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SCENE FROM "THE WANDERER" AT THE PAGE THEATER. SATUR DAY EVENING, JUNE 22
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FLIGHT AS DUE TO
By TRAIN INSTEAD
OF WIRE COMMON.
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liy Cilson Gai'ilner.
WASHINGTON, Juno s 1 . Labor
problems are recognized now as (be
most Important of the war. Without
industrial success there can be no
military success. Everything depends
on production ot war essentials
arms, munitions, equipment and food.
These must come for a vast army
from a civilian population deploted
by the call to arms.
Our government has concentrated
on labor. Its activities come under
the following heads:
1-nlxir Activities
1. liecruitlng and placing lubor
where most needed for war work.
This Is done thru the U. S. labor de
partment, acting thru Its employment
service. , 1 I
2. Settling labor problems. This
Is done thru the recently created war
labor board, with ex-President W'm.
51. Tart and Frank Walsh at its head.
3. Forcing non-essential labor
and Idlers into active essential work.
Each of the above is of great im
portance and the total results arc cer
tain to be the gearing up of the in
dustrial machinery of the United
' States to a greater measure of effec
tiveness. First, the government is trying to
substitute a single agency thru which
all labor shall be employed. The em
ployment service lias divided the
country into 13 districts and has
established 340 branch offices. It
works with 100,000 rural postmas
ters, as well as all state lubor agen
cies. There are representatives In
each state, county and township.
There are 20,000 em-oiling agencies
To Settle Strikes
Now for No. 2. Strikes delay
work. They must, therefore, be set
tled. That Is the real job taken on
by Frank Walsh and ex-President
Taft. The administration has offic
ially recognized the right of workors
in any industry to organize. Union
ism has .been made an official policy.
No. 3 is youug yet, and will hnve
to work itself out. What is an essen
ttlal industry? is a question that will
liave to bo answered by the war in
dustries' board when the war depart
ment starts In on the lubor problem
using the draft law. But It is the
feeling among labor leaders and oth
ers that the department is well head
ed for Its new-work. Right at the
Btart Secretary Baker has crushed
tmy feeling in labor circles that we
were working toward "labor conscrip
tion" or military "strike breaking"
by the statement that the "work or
fight" order will never be used as a
club over labor.
SUFFER LOSSES
WASHINGTON", June 21. Knemy
patrols suffered considerable losses
northwest of Chateau Thierry and in
the Woevre region. General Pershing
reported today In his c6nimuniiue for
yesterday. In the Chateau Thierry
and Woevre regions and in Lorraine
artillery fighting continues.
The communique follows:
"Section A. Patrolling has again
lieon especially active. 'Northwest of
Chateau Thierry and In the Woevre
hostile patrols suffered considerable
losses in patrol encounters and form
our machine gun fire. Artillery fight
ing continues in these regions and
la Lorraine.
"Section 13. Thero is nothing to
Report in this section."
IAN DEAD AT 82
BALLS FKRRY (Shasta Co.) Cal
June 21. Marlon Francis MeGehee,
the longest whiskered mnn In Shasta
county, tiled here yesterday morning
in the homo of his stepson, George E.
Brown.
His beard was fi feet 9 inches lonn
end be said he had never Bhaved in
his life of 82 years, llo kept hts
beard pinned under his eliln and un
folded it for public gaze only on pub
lic occasions. It was as fine ns silk
and was kept scrupulously clean, his
morning task being always to comb
out and braid his beard after his ab
lutions. Mctiehee was an old soldier of the
Civil war. He was a resident of this
county for forty years, his home be
ing most of the time In Mantcn,
where the funeral was held this morning
There were wine openers and lih-
ernl spenders even in old Jerusalem,
it one nuty judge hy the striking ehar
aeter of the Sea Captain in "The
Wanderer," the great Hiblicnl play
whjeh is now uttraeing such throinrs
to the 1'age Saturday evening, .lime
This picturesque figure of the
h-eu Captain is one of the most novel
oiiceptions evolved hy any dramatist
in recent years, lie appears in the
second net of the play, showing the
revels of the idolaters, where Jet her,
the shepherd liny from the hills of
llehron is squandering his Inst shekel
in a vain effort to retain the love of
Ti.-dm, the attractive siren who has
lured him on to sacrifice everything.
