austrian miners who' refused to buv
Liberty bonds and resorted to profanity'
In telling why; - aretonhtht wanderina
about New Mexico with fresh coats of
varnish and feathers, applied today by
irate miners or sugarite. a mining camp
seven mnes norm or Katon.
After applying the varnish and feath
ers the miners, drove . the Austrlans
rrom the ' community.
Kate Stinson;to
. Try Long Flight
Chicago. May It U." P.) Miss Kath-
erine Stlnson. avlatrlx. plans to make
a mail flight from Chicago to New York,
waving nere at o a. m.. Monday. , She
qualified by taking a postal clerk's
oath tonight. Miss Stlnson failed In an
attempted non-stop flight between ,the
two cities once previously. Eleven
nours is ner prediction for the flight.
Huns Allow No Food
And Huns Starving
Copenhagen, May 11. (U. P.) The
people of Finland are starving because
no eod is reaching that country from
Germany, according to resorts rectv4
nere. t-eopie are sasid to be dying in the the Austrian and German emperors are
Member of Military
Police Shot in Hand
Francis Young, a member of the Third
company, -Oregon State Military police,
of Salem, accidentally shot himself In
the left hand Saturday night while on
guard duty at St. Johna He was taken
to the emergency hospital for treatment.
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A telegram has. been, received" telling
of the -slight injury of Ernest Swlgert,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swlgert.
who Is with the signal corps at San-Diego.
He ? finished his , three months'
course at' the ground school at Berkeley
about a month ago and has been at the
training camp at San Diego learning to
fly since that time.
The report stated that he was bruised
lir a collision and would be out again
within a few daya
Another Portland man who completed
his course at Berkeley at the same time
Is Harold Grady, who. passed the exam
inations among the highest in his class.
Two Emperors to
Hold Conference
Copenhagen. May 11. (TJ. P.) Ger
man Chancellor von Hertllng and For
eign Minister von Kuehlmann have gone
to Emperor Karrs headquarters, 'where
streets of Helslngfors and Viborg.
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a Prisoners - Attempt Escape
Aberdeen, Wash., May 11. The sher
Iffs office atvMontesano states that
: Frank Palow, charged with the murder
of Charles Forstrom at Hoquiam. and
Henry Lute, a logger, awaiting sentence
for robbery, nearly escaped from Jail
last Sunday whep they sawed the bars
of their cell door. - ,
Hiss Ely as Sponsor
Seattle.' May 11. tX N. S.) Miss
i Helen Ely of this city has been selected
to sponsor the new united States tor
pedo-boat destroyer to be launched next
month, at Ban yrsneiseo. rne vessel
will be named the McKean, In honor of
Miss Ely's great-grandfather. Coram-
I dore McKean, of Ctvti war rams.
4 Days
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Alice Brady
"The Knife" ,
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First lime in Portland of Eugene Walter's Celebrated Play
SIXTH. HyVASMIhGTON
AND THEN THAT COMEDY
"His Smothered Love"
With Chester Conklin, Mack Sennett's Bathing Girls and That
Wonderful Dog 'Teddy'
the big dog's heroic rescue of the girl from the waves,
the thrilling chase between express train, ambulance and flivver,
the battle at sea between juvenile in rowboat and shark.
the boxing match between Chester and the boxing kangaroo.
Ill sr
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mix