As Jet her' s fortunes wane, the great
Sea Captain appears upon the scyiie
as n rival for the affection of Tisha.
iant Plays Tart
The Sea Captain is played hy Lioti
Hruhnm, the big Knglih giant who
came to this country to appear in
"Caliban," lie is six feet six iiiflies
tall and weighs over 'MM pounds. He
is described as lMinris, a Tyrriaii sea
captain of enormous wealth. When
this giant appears at the house of
Nadina he pauses upon the steps and
scatters gold pieces in every direction
among the -411 or more young ladies
who frequent the house of Nadina.
Then comes a great scene, where
Tisha dunces before him in an ef
fort to .arouse his love. Nadina, the
mother, whispers to her (laughter:
"Waste not thy time with this tool
Jet her. Pilaris, the sea captain, for
eacii Kiss will give Mice an emer-
L,!,! "
C'avo -Man's Wooing
Tisha succeeds in winning the love
of the Sea Captain, and when Jet her
is robbed of his Inst remaining shekel
and is about to be turned out of the
bouse, Pilaris picks her up in bis arms
and says; "Wilt go on a voyage with
me, girl- Then come with me to the
ship.'' He carries her off as she
laughs with joy, while Nadina shake
her fist at the Sea Captain unit ex
ciaims: "lie steals mv daughter and
pays me not a single shekel for her
The work ot' .Miss Jean Ifoherlson
as Tisha and of MivUniham as the
Sea Captain will rank as one of the
most effective scenes of the "cave
man tvpe of vooinr ever shown in
this city. All who see "The Wander
er'' at the Page, comment upon the
splendid work of Miss Robertson and
Mr. Hrahuin in this scene.
FAST FIGHTING
SINGLE AIRPLANES
WASHINGTON, June 'Jl. Preoa-
ralions for adding a fast sinu-lc-seat-
d i'ii;htiii airplane to the aireraf!
production program in this country
are under wav. The machine seleet-
d is understood to he n development
of n modern liritish pursuit plane.
Thus far the construction of single
siatcd liuhtini; planes has not been
undertaken in this country, the
equipment lor American aviators at
the front havinir been turned over
to liritish and French factories. Or
iginally it was proposed to build these
planes here, as well as in Kuropc,
and a :i0,000,0lin project to this end
was well advanced when (icticrnl
Ft rshinir n mmended that construe
ti n in tlie Fnited States he coufin
ed to bomhnit; planes, carrying un
usually heavv machiiic ynn equipinent,
and that all .single scalers he procur
ed abroad.
I! was decided hy Fn-neral F
iii'r that the single seated tvpes (tf
planes rhaic'cd so rapidly that th
lon.ir idlanec belueen the fiirhtin
front and place of manufacture would
make it impossible to keep the Amer
ican equipment up to dale if it w
produced at home.
MEAT RESTRICTIONS
IN OREGON ARE OFF
PORTLAND, June 21. Meat re
st fiction aro off in Oregon. The
regulation limiting the consumption
of meat per person to two pounds
week haa been lifted for Oregon and
certain other states, according to
recent ruling of the national food ud
ministration.
The reason for this action lies in
the problems of transportation and
the difficulty Involved In shipping
meat to other localities. The slate
has an abundant nupply of meat on
hand, which cannot be shipped out
hence, It should be eaten.
Manager Itci-gmnii says "The Wanderer" Ls not only I Ito most siKctacii Im play tliat Is travt'Iing toilay, iml
Is (lie largest company rejiiiring a special train of several cars. There are 12IM petiple hesiiN's loo sheep, goats,
dogs ami burrows c-iirricd hy the com
says the curtain will not he raised until H:'.Ui or S: 15 giving (liose In the stores (into lo get to Ihc. thcalro
after closing. II' you want to see the best play of the season .see "The Wanderer" and get your tickets at once.
WILLI PLACED
(From Portland Journal.)
Apple growers of l:o northwest,
thru representatives sent to Portland
at the request of the governors of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho, have
decided to put the apple industry on
a war basis to cooperate with the gov
ernment in the winning of llio war.
The conference of the representatives
held Wednesday in the Portland hotel
resulted in the appointing of a war
boaru, members o which are experts
in production, transportation, distri
bution and military needs.
This board will work with the
Fruit Growers' Agency, Inc., an or
ganization formed at the Instance of
the bureau of markets in the depart
ment, of agriculture three years ago
under the guidance of, Paul 11. Wey-
ruuch of Walla Walla, Wash., now a;
major in the Fnited States field ariii-:
lery iu France. The board will be
available for meetings at any time to
consider the problems of the industry
in the northwest us a whole In sup
plying fruit to the army and navy.
It will represent practically the entire
boxed apple industry of the country.
The members of the board appoint
ed at the meeting are K. H. IMnmun,
Walla Walla, Wash.; W. T. ('lurk,
Wenatchee, Wash.; 15. McCul
lough, Hood Itivcr; Prof. C. I. Lewis,
Oregon Agricultural college, Corval-
lis; I). L. Ingard, Payette, Idaho.
Fruits are necessary for the health
of tho soldiers and sailors, it was
pointed out at the conference; and
the demand for apples from the men
at the front has been tremendous.
Tho northwest crop last year was
some 31.UUU carloads and the grow
ers expect almost as largo a yield this
year, so that there will be 2.",iH)ti,ut)o
boxes of fruit, a largo part of which
it Is planned lo send to the armies of
the allies.
The food ndministralion Is urging
the use of apples and pot aloes as siib-
siitulos for other much needed foods,
it was brought out, and an effort Is to
lie made to use the entire crop this
year. The best fruit will bo used for
shipment to tho righting forces, while
tho poorer grades will bo used for
home consumption.
GAIN A BILLION
WASHINGTON, June'.!!.- Ifc-unir-ccs
of national hanks on .May HI, the
date of the h.M iiutioii.il ,ink call,
were 1S.'M'.I,ihio,omo, an im-re-i'
Miu-e March I of -t'J:t l.nuii.nim. nnd
a n increase since May I , I HI 7, o!
.fj,lo;t,iiit0,nim. Dcpo-its on Muv Hi,
Comptroller d' the t'urreuey illuim-.
aimoiiti'-ed today, amounted to $11,
::S."),llll0,0li0, which is .fVljmii.iHiil
than on arch I, but .I.."uii,uiMMMUi
in. re than on Muy I, !H7.
The bank-' reserve aiuoiinli'd to
i I.IIMI.IHIII.IMUI, tin e.ce-s oi .,i-ll (,
iMMi.DOit uhoe the atuouiit required b
law. The total reserve inuoiinted to
Hi, 71 per cent. Other ileuis were re
ported ni ftdlow:
lloldin-s of Foiled Sl;i!.-( l,niel
and cert il icales of indebtedness.
J.i;.7.U(Ui,Ului; ra-h on hand and
due from federal rei-ne banks.
7;t'.l.(MIU,IMIU: lulls pnyiiblc and !e
dwconnN, .fM-l,UHnflMl(i; circulation.
,hll,IMMt,tKiU,
pany that are usctl in the wonderful first
LETTERS TO BOYS !
DN FIRING LINE!
'
WASHINGTON, June Fhccr
lHI home letters with plcnt.y of simp
fdiol pictures not only will check lone
liness and low spirits anioni- Ameri
ca's fitiht men at the' Trout, but
aclitiilly will make th"in less linhle to
shell .-hock, according to W. Frank
P I'Mins, division (if civilian relief of
I lie American lied Cross, hack in
Washington after four weeks with the
expeditionary forces in France.
'"In order that such letters nmy be
written,'' Mr. Persons said tonight.
"The American people must see to
ii thai no family of a soldier lacks
for anything that w ill enable it to
rite cheerfully. The Jied ('ros
In uue service sec! ion under! ;i lies (o
direct this task.
Moritb- Keeping Fp
"Of the morale of our rihtir.g i,.;:;. ' "nnece-sary. la this cmueetion, the
1 heard only uniform approval . "vy system of pv.MMiiug periodieal
Ihroujjioul France," he continued. ; U desires to buy Is under
"'('hey are maintaining that morale ' d(se oxaminiil ion . and tome features
under conditions, which, because nl'jof Hiis may be extended to the war
loiielinc-s, strangeness and remote- department.
nebs, do not, in themselves, prcdis- ome letters have been received
pox? to buoyancy of mind. The Fug-! during the last few days from con-
lih and Fretndi military authoritie
are fully awake to the tremendous
benefit to morale of main tain in:.,
home inlcrets jind sulifyinir the
homing instincts of their soldiers.
They therefore make a HLduv fur
lough every four months a regular
feature of Ihcir military system.
"Our soldier cannot eoiue home
for such visit--. Therefore, u I
il is pii.-dilc lo do mi, we muM take;
the Amcri-:iu liu:c to tlu-m, mn -t
kei p them rurj-Ltiilly in lotu ii wilh
American life
flav to ilav in
c are living it trom
town or rural di
i-il
triel.
Siiapvliois Important
''Very important in keeping the
Anieric;in home a living reality in
("ranee ure letlcr- from home-cheerful
lei ters, 'i in- compluje iieW-
personal news no worlli a. line 'r
haps in nny newspaper, but of real
moment lo every mcmlier of that par
ticular family -jroiip. T:ic e letter-.
n;iwl ct.iue nuulariy and ficinienlly
end lea e no iup-. in home history.
And Ihi- -erial tory of ihc home life
-hoiild be ilh-lr.iled wilh plenty of
-napMiols and pictures. News und
letllehl .elutc ol the children urel
peeidiaily iMipor!;iul.
"Sll'dl boJliC IU W n keep . I he men
huoved nit end in line fi'-li'inL' nirit. !
Il ah-eiiee may -end them ildo hatlle i
Worried, blue or liioio-e jitid HI im,'
li Chlal -hope to tnl-.e e;re of lle l
-eve- or do their full part in pi
leelinir (heir Ireneh males."
GRiLL KAiSER'S SPEECH
OKNKVA. .1
man new-p.ip
speech made h
tierman Lteal
Hie J1. I i era I ier
i"-. openly alla U ' ;f
y Fmpet-or WiI,i.i:u a!
Iieadiii;i I ter oti lie-
occ-i-iou oi iu- a ntiiv er-ii ry .
The Po t of Munich says Hie j
fen1-! eouhl liiiW been eeleljiated b.V j
a ntci
in-ii-ii
f r!" ineiicy mid liuttiaiul j
Mlh a t-HTi b of warlike i
id
Icnfr aL'.iiu
ti.itiin won!
!. Tl,.
tl.i- Aiit-I'.-Si
'TiMii-jti l in-Km.-,,
Filmland wirl I e.ii- 1
of thanks to In-, own
paper conclude- l! K
.i-n race, me powerlu!
ept the cirijici-rr'.- die!-
act, of (lie play. Mr. Ilergner
'AGENTS PLAYED
USEFUL PART IN
WASHINGTON, June 2 1. Kxam-
' ination of correspondence seized by
the th j iirlinent of jusllco ui',Mils from
j offices of illegal contingent fee agents
has convinced officials (hat altho the
system by which middlemen obtained
; contracts from manufacturers is ini
I proper and undesirable, it had eer
' tain justification in view of the difll
I cully experienced by many contra ed
itors in making connections in Wash
! Ington wiih the bureaus or depart
! nients having charge of contracts for
; articles they manufactured.
For this reason the department oft
jjusii'.e is making special efforts, it j
was announced today, lo formulate a
new method fin supplying adeipiale
in t'orui a Linn on all government needs
to manufacturers and (o make the
J services of t on I ract agents entirely
'tractors who were clients of the con
tingent fco a-t-nts nnd who praised
'their services raying 'l liny had been
unable even by repeated personal
trips t-o Washington to make connec
Itions with the army officers super
: vising purchase of materials they
produced. Officials admit also thai
I a few of l he conf r:ic!g brokei age
r-lhonve cunduclfMl business iu an ap
r; ' parent ly open manner without seek
ing to me siuhter influences wilh
govern mnn t reprcv.eiilalives or inti
mating lliatjlicy had such iiilorma-
Moa. Hy far Hie giealer proportion
of letters which hnve flooded the de
partineiil this week, however, ar
from con t ractors who condemn t h
middlemen.
Whzn.CofTeo
Disagrees
TliPre's nlways a
safe and pleasant
cup to take i ts place
IMST1TMT
POSTUM
is now used re"
ul;iviy by thousands
of icnn2r cof fee
drinters vho live
better end feel
better because
of triG change.
I
Tlie re's a P.c j:;cn"
I
N 15 W YOItl, Juno 21. While
shielding his brother, John .1. O'Leary
from charges of criminally aiding his
escape from trial last month for al
leged violation of the espionage act,
Jeremiah A. O'Leary, tho Sinn Fein
leader, pictured himself as on the
verge of nervous collapse when he
fled to the west May 7. Ho was la
boring under tho obsossion, he indi
cated, that government agents hud
entered into a conspiracy lo have him
sunt to prison.
Deserted by his counsel, Henry A.
Wise, who had been advised by gov
ern in en I. agents, O'Leary asserted,
not to connect himself with tho etise,
as it might jeopardise his profession
al reputation, Jeremiah O'Leary said
ho became convinced he could not ob
tain oilier advisers who could defend
him properly and that this so preyed
on his mind that he becamo "thoroly
disorganized."
Tho defense laid much emphasis on
testimony tending to show that
O'Leary, sluco his return from Sara,
Wash., Tuesday, in custody of federal
officers, had had no opportunity of
conferring with his brother, his coun
sel or others interested in John's be
half, relative to the testimony he
would give today. Then Karl H.
Parties, assistant district attorney,
elicited trom tho Sinn Feiner a state
ment that he hud read in this morn
ing's New York American an inter
view wilh T. H. Felder, attorney for
John O'Leary, which gave Folder's
version of tho testimony Jeremiah
"was oxpocled lo give," at tho trial
today. "If he told the truth."
This paper. O'Leary said, ho had
seen at the Tombs prison, where he
has been confined. Papers spread
upon tho floor of his cull as a "make
shift carpot," and which wore datuu
as far back as June H, furnished him
with information as to tho progress
of his brother's trial, the witness ad
mitted. O'Leary maintained his composure
thruout the day's1 questioning. A
smile overspread his features most of
tho time but once or twice he became
'nettled at some questions.
GENERAL GREENE RPDUCCD
AND SENT TO MANILA
WASIMNIITON, .Imic 'JL-Miijiir
(ii-iHTii! Henry A. (iivmc, win, tins
l( (-11 ill rollllllMlhl nl' flic natinniil nriiiv
livi-ioii lit Ciinip Lewis, 'iir-hiii'4tuiil
hiirt lieen assigned lu llie' edluliiiinil nl'
the l'liilipiiiie ilepn rl incut nTter ile
n otiini ti tlie rani; !' Iirimlier v
ernl. II. is nihlerstnod (tellernl (Ireelle
has ppitesleil ii'.rnillsl the ol'iler anil i
iie,' In Washington tn make an ef-
li'it tn have it resi-imii'd.
Do Not Get Careless
With Your Blood Supply
Impurities Invite Disease.
You rliould pay particular heed to
nny indication that your blood mipply
i.-i becoming slufrtri.sh, or that there u
a ii'Hscuiiig iu its strong and vital
force.
By keeping your hlnod j)urificd.
your sy ti-m nnre easily wards ofl"
ili.ease Hint im ever prca-nt, waiting
t'i attack whurevtr thuru i:i yn ojjc.i-
Gagnon Lumber Yard
All
i;ih i
Kimls nl' i'nii;i!i iiinl dressed Luiiilier.
s: I )iiiietisinii stun-, I'Mnisliinu; liiiitilior,
S:ish and Doitrs, K'udl'iiif,' l'tijier, Fruit
S,,i
I luxes.
(iivc ns a (rial and l'.nv, .Jackson ('diinly iirndncts.
Place orders now I'm' J''ruit: linxes.
New Shed 1130 S. Front St. Phone 859, Merford
WASHINGTON, June Jl. Trans
missions of niitht letter telegrams by
train messenger instead of hy wire
between eastern cities is n practice
of Ion; stnndimr, it was learned af
ter I lie postofi'ice department- had
taken action to stop the t ruff in by
ai resting five (rain agents of the
Western I'nion company who had ftuit
casi-s filled with night messages
which they were carrying between
New York, Huston, Philadelphia and
Wuw.hiiie.loii.
The iiiese:i!-er..; four of whom
Liken at New York and one at Hos
loii will be called ketore a federal
urn nd jury. Those responsible for
it will he charged wilh violating the
law liivim; the government postal sys
Itui a monopoly of transmission of
prhlic niomunit-ntions by train nnd
ol her post routes.
II was inlitnnted today (hat u high
official of Hie company knew of the
pinetice. Fpon conviction Ihev would
be subject (o Hie penally of .f.'iOO fine,
or six immlh' imprisonment for each
offense.
Po-lal inspect ors who made the
seizures toilay had previously j;:ith
cicd evidence, il is said, that thou
sands of nihl letter telegrams have
b i n carried by train between the
cn.-dcrn cities, and delivered to their
distillations with all Ihc earmarks of
having Ih-cu Miit by hire. Fictitious
letters and figures ordinarily indi
c;:liiig the idcnii!v of. Hie telegraph
operators al each end of the wire and
the time of receipt were borne by tho
messages, which hud been typed in
I he office where they originated.
Hy leaving either end of their
routes on midnight trains, messengers
dually were ahle to deliver bundles
of messages iu the destination cities
early tho next morning, nnd tho tele
grams then were distributed to the
addresses ns if they had just como
by wire.
WASIIINCTON'. Juno 21. After a
throo limir session tho seli.ito nurlcal
turo contmltteo toilny decided to post
pono nclton on tho J01103 prolilhttlon
rider to tho agricultural appropria
tion hill nnd to reopen hearings for
tho purpoHO OH further investigating
Htutemcnts inailo by ItalnlirlclKe Col-
liy of tho cliipplng board that to take
beer away from tho shipyard em
ployes would reduce the output of
American yards 2.1 per cent.
injf. A few bottles of S. Si. S.t ttrt
icat veKutablo blood medicine, will
revitalize your blcrod nnd i;ivo you
new Htrenpth imd u'hcalthy, vigorous
vitality. Everyone needs it just now
to keo tho system in perfect condi
tion. Co to your druff store and get
a bottle to-day, nnd if you need any
medical advice, you can obtain it
without cost by writing to Medical
Director, Swift rpreilic Co., 25 Swift
La'.oiulory, Atlanta. Ca,